<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I - U.S. yashintsha inkambo yempi ngokuhlasela kwayo inhliziyo yeMexico ngeVeracruz futhi ekugcineni yathatha iDolobha laseMexico, kulandela ukulwa okunzima. Ngo-March 1847, uScott wafika eVeracruz, futhi ngokushesha wathatha izintambo  <response>: edolobheni. AbaseMexico babelindele ukuthi umkhuhlane ophuzi nezinye izifo zasezindaweni ezishisayo kwakuyowenza buthaka amabutho ase-U.S. Ngemva kokuthumba iVeracruz, uPolk wathumela uNicholas Trist, isikhulu sikaBuchanan, ukuba ahambe nebutho likaScott ayoxoxisana nabaholi baseMexico ngesivumelwano sokuthula. UTrist watshelwa ukuba afune ukunikezwa kwe-Alta California, New Mexico, neBaja California, ukuqashelwa kweRio Grande njengomngcele oseningizimu yeTexas, kanye nokufinyelela kwe-US ngaphesheya kwe-Isthmus yaseTehuantepec. UTrist wagunyazwa ukuba akhokhe imali efinyelela ezigidini ezingu - 30 ukuze athole lezi zindawo. 