Cherokees wlecome back troubled 'Raven'
Cherokees wlecome back troubled 'Raven' Bartee Haile / History columnist FacebookTwitterEmail During the first week of April 1829, Sam Houston sent his teenaged bride home to mother, decided to resign as governor of Tennessee and prepared for a self-imposed exile among his boyhood friends, the Cherokees. Twenty years earlier, the 16-year-old had rebelled against his older brothers’ plans for his future, which included clerking in a general store, by running away. He found refuge among the neighboring Cherokees, who welcomed the headstrong youth with open arms and named him “The Raven.” ...
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