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Population, 9,000. Chieti (ke-ātē). 1. A province of eastern Italy, formerly called Abruzzo Citeriore. Area, 1,138 square miles. Population (1891), 348,805. -2. The capital of the province of Chieti, Italy, in lat. 42° 20′ N., long. 14° 10′ E.: the ancient Teate Marrucinorum. The order of the Teatines was founded here in the 16th century. Population (1891), commune, 25,000. Chiffinch (chiffinch), Master Thomas. drinking and intriguing minister to the pleasures of King Charles, in Scott's novel "Peveril of the Peak." Chi-fu, or Chefoo (chē-fö′), native Yen-tai. A seaport town in the province of Shan-tung, China, in lat. 37° 32′ N., long. 121° 22′ E. It is a distributing center of foreign manufactured goods, and exports straw braid, pulse, and silk. A convention between China and Great Britain was signed here in 1876. Population, 32,500. Chigi, Fabio. See Alexander VII., Pope. Chignecto Bay (shig-nek'tō bā). An arm at the head of the Bay of Fundy. Chigwell (chig'wel). A parish in the county of E ex, England, northeast of London. Chihuahua (che-wa'wä). 1. A state of northern Mexico, lying between New Mexico and Texas on the north, Coahuila on the east, Durango on the south, and Sonora and Sinaloa on the west. It is traversed by the Sierra Madre, and is rich in mineral wealth, especially silver. Area, 89,278 square miles. Population (1895), 266,831. 2. The capital of the state of Chihuahua, in lat. 28° 40′ N., long. 106° 30′ W. It was founded in 1706. It contains a cathedral. Population (1895), 18,521. Chikishliar (che-kēsh-lyär'). A port in the Trans cas pian Territory of Ru ia, situated on the southeastern shore of the Caspian near the Persian frontier. Chilán Balám (che-län bä-läm'), or Chilám Balám. A priest of the Maya Indians of Yucatan, who is supposed to have died about 1430. He is reputed author of several Maya writings which have come down to us and are known as the books of Chilán Balám, and it is said that he foretold the coming of the Spaniards. Many of the narrative songs still found among the Indians are also attributed to him. Chilcat (chil'kät) or Chilcats (-kätz). A tribe of North American Indians. Their habitat is on Chilcat River and Bay and Chilcoot River, in Alaska, extending into British Columbia. They number 988. See Koluschan . Child (child), Francis James. Born at Boston, 1825: died Sept. 11, 1896. An American scholar. He was educated at Harvard College, and was profe or of rhetoric and oratory there from 1851 till 1876, when he became profe or of English literature. His most important work is an edition of "English and Scottish Ballads" which he first brought out in 1857-59 in 8 volumes. Child, Mrs. (Lydia Maria Francis). Born at Medford, Ma ., Feb. 11, 1802: died at Way land, Ma ., Oct. 20, 1880. An American writer, noted as a supporter of the abolition move ment. She was editor of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" 1840-43, and a istant editor till 1844. Her works include "The Rebels" (1822), "The American Frugal Housewife" (1829, a 33d ed. in 1855), "Flowers for Children" (1844-46), "Looking toward Sunset" (1864), "Miria, a Romance of the Republic" (1867), etc., besides her "Appeal for that Cla of Americans called Africans" (1833), which created much comment. Childebert (chil'de-bėrt; F. pron. shēl-de-bar') I. Born about 495: died 558. Son of Clovis, king of the Franks, whom he succeeded (as king of Paris) in 311. He inherited (524) part of the dominions of his brother Chlodomir of Orléans, and in Childebert conjunction with his brother Clothaire I. of So is sons and his nephew Theudebert I. of Austrasia conquered part of Burgundy in 534 and part of Provence in 536. IMG:content-0339.png:[blocks in formation]