 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1841, Scott akava Mukuru Mukuru weUnited States Army, achirova mukwikwidzi wake Edmund P. Gaines nokuda kwenzvimbo yacho. Pashure pokutanga kweHondo yeMexico neAmerica muna 1846, Scott akaderedzwa kuva mutariri, asi muna 1847 akatungamirira mushandirapamwe wokurwisa guta guru reMexico reMexico City. Pashure pokutora guta rechiteshi chengarava reVeracruz, akakunda mauto aMexico General Antonio López de Santa Anna paHondo dzeCerro Gordo, Contreras, uye Churubusco. Akabva atora Mexico City, mushure mezvo akachengetedza hurongwa muguta guru reMexico uye zvisina kunangana akabatsira nhume Nicholas Trist kutaurirana Chibvumirano cheGuadalupe Hidalgo, icho chakagumisa hondo. 