<prompt> Ngwala go tšwela pele bakeng sa serapa se - U.S. e ile ya fetoša tsela ya ntwa ka go hlasela ga yona bogare bja Mexico ka Veracruz gomme mafelelong ya thopa Motse wa Mexico, ka morago ga ntwa e šoro. Ka March 1847, Scott o ile a fihla Veracruz, gomme kapejana a hwetša taolo  <response>: ya motse. Ma-Mexico a be a letetše gore bolwetši bja yellow fever le malwetši a mangwe a molatšatšing a be a tla fokodiša madira a U.S. Ka go thopša ga Veracruz, Polk o ile a romela Nicholas Trist, mongwaledi yo mogolo wa Buchanan, gore a felegetše madira a Scott le go rerišana ka kwano ya khutšo le baetapele ba Mexico. Trist o ile a laelwa gore a nyake go neelwa ga Alta California, New Mexico le Baja California, go amogelwa ga Rio Grande e le mollwane wa ka borwa wa Texas le go tsena ga U.S. go phatša Isthmus ya Tehuantepec. Trist o ile a dumelelwa go lefa tšhelete e ka fihlago go dimilione tše 30 tša ditolara bakeng sa go lefelela ditshwanelo tše. 