Normandy, about 1577: died after 1620

A maize and manioc, subsist largely by hunting. Children Capuchin mi ionary at Maranhão, are often killed to get rid of them but, by a strange cus- tom, they are never punished, and are allowed complete liberty. The men often engage in duels with bows and ar- rows. They have a very complicated mythology. Several hordes are distinguished by different names, but all to- gether do not now number more than 2,000. Yurunas. See Jurunas . Yuste (yös'tā). A convent in Spain, east of Plasencia. It is noted as the place of retirement of the emperor Charles V. after his abdication. Yusuf, or Yu uf (yös öf). Killed 759. The last emir of Spain for the Ommiad califs. Yusuf, or Yu uf. Died 1106. An Almoravide prince. He founded Morocco, and made many conquests in Spain. Yuthia. See Ayuthia . Yverdon (e-ver-don'), G. Iferten (e'fer-ten). A town in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, situated at the southwestern extremity of the Brazil (1612-14). He published "Suite de l'his to ire des choses plus mem or ables advenues en Maragnan es années 1613 et 1614" (Paris, 1615; 2d ed. 1864). It is a continuation of the history of Claude d'Abbeville, and is of great historical value. Yvetot (ēv-tō'). A town in the department of Seine-Inférieure, France, 21 miles northwest of Rouen. With its territory, it became in the later middle ages a principality or kingdom, dependent directly on the French crown. Its privileges were only nominal by the close of the 17th century. Population (1891), commune, 7,617. Yvetot, Le Roi d'. See Roi d'Yvetot , Le. Yvon (e-vôn'), Adolphe. Born at Eschwiller, Moselle, 1817: died at Pa y, Sept., 1893. A French historical painter, profe or of drawing at the Ecole Poly technique 1881-87. Among his works are "The First Consul Descending Mount St. Bernard," "The Taking of the Malakoff," "The Battle of Solferino," etc. The Century Cyclopedia of Names a and am (zän-dam'). Atown in the province of North Holland, Netherlands, at the junction of the Zaan and Y, 5 miles northwest of Am sterdam . It is noted for the number of windmills in its neigh borhood (400). Peter the Great worked here as a ship's carpenter in 1697. Pop. (1894), est., 17,002. Also Saardam , Zaardam . Zab (zäb), or Greater Zab. A river in Asiatic Turkey which joins the Tigris 25 miles south of Mosul. In the cuneiform inscriptions two rivers of this name are mentioned: the upper Zab ( Zabuelû ), which falls into the Tigris near Nimrud (the ancient Calah); and the lower Zab ( Zabušaplů ) , which joins the Tigris south of Kileh Sherghat (the ancient city of Ashur). In the cla ical writers the river is mentioned under the names Za bat us , Zabas , Zerbis , or Lycos (wolf). Its modern name is Zarb. Length, about 250 miles. Zab, Le er, or Zab Asfal (zäb äs-fäl'). A small eastern tributary of the Tigris, south of the Greater Zab. See Zab , above. Zabrze (tsäbr'tse). A coal-mining town in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, 47 miles southeast of Oppeln. Population (1890), 10,646. Zabulon (zab'ū-lon). The Greek form of Zebulon . Zacapa (thä-kä'pä), or Sacapa (sä-kä'pä). А small town in Guatemala, situated on the Grande 70 miles northeast of Guatemala. Zacatecas (tzä-kä-tāʼkäs or sä-kä-tāʼkäs). 1. A state in Mexico, surrounded by the states of Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Aguas Cali entes, and Durango. The surface is elevated. It is rich in mines, especially of silver. Area, 25,229 square miles. Population (1895), 452,720. 2. The capital of the state of Zacatecas, about lat. 22° 40′ N. In its neighborhood are very rich silver-mines. Population (1895), 40,026. Zaccheus, or Zacchæus (za-kē'us). [Gr. Zак χαῖος .] Atax-collector near Jericho, who, being a short man, climbed into a sycamore-tree in order to see Jesus who was pa ing by. Luke xix. 1-10. 6,120. Zagazig (zä-gä-zēg'), or Zakazik (zä-kä-zēk ́), A town in the Delta, Egypt, situated on the Tanitic arm of the Nile, 39 miles north by east of Cairo: nearly on the site of the ancient Bubastus. It is an important center of the cotton and grain trade. Population (1882), 19,815. Zagora (zä-gō'rä). The modern name of Mount Helicon, Greece. Zagoskin (zä-gos'kin), or Sagoskin (zä-gos' kin), Mikhail. Born in the government of Penza, Ru ia, 1789: died at Moscow, July 5, 1852. A Ru ian novelist and dramatist. His chief work is "Yuri Miloslavski, or the Ru ians in 1812" (1829). From his historical novels he has been called "the Ru ian Walter Scott." Zagreb (zä-greb'). The Croatian name of Agram. Zagros (zā'gros). [Gr. Ζάγρος.] In ancient ge- ography, a range of mountains lying between Media and As syria. Also Zagrus . Zahleh (zä'le). A Maronite town in Syria, sit- uated on the slope of Mount Lebanon 23 miles east of Beirut. Population, 15,000 (?). Zahn (tsän), Johann Karl Wilhelm. Born at Rodenberg, Schaumburg, Aug. 21, 1800: died at Berlin, Aug. 22, 1871. A German painter, arch i- tect, and writer on art. His works include "Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeii, Herculaneum, und Stabia" (1828-30), “Ornamente aller kla ischen Kunstepochen" (1832-39), etc. Zahna (tsänä). A town in the province of Saxony, Pru ia, 48 miles southwest of Berlin. It was the scene of an engagement between the French and the Allies, Sept. 5, 1813. Population (1890), 2,515. Zähringen (tsa'ring-en). A village in Baden, near Freiburg: the ancient seat of the dukes of Zähringen, ancestors of the house of Baden. Zaide (zä-ē'de). An opera by Mozart, written in 1779 or 1780, published in 1838. Zachariah (zak-a-ri'ä). [Heb., 'remembered Zaire (zä-ē'rā). The Kongo.. by Jehovah'; Gr. Ζαχαρίας.] King of Israel, Zaïre (zä-er'). A tragedy by Voltaire, produced son of Jeroboam II. See the extract and Jero- in 1733. It is borrowed to some extent from boam. See Zechariah . has pa ed "Othello." According to the chronology which her, and is represented on the margins of most English Bibles, the death Jeroboam was followed by interregnum nese frontier, between the Altai and Tarba- Zaisan (zi-zan'), or Nor (nor) Zaisan, Lake. A lake in Ru ian Central Asia, near the Chi- Zaire. An opera by Bellini, produced in 1829. eleven years, after which his son Zachariah reigned for six months, when he was slain by Shallum. The Bible knows nothing of this interregnum, but on the contrary informs us in the usual way that Zachariah reigned in his father's the White Irtish. Length, 70 miles. stead (2 Kings xiv. 29). The coronation of Zachariah must Zakazik. See Zagazig . gatai mountains, about lat. 48° 20′ N. It re- ceives the Black Irtish, and is the source of in fact have followed as a matter of course, since his father died in peaceable po e ion of the throne.