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See Jauja. Xaver (ksä'ver), Prince (Franz August Xa Xeres. See Jerez de la Fronter a . Xeres, or Jeres (Ha'rās), Francisco de. Born about 1504: died after 1547. A Spanish historian. From 1530 to 1534 he was secretary of Francisco Pizarro, taking part in the conquest of Peru and returning to Spain with the first instalment of gold obtained from Atahualpa. by Alvarado in 1524, they were savages of a low grade, lir. ing in villages built of wood and thatch. A small vocabulary of their language which has been preserved appears to indicate a distinct stock. It has been supposed that the Xincas occupied the highlands of Guatemala previous to the advent of the Quiches and Cakchiquels. Xingú (shēn-gö ́). A southern tributary of the Amazon, in the states of Matto Gro o and Pará, Brazil. It was explored by Von den Steinen in 1885. Length, about 1,100 miles; navigable for steamers 110 miles. Sometimes written Chingú . Xiphias (zif'i-as). [L., 'the Sword-fish.] 1. A constellation made by Petrus The odor i in the 15th century, in the south pole of the ecliptic, and now named Dorado.-2. In older authors, a sword-shaped comet. Xiquitos. Same as Chiquitos . By order of Pizarro he wrote a history of the conquest Xisuthrus (zi-sö'thrus). According to Berodown to Atahualpa's death: this was published at Seville 1534 and 1547. There are several translations and modern editions. Xerxes (zėrk'sēz) I. [Gr. Ξέρξης, OPers. Khsa yārshā . ] Born about 519 B. c.: a a inated 465 sus the historiographer of Chaldea, the name of the last of the first decad of mythical kings of Babylonia, who was advised by the gods to save himself and his family from the deluge by or 464 B. c. King of Persia, son of Darius Hysbuilding a ship. He corresponds to the Noah taspes: identical with the biblical Ahasuerus. He succeeded to the throne in 486 or 485, a embled a large army for the conquest of Greece; bridged the Hellespont; traversed Thrace, Macedonia, and The aly; was resisted at Thermopylae (which see) in 480; burned Athens; and was defeated at Salamis (which see) in 480, and returned to Asia Minor. His generals were defeated at Platæa and Mycale in 479, but continued the war with Greece, The site of this [Xerxes's] bridge is supposed to have been from Nagara Point to the low spot eastward of Sestos, where the level shore on either side is convenient for the march of troops. The channel is more than 7 stadia broad, being about 14 miles English. Rawlinson , Herod., IV. 33, note. Xerxes II. King of Persia, son of Artaxerxes 1. He reigned for a few weeks in 425 or 424 B. c. Genesis and the Hasisatra of the cuneiform account of the deluge.