 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1847, sezvaaifambira mberi akananga kuMexico City, Scott akakunda Santa Anna muHondo yeContrerasuye Hondo yeChurubusco. NevaAmerica vari pamagedhi eMexico City, Trist akakurukura nemakomishinari, asi vaMexico vakanga vasingadi kurega zvimwe zvinhu. Scott akagadzirira kutora Mexico City, izvo zvaakaita pakati paSeptember. MuUnited States, gakava rakapisa rezvematongerwo enyika rakabuda pamusoro pekuti United States inofanira kutsvaga kubatanidza sei Mexico, maWhigs akadai saHenry Clay vachitaura kuti United States inofanira kungotsvaga kugadzirisa mubvunzo wemuganhu weTexas, uye vamwe vanowedzera nharo vachipokana nekubatanidzwa kweMexico yese. Vanopikisa hondo vaivewo vanoshingaira; Whig Congressman Abraham Lincoln weIllinois akaunza nzvimbo chaiyo zvisarudzo, achidaidza Polk kuti ataure chaizvo kwaive neropa reAmerica rakadeurwa muvhu reAmerica kutanga hondo, asi Imba yakaramba kuzvifunga. 