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Population (1894), 19,165. Veragua (vā-rä'gwä), or Veraguas (vā-rä'gwäs). [From the name of a river, or perhaps of an Indian town.] A region in the western part of the Isthmus of Panama, near the Gulf of Chiriqui. It was named by Columbus, who discovered it in 1502 and attempted to found a settlement there, but was driven off by the Indians. It was included in Castilla del Oro, granted to Diego de Nicuesa in 1509, and he endured great sufferings while attempting to colonize it. Maria de Toledo, acting for her son, Luis Columbus, sent an expedition to conquer Veragua in 1535, but the country was abandoned after nearly all the colonists had died. It was partly settled during the colonial period, and for a time formed a province of New Granada. It is now included in the department of Panama. Vergennes homilies. It contains Cynewulf's "Elene." It was discovered by Dr. Fried rich Blume at Vercelli, Italy, in 1822. Vercingetorix (ver-sin-jet'ō-riks). Putto death about 45 в. с. A heroic chief of the Arverni in Gaul, the leader of the great rebellion against the Romans in 52 B. C. He gained various succe es against Cæsar, but was besieged by him in Alesia and surrendered in 52. He was exhibited in Cæsar's triumph in Rome in 46, and then by Cæsar's order beheaded. Verd, Cape. See Cape Verd Verdant Green (ver'dant grēn), Mr., Adventures of. A novel by Edward Bradley (under the pseudonym of Cuthbert Bede), published in 1853. Verden (ver'den). A town in the province of Hannover, Pru ia, situated on the Aller 21 miles southeast of Bremen. It has a cathedral, and was formerly the seat of a bishopric. It became a Swedish duchy in 1648, and pa ed to Hannover in 1719. Population (1890), dry of Parmasept dat Verdi (ver'dē), Giuseppe. Born at Roncole, 8,719. Milan, Jan. 27, 1901. A celebrated Italian operatic composer. He received his musical education at Bu eto and Milan; was appointed organist at Roncole when only 10 years old; settled in Milan in 1838; and lived in later life in Genoa and at his villa Sta. Agata (near Bu eto). He was a member of the Italian Parliament for a short time in 1860, and was chosen senator in 1875, but never attended a sitting. His chief operas are "Nabucodonosor" (1842), "I Lombardi" (1843), "Ernani" (1844), "I due Foscari" (1844), "Attila" (1846), "Macbeth" (1847: revised 1865), "Luisa Miller" (1849), "Rigoletto" (1851), "Il Trovatore" (1853), "La Traviata" (1853), "Les Vépres Siciliennes" (1855), "Simon Boccanegra" (1857: revised 1881), "Un ballo in maschera" (1859), "La forza del destino" (1862), "Don Carlos" (1867), "Aida" (1871), "Otello" (1887), "Falstaff" (1893). His other works include "Requiem Ma " (1874) and other sacred compositions, etc. Verdigris (ver'di-grēs) River. A river in Kansas and the Indian Territory which joins the Arkansas 25 miles west of Tahlequah. Length, over 250 miles. Verdon (ver-dôn'). A river in southeastern France which forms in large part the boundary between Ba es-Alpes and Var. It joins the Durance 21 miles northeast of Aix. Length, about 100 miles. Verdun (ver-dun'). A fortified town in the department of Meuse, France, situated on the Meuse in lat. 49° 9′ N.: the ancient Verodunum in Gaul. It manufactures confectionery, liquors, etc.; has a cathedral of the 12th century; and is strongly fortified. In the 10th century it pa ed to the German Empire; was made a free imperial city; was occupied by Henry II. of France in 1552, and with its territory was formally annexed to France in 1648; was held a short time by the Pru ians in 1792; and capitulated to the Pru ians in Nov., 1870. Population (1891), commune, 18,852. Verdun, Treaty of. A treaty made at Verdun in was confirmed as emperor, and received Italy and the region lying in general west of the Rhine and Alps and east of the Rhone, Saône, Meuse, and Schelde. Ludwig the German received the region between the Rhine and the Elbe (the nu Veragua, Dukes of. The succe ors to the hon- 843 by the sons of Louis le Débonnaire. Lothaire ors of Christopher Columbus. In 1536 Luis Columbus abandoned his claims to the viceroyalty of the Indies, receiving in return the title of duke of Veragua, with a grant of twenty-five leagues square in Veragua, and the island of Jamaica, in fief. In 1556 he was deprived of the fiefs, but retained the title, with the honorary title of admiral of the Indies, and a pension. Diego Columbus, the great grandson of the discoverer, died childle in 1578, and with him the male line of Columbus came to an end. A lawsuit for the succe ion to the titles followed: it lasted thirty years, and was settled in favor of the descendants of Isabel, sister of Luis Columbus. This line ceased in 1733, and the title, after new litigations, was settled on the descendants of Francesca, sister of the Diego Columbus who had died in 1578. The present Duke of Veragua (born 1837) visited the United States in 1892, and was received with high honors as the representative of the family. IMG:content-1149.png:[blocks in formation] that name. "Apology." cleus of Germany); and Charles the Bald obtained the re gion west of Lothaire's dominions (the nucleus of France). On his [Louis the Pious's] death the sons flew to arms, and the first of the dynastic quarrels of modern Europe was fought out on the field of Fontenay. In the partition treaty of Verdun which followed, the Teutonic principle of equal division among heirs triumphed over the Roman one of the transmi ion of an indivisible empire. Bryce, Holy Roman Empire, p. 77. Verdunois (ver-dü-nwä'). An ancient territory of eastern France, whose capital was Verdun. With the Pays Me in it formed one of the small governments of France prior to 1790. The name Verdu no is was also given to a small district in Gascony, south ern France, near Verdun-sur-Garonne. Verdy du Vernois (ver-dē' dü ver-nwä'), Julius von. Born at Freistadt, in Silesia, July 19, 1832. A Pru ian general, military writer, and politician. He became lieutenant-general in 1881, and commander of the first division (at Königsberg) in 1883, and was minister of war 1889-90. He is especially noted for his works on military affairs. Vere, Sir Aubrey de. See De Vere. Vereshchagin (ve-resh-chä'gin), Vasili. Born in the province of Novgorod, Ru ia, Oct., 1842: died off Port Arthur, April 13, 1904. A Ru ian genre-and battle-painter. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy, at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris,