Six years ago, I made a peace with the Comanches; that peace was kept until a bad chief took my place. That chief made war on the Comanches and… on the Cherokees, and drove them from the country. Now this has to be mended, war can do us no good….I don’t want war.
-Sam Houston, speech at the Council at the Fall of the Brazos
In this speech, Sam Houston expresses his viewpoint about war with Native Americans. Who is the “bad chief” that Houston refers to?
A.Chief Bowles
B. Mirabeau Lamar
C. Anson Jones
D. Santa Anna