The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
TOLD OF SAM HOUSTON.
Incidents in the Life of the Hero oil

Incidents in the Life of the Hero of
Texas.
While at school in Tennessee, in his
early years, Sam Houston, who found
little that was congenial in the then
wilderness, suddenly disappeared. He
joined the Cherokee Indians and re
mained with them, apparently con
tented and happy, until he was dis
covered and reluctantly returned to
his home. When contentious arose
between himself and his brothers he
rejoined the Indians. The most mYs-
terious act of his life occurred
while he was gov ernor of Ten
nessee. On entering his Office one
day it was found that he had
swept from his desk all the
litter of papers that had accumulated,
leaving it clean and unoccupied. ex-
cepting that an inkstand was placed
in the center and under it a Slip of
paper containing his resignation of the
Office of governor He resigned that
office to return to the chosen life of his
boyhood with the Cherokees and from
whom he had won the honors of a
chief. lie heartily joined liz their
councils and was their companion,
apparently as happy and contented as
ever. for several years. Various ex-
plantations We're given OF this strange
conduct. One of these refera TO his
unfortunate marriage. lie had chosen
as a wife a charming and afniab BILE
young woman who manifested ex
treme reluctance to living with
him and returned to her fathers roof
few months after her marriage. She
made no charge against her husband
and he made no charge against her.
1t was said that he was not hey choice;
that her heart had been given to an
other, and that She felt it Ter duty,
under the circumstances, not to live
with one whom she did not love, and
whom she had been led to marry solely
by the entreaties of her parents Ger.
Houston seemed to live in the
hope of winning the Affections of his
wife, and sought political prefArment
with the expectation that his success
might secure her admiration.
1t is said that immediately preced-
ing his resignation Gov. Houston had
a long conversation with hiR wife, in
which he besought her to give him
her heart as well as her hand. Listen
ing patiently and silently to his en-
treaties, her only reply was 10 gently
push him aside and turn away. Hous-
ton, it is said, proceeded at once to the
capital, wrote his resignation, and re-
turned to the hermitage of the Indian
encampment Col. Baylor of Texas,
whose father was an army officer at
Fort Gibson, and an old friend of
Houston, SAYS that while the
latter lived with the Cherokees
as their chief he sometinaes called
at the Baylor mansion, always ap-
pearing with his face painted and
wearing his moccasins and all his
Indian toggery. While chief of the
Cherok Aes he never held any conver
sation with white men without insist
ing on having his interpreter present.
SO that his conversation, which was
always in the Indian tongue, could be
interpreted. When the Texas couyen-
ton met in a Lighthouse at San Feline
To form temporary government, in
November, 1885, Houston appeared in
his Indian apparel, and President
Jackson, whose everlasi ing friendship
he had won in the Creek war, thanked
God that there was one man he was
acquainted with who was not made I'D
by tailor.