Its second president issued Redbacks as currency and reversed his predecessor's policy towards the Comanche Indians.
A woman named Matilda Lockhart was tortured in this polity, leading to an incident known as the Council House Fight. At least 60 people were killed in the ensuing Great Raid led by Buffalo Hump. One side in a different conflict here was led by Charles Jackson and Edward Merchant and, though this polity is not North Carolina, that conflict was called the Regulator-Moderator War. Key figures in this polity's government included Memucan Hunt Jr. and Anson Jones. Its second president issued Redbacks as currency and reversed his predecessor's policy towards the Comanche Indians. That man was Mirabeau Lamar. Controversially annexed by joint resolution, for 10 points, name this Republic which gained its independence from Mexico in 1836 and whose first president was Sam Houston.
A woman named Matilda Lockhart was tortured in this polity, leading to an incident known as the Council House Fight.
Republic of Texas