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Cortés supported the pretensions of Ixtlilxochitland deposed Cacama. The former subsequently aided Cortés in various campaigns. Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de Alva Cortés. Born about 1568: died about 1648. A Mexican historian, of native race, descended from the ancient kings of Tezcuco. He was an official inter preter, and, by order of the viceroy, wrote various works on the ancient Mexicans. His history of the Chichimecs was published in the Kings borough collection, and a French translation was printed by Ternaux-Compans in 1840. Izabal (e-tha-bäl'). A seaport of Guatemala, situated on Lake Izabal 107 miles northeast of Guatemala. Izabal, Lake. A lake in Guatemala, com muni eating with the Caribbean Sea by the Rio Dulce. Length, about 30 miles. Also Golfo Dulce . Izabel de Bragança (ē-zä-bel' de brä-gän′sä), Prince . Born at Rio de Janeiro, July 29, 1846. The eldest daughter of the emperor Pedro II. of Brazil, and to the Brazilian throne until the abdication of her father in 1889. On Oct. 15, 1864, she married Louis Gaston d'Orléans, Comte d'Euthe whom she has three living sons. During the absence of emperor in Europe and America she was three times regent (1871-72, 1876-77, 1886-89). She favored the clerical party. Izalco (e-thäl'kō). [Nahuatl.] A volcano in the western part of Salvador, 4,937 feet high, which rose quite suddenly in the latter half of the 18th century. Ever since that time it has been almost constantly active, the eruptions occurring at very short intervals. Occasionally there are more violent outbreaks, as that of March 19, 1869. Izar (ē-zär'). [Ar. al - izár , the girdle.] The bright third-magnitude star & Boötis, a beautifully colored double star in the waist of the constellation. Izard (iz'ärd), Ralph. Born near Charleston, S. C., 1742: died May 30, 1804. An American politician, United States senator from South Carolina 1789-95. Izcohuatl (ēs-kō-wät'l), or Izcoatzin (ēs-kō-ätsen'). [Nahuatl, 'obsidian snake.'] Born about 1360: died in 1436. War-chief or (so-called) emperor of ancient Mexico from 1427. Under him the city first rose into prominence, and became the dominant power of the lake valley. Also Izcoatl , Itzcoatl , Izicoatl , etc. Izdubar (iz-dö-bär'), also called Gilgamesh (gil-gä'mesh). The principal hero of certain ancient Babylonian legends. They are called the Babylonian "Nimrod Epic," because Izdubar was considered the prototype of Nimrod, who is mentioned in Gene sis x. The exploits of Izdubar are briefly as follows: Erech (Orchoe of the Greeks, modern Warka), the capital of Shinar (Shumir), had been governed by Du'uzu (Tammuz, Adonis), the husband of Ishtar. After his tragic death it was subjected by the Elamite invaders. In this emergency Izdubar comes from his native place, Marad, to Erech, and with the help of the demigod Ea-bani kills the last Elamite usurper, Khumbaba, and delivers Erech. Thereupon Ishtar offers him her love and hand, but is roughly rejected by him and reminded of her former amours, which brought only ruin and death to the lovers. The insulted godde cries to her father Anu for revenge. Anu creates a monstrous bull and sends it against Erech, but the animal is easily killed by Izdubar with the a istance of his friend Ea-bani. At last Ishtar prevails on her mother Anatu to smite Ea-bani with death, and Izdubar with a loathsome disease, a kind of leprosy. To get rid of his malady and to bring back his friend to life, Izdubar decides to seek for his ancestor Hasisadra, who was translated to the seat of the ble ed and enjoyed there immortality with the gods. After many adventures he reaches him. Hasisadra describes to him the deluge which once took place, and how he with his friends was saved in a ship that he had built at the advice of the god Ea, and then cures him of his disease. Izdubar thereupon returns to Erech, and upon his lamentation for Ea-bani the gods grant the latter the privilege of returning from the under world. Iztaccíhuatl (ēs-täk-sē'hwätl), or Ixtaccihuatl. [Nahuatl, from iztac , white, and ci huatl , woman.] A mountain in Mexico, north of Popocatepetl. Height, 16,705 feet. The name originated on the west side, where the mountain bears some resemblance to a woman lying extended in a white shroud. The summit is covered by glaciers. The Century Cyclopedia of Names Jabalpur (jub-a (jub - al - pör'), or Jubbulpore (jub-bul-por'). 1. A division of the Central Provinces, British India. Area, 18,688 square miles. Population (1881), 2,201,633.-2. A district in the Jabalpur division, division, intersected by lat. 23° N.,.. long. long. 78° E. Area, 3,948 square miles. Population (1891), 748,146.-3. The capital of the district of Jabalpur, about lat. 23o 10′ N., long. 80° 3′ E. It is an important trading center. Population, including cantonment (1891), 84,480. Jabbah (jab'bä). [Ar. Ar. iklil al - jebah , crown of the forehead. The fine triple star v Scorpii, of the fourth magnitude. Jabbok (jab'ok). k). In Bible geography, a mountain stream of Gilead, Palestine, joining the Jordan about 25 miles north of the Dead Sea: the modern Zurka. Length, about 50 miles. Jabesh, or Jabesh-Gilead (jā'besh-gil'e-ad). [Heb., 'dry.'] In Bible geography, an important town in Gilead, Palestine. Its situation has not been identified. Jabez (jā bez). A person mentioned in 1 Chron. iv. 9, 10 as more honorable than his brethren. Jabin (jāʼbin). [Heb., ‘intelligent.'] In Old Testament history: ( a ) A king of Hazor in Palestine, defeated by Joshua by the waters of Merom. Josh. xi. 1-3. (b) A king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak. Judges iv. The accounts of these two kings and their overthrow are very much alike, and probably relate to the same person and event. Jablunka (yäb-lön kä) Pa . A pa acro the Car path i ans in Austria-Hungary. It connects the basins of the Olsa in Austrian Silesia and the Waag in Hungary, and is traversed by a railway. Height, 1,970 feet. Jabne (jab'ne), or Jabneel (jab'ne-el or jab' nēl), later Jamnia (jam'ni-ä or jam-ni'ä). A Philistine city which fell to the lot of the tribe of Dan, situated between Joppa and Ashdod, about an hour distant from the Mediterranean: the modern village of Yebna or Ibna. It was conquered by the Maccabeans; given by August us to Herod; and by the will of Salome, sister of Herod, became private property of the imperial house, but was destined to play an important part in Jewish history. During the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans, Titus granted perm is. sion to Jochanan ben Zaccai to establish there a Talmudic school. After the fall of Jerusalem a Sanhedrim was also constituted, and Jabne became for centuries the center and nursery of the religious and national life of the dispersed Jewish community. Jaboatão (zhä-bwä-tän'), Antonio de Santa Maria. Born near Pernambuco, 1695: died after 1761. A Brazilian Francis can author. He occu 16 various pralistler in Brazil. His most important work is the "Orbe Seraphico Novo Brasilico" (Part I, Lisbon, 1761; Part II, Rio de Janeiro, 1859). It is a history of the Seraphic Francis cans in Brazil, and contains much of general in terest. Јаса (на'ка). Atown in the province of Huesca, Spain, situated on the Aragon 66 miles north-northeast of Sarago a. It has a cathedral, and was formerly important. Jachin (jā'kin). [Heb., '(God) establishes.'] 1. The fourth son of Simeon. Gen. xlvi. 10.-2. A priest, head of the 21st course, in the time of David.-3. A column set up in the court of Solomon's temple. Its companion was named Boaz. The two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, were regarded as Hiram's chef d'œuvres, but were constructed, probably, in several pieces. The shafts, the capitals, and the bases were certainly distinct, and it is not certain that even the shafts were in one piece. The wonderfulne of the pillars was in their ornamentation rather than in their con⚫struct i on. Each was adorned with "chain-work" and "checker-work" (I Kings vii. 17), with "nets" and with "pomegranates," two hundred of these, in two rows, being embo ed on either column (I Kings vii. 42). Rawlinson , Phœnicia, p. 100. Jachmann (yächʼmän), Eduard Karl Emanuel. Born at Dantzic, Pru ia, March 2, 1822: died at Oldenburg, Oct. 23, 1887. A German vice-admiral. He defeated the Danes near Jasmund March 17, 1864. He became president of the ministry of marine in 1867, and vice-admiral in 1868, and was commander-in-chief in the North Sea 1870-71. Jack (jak), Captain. See the extract.