Cabal

a term that is used to denote an intriguing, factitious party in the State, who for political expediency modify or sacrifice their principle to gain personal ends. The origin of the word is to be found | in the initials of the English Ministry of Charles II., viz., Clifford, Ashley, Bucking ham, Arlington and Lauderdale, Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez (1507-1559), Spanish explorer, went with Narvaez to Florida in 1527, and accompanied him on his westward march and voyage. He was wrecked near Matagorda Bay in Texas, and captured by the Indians, among whom he became a medicine-man. Finally escaping, he reached Mexico after many wanderings, during which he discovered the Rio Grande. He was afterward the first explorer of Paraguay.