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A district of the Bardhwan division, Bengal, British India, in lat. 23o N., long. 87° E. Area, 2,621 square miles. Population (1891), 1,069,668. Bankura. The capital of the Bankura district, situated on the Dhalkisor River 100 miles northwest of Calcutta. Population (1891), 18,743. Bann (ban). A river of northeastern Ireland which flows through Lough Neagh, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Cole raine. Length, about 90 miles. Bannacks. See Bannock . Bannatyne (ban'a-tin), George. Born in Scotland, 1545: died about 1608. A collector of early Scottish poetry. His manuscript collection is preserved in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. It has been printed in part by Allan Ramsay and Lord Hailes, and completely by the Hunter i an Club. letely Bannatyne Club. A Scottish literary club, named from George Bannatyne, founded under the presidency of Sir Walter Scott in 1823, and di olved in 1859. It was devoted to the publication of works on Scottish history and lit erature. IMG:content-0139.png:[blocks in formation] Bannister, John. Born at Deptford, England, May 12, 1760: died at London, Nov. 7, 1836. A noted English comedian, the son of Charles Bannister. Bannock (ban'ok). 'ok). [Pl., also Bannocks ; a corruption of Pan - i'ti , the tribal designation used by the people themselves.] A tribe of North American Indians, also called "Robber Indians." It was divided into two geographically distinct divisions, the first of which claimed the territory be tween lat. 42 and 45°, and from long. 113° to the main chain of the Rocky Mountains; while the second division, or northern Bannock, claimed all of the southwestern portions of Montana, into which they had been forced by the Black feet. The southern branch was by far the more populous. In 1869 the Bannock of Salmon River numbered but 350, in 50 lodges, having been largely reduced by smallpox and the inroads of the Black feet. Upon the establishment of Wind River reservation in 1869, about 600 southern Bannock were placed on it, and in the same year 600 others were a igned to Fort Hall reservation. Most of the latter subsequently wandered away, but in 1874 returned with the Shoshoni and scat tered Bannock of southeast Idaho. There are now (1893) 514 on Fort Hall reservation, and 75 on Lemhi reservation, Idaho. (See Digger and Shoshonean.) Also Banack , Ban attee, Bonack, Boonack , Panack , Panasht , Paunaque , Ponack, Ponashta , Punnak . Bannock burn (ban ok-bern). A village in Stir lings hire, Scotland, 3 miles south of Stirling. Here, June 24, 1314, the Scots (about 30,000) under Robert Bruce totally defeated the English (about 100,000) under Edward II. The lo of the English was about 30,000. At Sauchieburn, in the vicinity, James III. of Scotland was defeated and slain by rebellious nobles in 1488. Bannu (ba-nö'), or Banu. A district in the Panjab, British India, about lat. 33° N., long. 71° F. Area, 3,847 square miles. Population (1891), 372,276. Barabas The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Banville (bon-vēl'), Théodore Faullain de. Born March 14, 1823: died March 13, 1891. A French poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was the son of an officer in the navy, and early devoted himself to literature, publishing in 1842 a volume of verse, entitled "Les Car i a tides," which attracted attention. He published "Odes Funambulesques" (1857), etc., and also wrote ex tensively for the stage. His most succe ful play, "Gringoire," was published in 1866. In 1882 appeared "Mes Souvenirs," he portrayed some contemporaries. Banyuls-sur-Mer (bän-yül'sür-mar'). A seaport port in the department of Pyrenées-Orient a les, France, situated on the Mediterranean, near the Spanish frontier, 20 miles southeast of Perpignan. It produces produces fine Rou illon wine. nas. See Banjumas . Banyumas Population (1891), commune, 3,119. Bañolas (bän-yō'läs). A town in the prov- Banz (bänts). A Benedictine abbey, now a ince of Gerona, Spain, 8 miles north of Gerona. castle, near Lichtenfels, Upper Franc on i a, Ba Population (1887), 5,021. varia, founded about 1058.