JACKSON, HELEN MARIA FISKE

HUNT (1831-1885), American author and poet; b. in Amherst, Ma achusetts, October 18, 1831; d. in San Francisco, August 12, 1885. She married, at 21, Captain Edward Hunt, and after his death, in 1867, began a literary career which for variety of productions and general high quality, has rarely been equalled in this country. Novels, e ays, poems, works of travel, and juveniles, followed each other in rapid succe ion. Most of her work was signed ‘H.H.’ After marrying W. S. Jackson, of Colorado Springs, she became interested in the wrongs of the Indians, and wrote the powerful novel-tract A Century of Dishonor, 1881. It was followed by Ramona, in which the leading actors are of Indian blood.,This was her most popular work. Mercy Phil brick’s Choice and FHetty’s Strange History appeared in the No Name series. Other books: Bits of Travel, 1878; Sonnets and Lyrics, 1886; She is credited with having written the