Hend river

A kind of hawk. Hen'drysburg, in Ohio, a post-village of Belmont co., about 100 m. E. of Columbus. Hen'gist, the first Saxon king of Kent, towards the end of the 5th century, was a descendant of Woden, whom the Saxons deified. H. and his brother Horsa, being called in by Vortigern, king of the Britons, to a ist rim in expelling the Picts, took with him his daughter Rowena, whom Vortigern became enamoured of, and married. H. then obtained the kingdom of Kent, one of the seven of the Saxon heptarchy, and in which were included Kent, Middle sex, E ex, and Surrey. D. 488. Heng-ki'ang, a river of China, falling from the N.W. into the Yang-tse-kiang. In its course of 300 m. it has several large cities on its banks.