The legend of the yellow rose

The yellow rose of Texas was born into providence, and priveledge, near the end of the eighteenth century, to Mexican nobel mother, and a politico father. She was given a formal education in Madrid, and Paris, and was known to be quite a lovely woman, with a gift for conversation. At the age of twenty two, her mother died after a lengthy illness, and she took her place in the Mexican heirarchy.
The events in Texas interested her greatly, and she saw an opportunity for a powerful ally, should the Texians be freely given independance. The greed of the government surprised, and distressed her, and when violence broke out in Gonzales, she became an ally of the Texians, secretly providing them with guns, ammunition, and food. When news of the fall of the Alamo reached her, and the massacre at Goliad, she realized drastic action must be taken to gain independance.
Assuming the identity of a madam, she turned a modest hacienda into a house of prostitution, and used her gift of conversation to gather intelligence on the mexican army, and secretly passed this information to General Sam Houston, hiding her communcations in bottles of wine.
According to a secret plan between she and General Sam, a good supply of wine was furnished to Santa Anna's army on the twentieth of April near San Jacinto, and The Texas army attacked the next morning, Texas independance was won.
On his trip back to Mexico, Santa Anna realized he had been manipulated, and by whom. He sent a small contingent of soldiers to the converted hacienda, and The Yellow Rose was secretly executed.
Some years after her death, a city in Texas was named for her. What is not well known is that her name literally means yellow rose. The name of The Yellow Rose of Texas is Rosa Amarillo. Rosa meaning rose, Amarillo meaning yellow. 
To this day, in Texas, we honor her memory, for her sacrifice, and love of freedom.