A
Adams, John Quincy, 21
Alamo, 5, 7, 30
Austin, Stephen F., 27, 28, 29, 31, 33
B
Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 14–17
Bowie, Jim, 27
C
Cherokee Nation, 10, 11, 15, 18–19, 25–26
Civil War, 44
Clay, Henry, 20, 21
Confederate States of America, 42–44
Cós, Martín, 29
F
Fannin, James, 30
Fort Mims, 14
G
Goliad, 5, 30
H
Houston, Eliza (Allen), 23–24, 33
Houston, Elizabeth, 9, 10, 13, 17, 26
Houston, Margaret (Lea), 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 43, 44
Houston, Sam
baptism of, 38–39
birth, childhood, 9–11
children, 35, 44
death of, 44
drinking problems, 18, 24, 26, 34
duel, 21–22
as governor, 22, 24, 40–44
as lawyer, 20, 27–28
marriages, 23–26, 34
as peacemaker, 25–26, 29
as president of Texas, 31–35
as Senator, 20–22, 36–39
as soldier, 5–8, 13–19, 29–30
as teacher, 11–12
wounding of, 7, 16–17
Houston, Sam (father), 9, 10
Houston, Tiana (Rogers), 26, 33
J
Jackson, Andrew, 14–15, 17, 19–21, 26, 35
John Jolly (Chief), 11, 25
K
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 39
Know-Nothing party, 39
L
Lamar, Mirabeau, 34, 35
Lincoln, Abraham, 42
M
Mexican War, 37
Missouri Compromise, 37
Montgomery, L. P., 16
O
Oregon Territory, 36
P
Pierce, Franklin, 38
R
Raguet, Anna, 27–28, 33
Red Sticks, 14–17
Republicans, 39
S
San Jacinto, battle of, 5–8, 30
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 5–8, 28–30
slavery, 9, 33, 37–39, 42
Smith, Henry, 31
T
Texas
secession, 42–44
statehood, 31–35
war for independence, 5–8, 26–30
Texas Rangers, 34
Travis, William, 29, 30
Trimble, James, 20
Tyler, John, 35
W
War of 1812, 13–17
Webster, Daniel, 20
White, William, 21–22