 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Buckner akanongedzerwazve nokuda kwokuzvibata kwakanaka paHondo yeMolino del Rey, uye akagadzwa kuva kaputeni ane chiremera. Akatora rutivi muHondo yeChapultepec, Hondo yeBelen Gate, uye kupinda muMexico City. Pakupera kwehondo, varwi vokuAmerica vakashanda seboka revarwi, izvo zvakavasiya vane nguva yokuzvivaraidza. Buckner akabatana neAztec Club, uye muna April 1848 akanga ari rutivi rwenzendo yakabudirira yePopocatépetl, gomo rinoputika riri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweMexico City. Buckner akapiwa rukudzo rwokuderedza mureza weAmerica pamusoro peMexico City kwenguva yokupedzisira mukati mokugara. 