<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna March 1847, Polk akaziva kuti Taylor akanga asina kuteerera zvaakanga arayirwa uye akanga aramba achienda kumaodzanyemba, achitora guta rokuchamhembe reMexico rinonzi Saltillo. Mauto aTaylor akanga adzorera uto guru reMexico, raitungamirirwa naSanta Anna, muFebruary 1847 Hondo yeBuena Vista. Taylor akawana rumbidzo nokuda kwomugumisiro wehondo yacho, asi mutambo wacho wakaramba usina kugumisa. Panzvimbo pokutevera mauto aSanta Anna, Taylor akadzokera kuMonterrey. Panguva iyi, Scott akasvika muVeracruz uye nokukurumidza  <response>: vakakunda guta racho. Pashure pokutora Veracruz, Polk akatuma Nicholas Trist, munyori mukuru waBuchanan, kunotaurirana chibvumirano chorugare nevatungamiriri veMexico. Trist akarayirwa kutsvaka kubviswa kweAlta California, New Mexico, uye Baja California, kuzivikanwa kweRio Grande semuganhu wokumaodzanyemba weTexas, uye kupinda kweAmerica kuburikidza neIsthmus yeTehuantepec. 