Erastus Deaf Smith Research Paper

Erastus “Deaf” Smith was born on April 19, 1787. The reason they called Erastus, “Deaf” Smith was because he was deaf. He was not a muscular man he was more punny, weak, and skinny. His lungs were also very weak. Deaf called his cows mules, they were “Hornless cows”. Deaf moved to texas, and with him he brought his “hornless cows”. Deaf had a dog named rattler, he used that dog so that nobody would sneak up on him. He was an opened air man so he spent most of his time outside. So he could find animals to kill very easily. That was one of the reasons why texas made him stronger and healthier.
In Texas Deaf fell in love with a tall widow named Guadalupe Ruiz Duran, She was also 10 years younger than him.She was spanish. He bought 5,535 acres
Between the years of 1835 and 1836 deaf was a war hero.After joining the Texans, he became a chief spy, and was known as “the eyes of the army.” As a guide he helped troops cross the land that he knew well.In the battle of conception he was a main part because in that battle he was a sharpshooter and a leader. In the battle of san jacinto deaf smith was sent to capture the messenger sent by general Cos. When he captured him, the messenger told santa anna’s location. Next deaf smith went to santa anna's camp disguised as a poor mexican to gather information.Deaf smith also fought in the battle of san jacinto. At first only santa anna got captured but then deaf captured general Cos. After the Battle of San Jacinto, Smith acted as a scout and spy to monitor the retreat of the Mexican army. After spying on the mexican army for a while he found out the mexicans were going to attack but he stopped it. After that, he headed up a company of rangers which monitored a strip of land that both Mexicans and Texans claimed. He and his men fought mexicans near laredo, but some rangers never made it to laredo. Soon after he fought deaf died on November 30,