<prompt> Feleletša polelo e latelago: O ile a boela Columbia gore a fole gomme a amogelwa bjalo ka mogale wa ntwa. Ka January 1848, kapejana ka morago ga ge ntho ya gagwe e fodile, o ile a boela tirelong, a amogela thomo ya go ba motlatšamopresidente wa bobedi ka go 11th U.S. Infantry Regiment yeo e bego e hlankela ka tlase ga General Winfield Scott ka  <response>: Lesolo la Vera Cruz. Lega go le bjalo, ntho ya leoto la gagwe e be e se ya fola ka mo go feletšego, gomme ka May 1848, o ile a romelwa gae a tlogetšwe ka baka la bolwetši. 