. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . h of our hero was spent in alternatelyattending school, working on his mothers farm, and clerking ina store; until suddenly he left home and joined the CherokeeIndians. This wild life does not appear to have lasted very long,for we find him, while still a mere boy, teaching school in orderto pay off some debts. At the age of twenty, he enlisted in thearmy for the Creek war, then raging in Florida, and by his gal-lantry in action won the approval of Gen. Jackson. His daringon the field at the battle of the Horseshoe resulted in several 380 GENERAIi
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . h of our hero was spent in alternatelyattending school, working on his mothers farm, and clerking ina store; until suddenly he left home and joined the CherokeeIndians. This wild life does not appear to have lasted very long,for we find him, while still a mere boy, teaching school in orderto pay off some debts. At the age of twenty, he enlisted in thearmy for the Creek war, then raging in Florida, and by his gal-lantry in action won the approval of Gen. Jackson. His daringon the field at the battle of the Horseshoe resulted in several 380 GENERAIi HOUSTON. severe woiindR, from Avliich he did not recover for over a year jand in the promotion to the rank of second lieutenant. Being appointed sub-agent for the Cherokee Indians in 1817,he was soon accused of abusing his authority; but investigationproved that the charges were made by contractors whom he haddispleased by his integrity. Receiving in the succeeding year acommission as first lieutenant, dated back a year, he resigned his. jiorsroN worNHKT) jx jnK creek and civil honors in 1819, to devote himself to the studyof the law. In this profession he speedily attained eminence,being in 1819 elected District Attorney ; at the same time the ti-tle of Major-General of militia was accorded to him. Politicalhonors, also, awaited him. Elected and re-elected to Congressin 1823 and 25, he left his seat there at the close of his second GENERAL SAM HOUSTON. 381 term only to afecend the steps of the gubernatorial mansion as itsmaster. In 1829 he was happily married, and to all appearancethere was no cloud in the sky. His majority had been over-whelming, his popularity was unbounded, his administration metwith no opposition. Such was the brilliancy of his prospectswhen, without any warning to those outside their mansion, returned to her fathers house, and the governor resignedhis office and fled from the city in disguise. The news fell likea thunderbolt
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