Subject:  American Minute - Oct. 22 - General Sam Houston & Texas Independence
Date:  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:23:42 -0500
American Minute with Bill Federer

October 22

OCTOBER 22, 1836, General Sam Houston was sworn in as the first
President of the Republic of Texas.

As a teenager, after his father died, Houston ran off to live with
the Cherokee Indians on the Tennessee River, being adopted by Chief
Oolooteka and given the name "Raven."

Three years later, Houston returned to town, opened a school, joined
the army and fought in the War of 1812, being noticed by General
Andrew Jackson.

In 1818, wearing Indian dress, Houston led a delegation of Cherokee
to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Monroe.

Elected to Congress in 1823, Sam Houston became Governor of Tennessee
in 1827. After a failed marriage, Sam Houston moved to Texas, where he
was made Commander to fight Santa Anna.

The Texas Declaration of Independence stated:

"When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and
property of the people...and...becomes an instrument in the hands of
evil rulers for their oppression....it is a...sacred obligation to
their posterity to abolish such government, and create another in its
stead."

The Texas' Declaration ended:

"Conscious of the rectitude of our intentions, we fearlessly and
confidently commit the issue to the decision of the Supreme Arbiter
of the Destinies of Nations."



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