The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-07-31

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to this a. an interference with his nj
legged rights, and an alteration re
suited. When 1t was over one Of the
pickets was very dead. Not much
complication about that, Is there. Re
duced to plain English, Wells con
tended that ne had a right to run his
own business without the interference
Of anybody. The union held that 1t
had q right to prevent his hiring non
union men IL it could. Which would
seem 20 point the lesson that the gen
eral adoption Of the Golden Rule is
quite a ways OF yet.
Last Monday was the anniversary Of
the death OF one Of the most remarka
BILE men in American history, General
sam Houston.
In the roster Of great Americans
comparatively few names deserve to
be placed before that oil sam Houston.
Barbarian he was, to a decided degree,
military genius hs proved himself an
one Of the shortest and most brilliant
of campaigns, as n statesman the fu'
true historian is likely to give higher
rank to him than does The present, and
as u man, his career stands out with
out parallel IN American history. With
n paltry race Of undisciplined men, he
won an empire-an empire greater in
extent than the thirteen original
states with marvellous skill he guided
through the shoals aud the rapids the
ship OF state when he commanded;
practically alone, he strove In the ear
ly days Of cesession to hold Texas TO
the Union. But greater than any VIC
tory he won IN war or state was his
victory over himself. Wild, primitive,
violent aud passionate he conquered
himself.
On March 2, 1893, at q little place
in Roekbrldge county, Va, called Tim
Der Ridge Church, sam Houston was
born. HIS father died IN 1896, and
then the widow with her ak sons, aud
three daughters, set out across the
Alleghenies, to make u home for her
family in what was then the wilder
ness Of Tennessee IL was from has
mother that Houston got most Of his
striking characteristics. she was
strong IN spirit, masterful and indom
liable, aud 50 YVES he.
Back IN Virginia, Sam had little OPP
portunity Tor schooling, but he got
hold Of one book that stirred his I'm
agination to the depths. 1t was Pope's
translation VI the Illiad. Its read.
ing became an obsession with him.
Fiery tempered, Indifferent vi inter
ference, he became rebeIlous when
has elder brothers sought TO make him
give up the book. In Tennessee they
tried to make a blacksmith out Of him,
failed IN that, they put him IN n
frontier store IA clerk. That they
t~yrannized the boy there Is no doubt,
for he abandoned the store aud his
home to seek refuge among the In
dians. He was adopted by Oo.loo.tee
kah, one Of the chiefs Of the Cherokees
as his son, and remained with the In
dians until he was Is years old. lie
spoke their language, dressed as they
dressed, painted himself As they paint.
ed, and lived the life Of the Indian.
When he vas IS he returned to civil.
i%zation, because he wanted to earn
enough money to discharge some
debts. lie opened 4 school, and not
only cleared enough to free himself
from his obligations, but TO pay a
short course in the Maryland tcade
my.
In 1918 he enlisted as a private In
the Thirty.ninth Tennessee volunteers.
fhe war Of lsl2 was in full blast at
that time but there wa another war
also that concerned the people Of the
West just AZ much. That was the
war with the Creeks, the most power
full and warlike Of all the Indian
tribes. Tecumseh and his brother, the
Prophet, had been responsible for the
Fort Nina massaeres, and General An.
drew jackson had been ordered to
take the field against them.
When young Houston babe farewell
TO his mother, this was her parting in
junction; go, and remember that
while the door Of my cabin is open "a
brave men, IL Is ~eternally shut to ali
towards"
Houston's First Battle.
The battle Of Horseshoe BEND wa,
the biggest and probably the most