The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-11
Death OF Cen. Sam Houston.

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comes through two different sources.
! Gen. Houston was born at Lexington,
Virginia, March 2nd, 1893, and was 6S
years Old last March. lie was Of Scotch
descent. His father served as Brigade
Inspector in the Revolutionary War. lie
died in 1907, and the mother Of General
| Houston, with her six sons, took up her
! re-ttl+s.ee iti Fart T,ifi5czz;-v, ifc-aT the
Cherokee country; and Sam, not then Is
years of age, but youth Of splendid ap.
pearancc, full ~ix G.et IN b,jgbt, dashed
into the Cherokee country among the In.
dians, and resided there three years. lie
was .optcd as a son by Cherokee Chief,
Oolootcka, who was proud Of him as Il
hunter aud a brave of dashing appearance
and proud mirn. In 1911, he returned
to his family and opened n private school,
in which he was successful. In 1913 he
enli>te', in the army as a COMMON soldier,
was sonn promoted to the office Of Ensign,
fought the Indians under Gen. jackson,
and at the battle of the great bend Of the
Talapoosa he received an arrow in his
! thigh and two rifle balls in the shoulder.
His bravery in this action attracted the
notice Of Gen. jackson, and from that
time they were warm friends, Gen. Jack
son sending for him on lis dying bed,
Gen. Houston hurrying on from Texas {;
but the Hcio and Statesmen had gone to
the better land before his friend arrived
After the peace in 1915, Gen. Houston
was promoted To Lirutrnancy, and
shortly after underwent a painful surgical
operation, which nearly cost him his life,
for the purpose Of removing the rifle balls
from his shoulder. In 1917, he was ap.
pointed an Indian agent to carry out the
treaty with the CherokeeS. In 1918 he
resigned his commission in the army, aud
repaired to Nashville to study law. In
1919 he was appointed ii District AttOr-
n,v aud rose to distinction at the bar.
He was also appointed .Adjutant General
of rrnnr>,re, and in lS2l IA Major General
Of the Militia In 1928 he was elected a
Representative to Congress, and collected
in 1925 by an almost unanimous vote.
In 1927, lac was elected Governor of Ten
nc>sec by majority of l2,UrO. He was
very popular, aud had no opponent i'll the
Legislature elected at the same time.
During the time he was Governor of
/ Tenn, >>c,', one OF those incidents occurred
! which have rhcckered his life with ro-
nance In January, 1929. hr was mar
rirl. Tuc ncNt morning after the mar
rias,, lac and hi, wife by uutua consent,
a.lcrd To separate. The decision was left
10 tur wifi, Gcrr. Houston assuring her
tIa; thcv wonld live ill death should
l.ait them, nIf the most firuiiy terms,
aud the world should hr no wiser for any
,,ropusition that had been made in rcla-
tiu' to the matter, unless his VIII should
decide otherwise. Calmly aud in the
hird, i spirit, >i,. said at is best for
your happin,S> AID for mur that We
should part The General was of the
same opinion, and the agreement was at
once made thai the separation should take
place, and though the twu were not To
meet after the separation, they should
ever cherish the Iun>t friendly feelings
towards each othrr. zen. Houston at
once commenced prcparati""> I" abandon
hi official D>iliun ami leave Irun"S>cr.
In April hi preparations were cotnprtrd.
He resigned his office a> tiuvrrnor # tht
State. and with we'll elected library,
he repaired to the Cherokee country and
presented himself To O,tluutcka, " no had
formerly adopted him a> his son, aud "hu
! was uuN III, principal Chief If the tribe.
Houston Was wei. received by til" tribe,
the Old Chlri, at first sight, embracing
him in the most att,cIi"natr manner; and
hy a special decree If the Cniri~, he was
a'Iunitt Il To all the privileges OF the tribe.
! \ hut, furnished with the richest "t lutS,
, was st apart for his own use. Here he
,tu,li, Il the law books, and for diversion
read such other volumes as lac had brought
/ with hm.
A. soon as Gen. Houston departed from
Tennessee, cXtravagant stories and cal
umnicS were circulated with regard =
him. Tie was charged with having attns-
ed his wife, and her relations thrcateneI
to visit him with summary punishment
! But a. snon rs these stories gained cur
rcncv, his wife met them with an emphat'
! ic denial, assuring her friends that Gen
Houston had treated her with the great
est kindness, and that his conduct had
/ been marked in all their relations witt
the most tender regard for her feelings
and the highest considerations of honor
that, indeed it was upon her own decs
ion they had agreed to separate weeks
previously. This silenced the calumnies
and by none was he more cordially re
crivcd. on his return to Tennessee, thar
hy his wire'S immediate relatives. Evel
after he spoke of this lady with affection
and tender regard, and she never fa'le'
to speak Of him in tile most respectful
terms, and to award to him the merit O
great kindness of heart and the most hon
orable characteristics of pure hearted
gentleman. We believe that she did no
survive many years.
Gen. Houston remained three years
among the Indians, when, in 1882, h'
repaired to Washington to represent t
Government the great wrongs and fraud
that were practiccd on the Indian tribe!
bv Government agents and other white
people. An investigation was ordered
and five agents were removed. This man
lv and humane course Of conduct on TIT
part of Gen. Houston. brought upon hin
! the VlOltnCC vi luC htSl VI VIhNS
whose corruptions he had exposed, ant
he was greatly abused. W: r. Stanhury
of Ohio, a member of the House of Rep
rescntativeS, charged Houston, upon thu
floor of the House, with an attempt t.
procure fraudulent contract to suppl,
Indian rations. This caumny so rouse'
the feelings of Houston that he determin
ed to settle the affair with Stanbury in hi
own way. Meeting him upon PennSyI
vania Avenne, Houston knocked hin
down, inhicting very severe personal in
Jury upon him. For this he was arraiSn
ed before the bar of the House for con
tempt of its dignity and rights in beating
one of its members. Houston was per
mitted to defend his own case, and h
made most eloquent and effective speech
The sympathy of the House was wit
him, but as a matter of precedent tn
House could not fail to order the Speake
to reprimand Houston. This the Speake
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