<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wabuyela eColumbia ukuze alulame futhi wamukelwa njengeqhawe lempi. NgoJanuwari 1848, ngokushesha nje lapho isilonda sakhe sesiphelile, wabuyela enkonzweni, wamukela ikhomishini njengelungu lesibili ku-11th U.S. Infantry Regiment ekhonza ngaphansi kukaGeneral Winfield Scott e-  <response>: Umkhankaso waseVera Cruz. Nokho, isilonda sakhe emlenzeni sasingakaze siphole ngokuphelele, futhi ngo-May 1848, wathunyelwa ekhaya ngenxa yokugula. 