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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benton , Thomas Hart , -1858 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chapelle , Placide Louis 1842 - (search)
Chapelle, Placide Louis 1842-
Clergyman; born in Mende, France, Aug. 28, 1842.
He came to the United States in 1859; and was graduated at St. Mary's College, and ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1865.
For five years he was a missionary, and from 1870 to 1891 held pastorates in Baltimore and Washington.
He was made coadjutor archbishop of Santa Fe in 1891; archbishop in 1894; and archbishop of New Orleans in 1897.
The following years he was appointed by the Pope Apostolic Delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, and after a brief service in Cuba he went to the Philippines.
where in 1901 he greatly aided the American authorities in establishing civil governments.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus , Christopher 1435 -1536 (search)
Comanche Indians,
A roving and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone family who, when first known, inhabited the region from the headwaters of the Brazos and Colorado rivers to those of the Arkansas and Missouri, some of their bands penetrating to Santa Fe, in New Mexico, and to Durango, in Mexico.
The Spaniards and the tribes on the central plains, like the Pawnees, felt their power in war from an early period.
They called themselves by a name signifying live people, believed in one supreme Father, and claim to have come from towards the setting sun. The tribe is divided into several bands, and all are expert horsemen.
The French in Louisiana first penetrated their country in 1718, buying horses from them, and in 1724 made a treaty with them.
They were then numerous.
One village visited by the French had 140 lodges, containing 1,500 women, 2,000 children, and 800 warriors.
Until 1783, they had long and bloody wars with the Spaniards, when, their great wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fillmore , Millard 1800 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Finances, United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Froebel , Julius 1805 -1893 (search)
Froebel, Julius 1805-1893
Author; born in Griesheim, Germany, July 16, 1805; educated in his native country.
He came to the United States in middle life and was naturalized; lectured in New York, and in 1850 went to Nicaragua, Chihuahua, and Santa Fe as a correspondent of the New York Tribune.
In 1857 he returned to Germany.
He was the author of Seven years travel in Central America, Northern Mexico, and the far West of the United States; The Republican, etc. He died in Zurich, Nov. 6, 1893.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Granger , Gordon 1821 -1876 (search)
Granger, Gordon 1821-1876
Military officer; born in New York City, in 1821; graduated at West Point in 1845; served in the war with Mexico, and was made captain of cavalry in May, 1861.
He served under Halleck and Grant in the West, and was made major-general of volunteers, Sept. 17, 1862.
He commanded the district of Central Kentucky, was put in command of the 4th Army Corps after the battle of Chickamauga, was engaged in the struggle on Missionary Ridge, November, 1863, and was active in the military movements that led to the capture of Mobile in 1864, for which he was brevetted major-general of the United States army.
He was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1866; was promoted to colonel in the regular army the same year; and died in Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 10, 1876.