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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright , Henrietta Christine , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Smet , Peter John , 1801 -1872 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Diplomatic service. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fine Arts, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart , Albert Bushnell 1854 - (search)
Hennepin, Louis 1640-
Recollet, or Franciscan, missionary and explorer; born in Ath, Belgium, about 1640.
Entering the Franciscan order, he made a tour through Germany and Italy, preached a while, had charge of a hospital, and was a regimental chaplain at the battle of Senef, between the Prince of Conde and William of Orange, in 1674.
The next year he was ordered to Canada, and made the voyage with Bishop Laval and Robert Cavalier de la Salle.
After preaching in Quebec, he went to the Indian mission at Fort Frontenac, and visited the Mohawk country.
In 1678 he accompanied La Salle to the Western wilds, with Chevalier de Tonti and the Sieur de la Motte.
Left by La Salle a little below the present site of Peoria to prosecute discoveries, he and two others penetrated to the Mississippi in a canoe, by way of the Illinois River, in February and March, 1680.
They explored the Mississippi northward until, in April, they were captured by a party of Sioux and carried to their villa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iron and steel. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jenkins , William Dunbar 1849 - (search)
Jenkins, William Dunbar 1849-
Civil engineer; born in Adams county, Miss., Sept. 19, 1849; was educated at military schools in France and Belgium; studied civil engineering in Lexington, Va., in 1869-71; and has since done much work in bridge-building.
He was in charge of the construction of the Randolph bridge over the Missouri River, at Kansas, Mo., and was employed on the Mississippi levees.
He has been chief engineer of railroads in the South and Southwest, and was also chief engineer of the Aransas Pass harbor and jetty works in Texas.
In 1898-99 he was major of the Volunteer Engineer Corps, and chief engineer officer of the 1st Division of the 2d Army Corps.
In 1887 he became a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maximilian , Ferdinand Joseph 1832 - (search)
Maximilian, Ferdinand Joseph 1832-
Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico; born in Vienna, July 6, 1832, and, having entered the naval service, was made rearadmiral and chief of the Austrian navy in 1854.
In 1857 he was made governor of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and in the same year married Charlotte, daughter of Leopold I., of Belgium.
He departed for Mexico in April, 1864, and landed, with his wife, at Vera Cruz in May.
The French army had already taken possession of the country.
The archduke assumed the crown of Mexico, with the title of Maximilian I., and, being childless, adopted a son of Iturbide (q. v.) as his presumptive successor on the throne.
Juarez, the President, who had been driven from the capital, and, with his followers, declared by the new Emperor to be an outlaw and usurper, made such strong resistance that Maximilian had to struggle for his throne from the very beginning.
When the American Civil War was ended, Napoleon was given to understand, by