<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngokwesazi-mlando uJohn Eisenhower, ukuhlasela kweMexico ngeVeracruz kwakuwukuhlaselwa kwezimpi zasolwandle okwakuhilelekile kakhulu emlandweni wesintu. Lo msebenzi waqala ngo - March 9, 1847 nge -  <response>: Ukuvinjezelwa kweVeracruz, ukusebenza okuhlangene kwezempi nemikhumbi yempi okuholwa nguScott noCommodore David Conner. Ngemva kokufika ngokuphepha kwebutho lakhe lamadoda angu - 12 000, uScott wavimbezela iVeracruz futhi waqala ukuyidubula; ibutho laseMexico lazinikela ngo - March 27. Efuna ukugwema ukuvukela okukhulu ngokumelene nokuhlasela kweMelika, uScott wabeka kuqala ukuzuza ukubambisana neSonto LamaKatolika. Phakathi kweminye imizamo eyayihloselwe ukubonisa inhlonipho ngempahla yesonto nezikhulu, wayala amadoda akhe ukuba abingelele abapristi bamaKatolika emigwaqweni yaseVeracruz. Ngemva kokuthola izimpahla nezinqola, ibutho likaScott laqala ukuqhubekela phambili ngaseXalapa, idolobha elisendleleni eya eMexico City. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uPolk wathumela uNicholas Trist, isikhulu sikaNobhala Wombuso uJames Buchanan, ukuba ayoxoxisana nabaholi baseMexico ngesivumelwano sokuthula. Nakuba ekuqaleni babenobutha, uScott noTrist bagcina sebebudlelwane obuqinile. 