Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

She and Houston lived together for several years and although he was still married to Eliza Allen under civil law he married Tiana under the Cherokee law. At the convention to declare Texan Independence in March 1836 he was made Commander-in-Chief. On September 5 1836 he defeated Stephen F.

S. S. Sam Houston supported annexation by the United States.