Texas history is full of wonderful stories, especially about the Texas war with Mexico and the birth of the Republic of Texas. One of our greatest heroes of this revolution was Emily Morgan West.
Emily was born a slave and had escaped her plantation owner by the time of the war with mexico. Being a mulatto, she was called "high yellow". Santa Anna had captured her to be his mistress. There was nothing she could do about this circumstance but she was a true Texan at heart.
On the day of the battle of San Jacento, Emily had kept Santa Anna busy in his tent (we are free to speculate how she kept him occupied). Once Santa Anna had fallen asleep, Emily, the brave heart escaped. With her, she carried the Mexican Army's battle plans. She delivered them to General Sam Houston who was preparing for battle.
Houston, well prepared, now attacked the Mexican Army as they rested in the afternoon, armed with Anna's battle plans and the battle cry "Remember the Alamo" That spring day, in April of 1836, with the bravery of Emily West, Sam Houston, with his rag-tag volunteers defeated the Mexican Army, captured Santa Anna and Texas won her independence.Later, an unknown Texas soldier, wrote a song in commenmeration of this brave lady. It has been sung in balltles throughout our history and was most popular during the U.S. civil war.
Today we call it the "Yellow Rose of Texas"
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Amanda Sims