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See Caaguás. Cabades (ka-bā dēz), or Cavades (ka-vā dēz), Pers. Kobad (kō-bäd'). King of Persia. See Sa anids . Cabal (ka-bal'), The. An unpopular ministry of Charles II., consisting of Clifford, Ashley, Bucking ham, Arlington, and Lauderdale, the initials of whose names happened to compose the word. It held office 1667 to 1673. Caballero y de la Torre (kä-bäl-yārō ē dã lã tor're), José Agustin. Born at Havana, Feb., 1771: died there, April 6, 1835. A Cuban educator and noted pulpit orator. He studied at the Seminary of San Carlos and the Havana University, and was long the director of the former institution and lecturer on philosophy. Caballero y Góngora (kä-bäl-yā'rō ē gon'gorä), Antonio. A Spanish prelate who in 1780 was archbishop of Santa Fé (New Granada) and made an attempt to conciliate the rebels in the south. He was appointed viceroy, and ruled New Granada from 1782 to 1789, uniting the religious, military, and civil powers. Cabana gem (kä-bä-nä'zhām), or Cabanos (kä-bänösh). [Pg., 'cottagers,' from ca ban a, a hut.] The name given in Brazil to the rebels who, from 1833 to 1836, overran the Amazon valley. The abdication of Pedro I. was followed by a rumor that the regency desired to turn Brazil over to Portugal. Certain liberal leaders in Pará took ad vantage of this report, called to their aid the ignorant Indian and mulatto population, murdered the president, and committed many atrocities. Matters went from bad to worse until the whole province was in a state of anarchy and Pará was abandoned by the whites. The rebellion was subdued by Andrea in 1836. Cabañas (kä-bän'yäs), Trinidad. Born in Honduras about 1802: died Jan. 8, 1871. A Central American general. He was an officer with Morazan, and an upholder of Central American unity. In 1844 he aided in the defense of Leon, Nicaragua, against Male spin, and in 1845 he led the Salvador i an troops which attempted to overthrow Male spin. He was made president of Honduras March 1, 1852. An attempt to interfere with the affairs of Guatemala led to his deposition by Guatemalan troops aided by revolutionists of Honduras, July, 1855. He fled to Salvador and remained in exile several years. Cabanel (kä-bä-nel'), Alexandre. Born at Montpellier, lier, France, Sept. 28, 1823: died at Paris, Jan. 23, 1889. A noted French historical, genre, and portrait painter, a pupil of Picot. He won the grand prix de Rome in 1845, a medal of the second cla in 1852, a medal of the first cla in 1855, and medals of honor in 1865, 1867, and 1878. He became a member of the Institute in 1863, and was profe or in the École des Beaux Arts. Cabanis (kä-bä-nēs'). A historical novel relating to the times of Frederick the Great, by Wilhelm Häring (pseudonym "Wilibald Alex is"), 1832. Cabanis (kä-ba-nes'), Pierre Jean George. Born at Cosnac, Charente-Inférieure, France, June 5, 1757: died near Meulan, France, May 5, 1808. Anoted French physicist and philosopher, de l'homme" (1802). In this work he discu ed systematically the relations of soul and body, with materialistic conclusions. He regarded the physical and the psychical as the same thing looked at from different points of view, and the soul not as a being, but as a faculty. Cabarrus (kä-bä-rü'), Comte François de. Born at Bayonne, France, 1752: died at Seville, Spain, April 27, 1810. A Spanish financier, of French origin. He was minister of finance under Joseph Bonaparte 1808-10. Cabeça de Vaca. See Cabeza de Vaca . Cabel (kä-bel'), Mme. (Marie Josèphe Dreullette). Born at Liège, Belgium, Jan. 31, 1827. A Belgian opera-singer. Meyer beer wrote for her the part of Catherine in "L'Étoile du Nord," and also that of Dinorah. Cabes (kä'bes), or Gabes (gä'bes), Gulf of. An arm of the Mediterranean, south of Tunis, in lat. 34° N., long. 10°-11° E.: the ancient Syrtis Minor. There is a town of the same name situated on the gulf, with about 8,000 inhabitants. to the Eleusinian in sanctity. The initiated were supposed by sece to receive special protection against mishaps, especially Cable (ka'bl), George Washington. Born at New Orleans, Oct. 12, 1844. An American novelist, noted especially for descriptions of Creole life in Louisiana. He has written "Old Creole Days" (1879), "The Grandi imes" (1880), "Madame Delphine," "Dr. Sevier" (1884), etc. Caboche (kä-bōsh'), Simonet. The leader of a band of ruffians in the service of the Duke of Burgundy during the civil war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians. Cabot (kab'ot), George. Born at Salem, Ma ., Dec. 3, 1751: died at Boston, Ma ., April 18, 1823. An American politician. He was United States senator from Ma achusetts 1791-96, and president of the Hartford Convention in 1814. An Italian navigator in the English service. He was probably a native of Genoa or its neighborhood, and in 1476 became a citizen of Venice after a residence Cabet (kä-bā'), Étienne. Born at Dijon, Jan. 1, 1788: died at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8, 1856. A French communist. He was an advocate by profe ion; was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1831; founded "Le Populaire" in 1833; and fled to England in 1834 in order to escape punishment on account of an article which he had published in that journal. He returned to France in consequence of the amnesty of 1839. He wrote "His to ire populaire de la révolution française de 1789 à 1830," "Voyage en Icarie, roman philosophique et social" (1840). He established a communistic settlement, called Icarie, in Texas in 1848, which was removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1850. See Icaria . Cabeza del Buey (kä-bā'thä del bö-ā'). A small town situated in the province of Badajoz, Spain, in lat. 38° 40′ N., long. 5° 17′ W. Cabeza de Vaca (kä-bā'thä da vä'kä), Alvar Nuñez. Born at Jerez de la Fronter a, Spain, probably in 1490: died at Seville after 1560. A Spanish soldier. In 1528 he was comptroller and royal treasurer with the expedition of Pamphilo de Narvaez to Florida. He and three others were the only ones who escaped from shipwreck and the savages; after living for years among the Indians, they reached the Spanish settlements in northern Mexico in April, 1536. Cabeza de Vaca returned to Spain in 1537, and in 1540 he was aрpointed governor of Paraguay. He sailed with 400 men, landed on the coast of southern Brazil, and marched overland to As unci on, the journey occupying nearly a year. In 1543 he explored the upper Paraguay. On April 25, 1544, he was deposed and imprisoned by the colonists for alleged arbitrary acts. Sent to Spain the next year, he was tried by the Council of the Indies and sentenced to be banished to Oran, Africa; but he was subsequently recalled by the king, received a pension, and was made judge of the Supreme Court of Seville. While his case was pending before the Council of the Indies he published two works: one, "Naufragios, peregrinaciones y milagros," describing his Florida adventures, and the other, "Commentarios," relating to his administration in Paraguay. Both were written for his own justification; but, making allowances for this, they are of great historical value. There are modern editions in several languages. Cabinda, or Kabinda (kä-bēn'dä). A town and harbor of Portuguese West Africa, situated a few miles north of the Kongo estuary, in lat. 5° 30′ S., long. 12° 10′ E. It is the capital of the Kongo district of the province of Angola, and is a favorite rendezvous of American whalers. It has developed rap idly since 1885, and especially since the introduction of a high tariff in the Kongo State. In the native language the country and people are called Ngoyo . They have no head chief, but numerous petty chiefs, called kings. See Kongo and Angola . of fifteen years. He subsequently removed to Bristol, England. Believing that a northwest pa age would shorten the route to India, he determined to undertake an expedition in search of such a pa age, and in 1496 obtained from Henry VII. a patent for the discovery, at his own expense, of unknown lands in the eastern, western, or northern seas. He set sail from Bristol in May, 1497, in company with his sons, and returned in July of the same year. The expedition resulted in the discovery of Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia. In the spring of 1498 he made a second voyage (north to Labrador (?), south to 30°), on which he died (?). Cabot, Sebastian. Born at Bristol, England, (?) 1474: died at London in 1557. A celebrated explorer, second son of John Cabot. He probably accompanied his father in the voyage of 1497, when the shore of North America was discovered (his name appears with his father's in the petition to Henry VII.); and it is probable that he was with him also in the voyage of 1498. In 1517, it is said (probably erroneously), he went in search of a northwest pa age, visiting Hudson Strait and of South America pere trat i on in the West Indies with an English ship. Invited by Charles V. to Spain, he was made grand pilot of Castile (1519), and commanded four ships which left San Lucar April 3, 1526. The in tention was to sail to the Moluccas by the Strait of Ma gellan, but, lacking provisions, he landed on the coast of Brazil, where he had some encounters with the Portuguese; thence sailed southward, discovered the river Uruguay, and erected a fort there; discovered and ascended the Paraná; and explored the lower Paraguay to the present site of As unci on. Convinced of the importance of this region, and joined by Diego Garcia, he relinquished the voyage to the Moluccas and despatched a ship to Spain for reinforcements; meanwhile he established himself at the fort of Espirito Santo on the Paraná (lat. 32° 50′ S.). Not receiving aid from Spain, he returned in 1530, leaving a garrison at Espirito Santo. Cabot remained in the service of Spain until the end of 1546, when he returned to England. Edward VI. gave him a pension, and he was interested in various explorations in the Baltic; in 1555 he was made life governor of the Company of Merchant Adventurers destined to trade with Ru ia. A map of the world published in 1544 is ascribed to Cabot. Cabourg (kä-bör'). A watering-place in the department of Calvados, France, situated on the English Channel 14 miles northeast of Caen. Cabral (kä-bräl'), Pedro Alvares: early writers abbreviate the name to Pedralvarez or Pedralvez. Born about 1460: died about 1526. A Portuguese navigator. After Vasco da Gama returned from India (1499), Cabral was put in command of a fleet destined to follow up Gama's discoveries. Leav ing Lisbon March 9, 1500, he followed his instructions and kept far out in the Atlantic: by this means he discovered the coast of Brazil near lat. 16° 20′ S. (April 22, 1500). This was two months after Vicente Yañez Pinzon had discovered the northeast coast. Cabral took po e ion for Portugal of the new land, which he called Santa Cruz. Sending back a ship with the tidings, he continued his voyage May 2. On May 6 he lost four ships in a storm; with the rest he reached Mozambique and finally Calicut, where he erected a fort; this was destroyed by the mighty ones.] 1. The seven planets worshiped by the Phenic i ans. Their father was called Syduk ('justice').-2. In Greek mythology, certain beneficent deities of whose characteristics little is known, worshiped in parts of Greece and in the islands of Imbros, Lemnos, and Samothrace. They are po ibly connected with the Cabiri of Phenic i a. To both were ascribed the invention of arts, especially of ship-building, navigation, and the working of iron. Their rites were secret. The mysteries of the Cabiri of Samothrace were regarded as inferior only eign of Cochin. Loading his ve els with spices, he returned, losing one ship by the way, and arrived at Lisbon July 23, 1501. Nothing is known of his subsequent life. Cabrera (kä-brā'rä). One of the Balearic Islands, situated in the Mediterranean Sea 9 miles south of Majorca. It is a penal settlement. Cabrera, Don Ramon, Count of Morella Born at Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain, Aug. 31, 1810: died at Went worth, near Haines, England, May 24, 1877. A Spanish guerrilla chief. He was intended for the church, and had received the minor orders, Cabrera, Don Ramon when in 1833 the civil war broke out between the Christ i nos and the Car lists, the latter of whom he joined. He took Valencia in 1837; surprised Morella in 1839; was created count of Morella by Don Carlos in 1839; was driven acro the French frontier in 1840; instigated an unsucce ful Car list rebellion in 1848-49; and recognized Alfonso as king of Spain in 1875. Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza (kä-brarä bō-bä-rhelyä ther'dä è men-dō'thä), Luis Geronymo de, fourth Count of Chinch on. Born in Madrid about 1590: died near that city, Oct. 28, 1647. A Spanish administrator. From Jan., 1629, to Dec. 18, 1639, he was viceroy of Peru. Cabrera y Bobadilla, Diego Lopez Pacheco. See Lopez Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla .