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After spending much of his youth with the friendly Cherokee Indians, Sam Houston enlists with General Jackson and is severely wounded while leading a charge at the battle of Horseshoe Bend. Jackson commends him for his gallantry, and a life-long friendship is formed. Jackson is elected to the Presidency and Houston becomes Governor of Tennessee. On the eve of Houston’s re-election, he marries Eliza Allen but after many misunderstandings they separate. Houston resigns in the face of the scandal, goes into a long debauch and returns to the Cherokee Nation.
He goes to Washington to protest the treatment of the Cherokees by the government, and there meets Margaret Lea at a Presidential ball. Jackson persuades Houston to go to Texas, where he meets Margaret Lea again. Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett decline to join Houston in a fight to free Texas. They are loyal to peace-loving Stephen Austin, who refuses to enter into war with Mexico. Word is brought that the Mexican Army is marching across Texas, killing and plundering. Austin is convinced that Texas must fight and Houston agrees to lead the army.
The Mexicans attack the Alamo and Crockett, Bowie, Travis and others perish. Houston riding to re-inforce this garrison arrives too late. Thus the cry, “Remember the Alamo!’’ is born. At San Jacinto, Houston outsmarts the enemy and with a handful of troups routs the Mexican Army, thereby establishing the independence of Texas.
Houston is elected first president of the new Republic, and, with Margaret Lea, now his wife, he watches the Lone Star come down and the Stars and Stripes raised on the capitol flagpole, signifying the annexation of Texas into the Union.
Back in Tennessee, Andrew Jackson, dying, hears the news and whispers, “All is safe at last. My old friend and companion in arms . . . has been true to his trust."
The Dramatic Story
of “MAN OF CONQUEST'’