Angel of Goliad
Harbert Davenport ca. 1950
“Though four generations of Texans have delighted to praise her, they have been singularly incurious as to her name, personality, and subsequent fate. She came into Texas with Urrea’s army and swept out again with the Mexican retreat from San Jacinto. From March through May of the year of Texas Independence, her virtues shone resplendently against the grim cruelty of Santa Anna; and then, insofar as Texas and Texans were concerned, she stepped gently out of their hearts and lives. Not even the beneficiaries of her mercies took the trouble to learn, or, at least they failed to record, her name”.
