The fate of Roderick has remained a mystery to this day

His horse and sandals were found on the river bank the day after the battle, but his body was not with them. Doubtle he was drowned and washed out to the great ocean. But the Spaniards would not believe this. They clothed the dead king with a holy mystery which a uredly did not enfold him when alive. They made the last of the Goths into a legendary saviour like King Arthur, and believed that he would come again from his resting-place in some ocean isle, healed of his wound, to lead the Christians once more against the infidels. In the Spanish legends, died at Washington, D. C., May 5, 1882. An American admiral, son of John Rodgers (17711838). He served agains the Semi noles; was distinguished in the Civil War, capturing the Confederate ironclad Atlanta in 1863; and commanded the Korean expedition in 1871. He was superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory at Washington 1877-82. Rödiger (re'dig-er), Emil. Born at Sanger hausen, Thu ring i a, Oct. 13, 1801: died at Berlin, June 15, 1874. A German Orientalist, profe or at Berlin from 1860. Rodilardus (ro-di-lär'dus). [From L. rodere lardum , to gnawlard.] An immense cat, in Rabe lais's "Pant a gruel," which attacks Panurge. Rodin (ro-dan'), Auguste. Born at Paris, Nov., 1840. A French sculptor. At the age of fourteen he entered La Petite École, and later the school of the Gobelins the famous bust called "The Broken Nose" in 1862-63. Rodin worked as an artisan at Marseilles and Strasburg, and finally entered the atelier of Carrier-Belle use. During the Commune he followed Carrier-Belle use to Belgium, where he remained until 1874. He then went to Italy, where he and Barye's cla es at the Jardin des Plantes. He executed made a profound study of Donatello and Michelangelo, which seems to have revealed his own powers to the sculptor himself, now 34 years of age. He returned to Bru els. At the Salon of 1877 he exhibited a figure called "L'Age d'airain," which expre ed what he believed to be the right principle of construction of a statue. His bust of "St.-Jean Bap tiste" established his reputation. Among his other works are another "St.-Jean" (1880), "Creation of Man" (1881), busts of J. P. Laurens and Carrier-Belle use (1882), Victor Hugo (1884), a statue of Bastien-Lepage (1885), and a monument for the city of Calais in commemoration of the patriotism of Eustache de Saint-Pierre and his companions, who offered themselves as a sacrifice to the demands of Edward III. of England, conqueror of the city in 1347. He also received a commi ion for the bronze doors of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, of which the subject is taken from the "Inferno" of Dante. Rodman (rod'man), Isaac Peace. Born at South Kingston, R. I., Aug. 18, 1822: died at Sharps burg, Md., Sept. 30, 1862. A Union general in the Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Antietam. Rodman, Thomas Jackson. Born at Salem, Ind., July 31, 1816: died at Rock Island, Ill., June 7, 1871. An American (brevet) brigadier general. He graduated at West Point in 1841, and is Roebling, John August us notable as the author of various inventions in different departments of ordnance, the chief of which is the Rodman gun. Rodna (rod'nä). A pa in the Car path i ans in northern Transylvania, leading from the valley of the Szamos into Moldavia. Rodney (rod'ni), Cæsar. Born at Dover, Del., Oct. 7, 1728: died there, June 29, 1784. An American patriot, a signer of the Declaration of Independence as member of Congre in 1776. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and president of Delaware 1778-82. Rodney, Cæsar August us. Born at Dover, Del., Jan. 4, 1772: died at Buenos Ayres, June 10, 1824. An American politician, son of Cæsar Rodney. He was Democratic member of Congre from Delaware 1803-05, and United States attorney-general 18071811. He served in the War of 1812; was commi ioner to South America in 1817; was member of Congre from Delaware 1821-22, and United States senator 1822-23; and was minister to Buenos Ayres 1823-24. Rodney, George Brydges, first Baron Rodney. Born at Walton-on-Thames, England, Feb. 19, 1718: died in London, May 24, 1792. A noted English admiral. He served in the Seven Years' War; and gained a victory over the Spaniards off Cape St. Vin cent, Jan., 1780, and one over the French under De Gra e off Dominica, April 12, 1782. He was created Baron Rodney June 19, 1782. Rodogune (ro-do-gün'). A tragedy by Corneille, produced in 1646. Rodomont (rod'ō-mont). A brave though bragging Moorish king in "Orlando In nam or a to" and "Orlando Furioso." The word "rodomontade" is derived from his name. He appears to have originated in the Mezentius of Vergil. Rodoni (ro-do'ne), Cape. A cape on the coast of Albania, Turkey, situated in lat. 41° 37′ Ν., long. 19° 28′ Ε. Rodosto (rō-dos'tō). A seaport in European Turkey, situated on the Sea of Marmora 78 miles west of Constantinople: the ancient Bis an the and Rhædestus. Population, estimated, 17,000. Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar. See Cid . Rodrigues Ferreira (rōd-rē'ges fā-rar'rä), Alexandre. Born at Bahia, April 27, 1756: died at Lisbon, Portugal, April 23, 1815. A Brazilian naturalist. From 1783 to 1793 he traveled in the interior of Brazil (the Amazon valley, Matto Gro o, etc.) on a scientific commi ion from the Portuguese government. His numerous reports and scientific papers were left in manuscript, but some of them have been published during the nineteenth century. Rodrigues Torres (tor' rās), Joaquim José. Born João de Itaborahy, Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 13, 1802: died at Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 8, 1872. A Brazilian politician. He was several times minister of marine (1831-32, 1832-34, and 1837-39), minister of the treasury (1849), and premier May 11, 1852, Sept. 6, 1853. In 1844 he was chosen senator, and from 1864 was the acknowledged chief of the conservative party. He was created viscount of Itaborahy in 1854. Rodriguez (rō-drē'ges), or Rodrigues (rodreg'). An island in the Indian Ocean, in about lat. 19° 40′ S., long. 63° 25′ E., east of Mauritius, of which it is a dependency. It was originally settled by the French, but is now a British po e ion. Area, 42 square miles. Population (1891), 2,068. Rodriguez (rod-re'geth), José Joaquin. Costa Rican statesman, president from May 8, 1890, to May 8, 1894. Rodriguez, Mariano Ospina. See Ospina Ro driguez. Roe (ro), Azel Stevens. Born in New York city, Aug. 16, 1798: died at East Windsor Hill, Conn., Jan. 1, 1886. An American novelist. Among his works are "James Mount joy, or I've been Thinking (1850), "A Long Look Ahead" (1855), "True to the Last" (1859), etc. Roe, Edward Payson. Born at New Windsor, Orange County, N. Y., March 7, 1838: died at Cornwall, N. Y., July 19, 1888. An American Presbyterian clergyman and novelist. Among his novels are "Barriers Burned Away" (1872), "Opening a Chestnut Burr" (1874), "From Jest to Earnest" (1875), "A Knight of the Nineteenth Century" (1877), "A Face Illumined" (1878), "Without a Home" (1880), etc. Roe (ro), Richard. The name of the imaginary defendant in fictions formerly in use in cases of ejectment. Compare Doe , John . Roe, or Row, Sir Thomas. Born at Low Leyton, E ex, about 1568 (?): died 1644. An English diplomatist under James I. and Charles I. "esquire to the body" to Queen Elizabeth; was knighted by James I. in 1604; and was sent by Prince Henry to the West Indies in 1609. He gained considerable reputation by his emba y to the court of the Great Mogul at Agra (1615-18). In 1621 he was amba ador to the Porte, and in 1641 was sent to the Diet of Ratisbon. Roebling (reb'ling), John August us. Born at Mühlhausen, Pru ia, June 12, 1806: died at Brooklyn, July 22, 1869. An American civil engineer. Among his works are suspension-bridges over the Niagara (1851-55), over the Ohio at Cincinnati (1856-67), Roebling, John August us and designs for the East River Bridge between New York and Brooklyn. He died from injuries received while in. specting the work on this bridge. He published "Long and Short Span Bridges" (1869), etc. Roebling, Washington August us. Born at Saxenburg, Pa., May 26, 1837. An American civil engineer, son of J. A. Roebling. After the latter's death he superintended the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Roebuck (rõ'buk), John Arthur. Born at Madras, Dec., 1802: died Nov. 30, 1879. A British Radical politician. He became member of Parliament for Bath in 1832, and later sat for Sheffield. He wrote a "Plan for the Government of our English Colonies" (1849), "History of the Whig Ministry of 1830" (1852), etc. Roederer (re'der-er), Comte Pierre Louis. Born at Metz, Feb. 15, 1754: died Dec. 17, 1835. A French politician, publicist, and economist. He was a member of the National A embly in 1789, and an administrator under Napoleon L. He was created a count in 1809. He supported Napoleon during the Hundred