Harriet E Bishop McConkey

Dakota War Whoop or Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota of 1862 - 1863 Harriet E Bishop McConkey

Harriet E. Bishop (January 1, 1817 - August 8, 1883) was an American educator, writer, suffragist, and temperance activist. Born in Panton, Vermont, she moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1847. There she started the first public school in the Minnesota Territory, the first Sunday school in the territory, was a founding member of temperance, suffrage and civic organizations, played a central role in establishing the First Baptist Church of Saint Paul, and was an active promoter of her adopted state Partial list of works - "Floral Home; or, First Years of Minnesota", published in New York, 1857 - "Dakota War Whoop, or Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota of 1862-63", published in 1863 - "Minnesota Then and Now", published in 1869 "Dakota War Whoop, or Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota of 1862-63", published in 1863 The Bread Raid - The First Blow - Outbreak at Red Wood - The Slaughter - US Troops Cut to Pieces - The Panic - The Mission Party - Siege of Fort Abercrombie - Indians at Sioux Falls City and more.