Sam Houston: A Hero In Our Country Today

Sam Houston is a hero in our country today. He was very brave through all of the tough decisions that he made in his life. A couple of them were extremely insane, while others were moderately daring. He had to leave his home and family when he was only 16 years old, because he wanted to live with the Cherokee Indians. His Cherokee father adopted him, and spent three years with the Indians. Sam Houston then joined the army in 1812 to go fight in the battle against the Creek Indians in Alabama. He was in great pain, but decided to keep fighting with an arrow in his thigh and two rifle balls in his shoulder. 30 years later, Houston became Governor of Texas from 1859-1861. He had lots of tough decisions to make, but through it all, he had