Sigourney (sig'er-ni), Mrs

(Lydia Huntly). Born at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 1, 1791: died at pirations of the reform party in the political agitation which preceded the French Revolution; and his brochure Hartford, Conn., June 10, 1865. An American "Qu'est-ce que le tiers état?" created a tremendous senpoet and miscellaneous writer. Her works include sation, furnishing a program for the popular leaders in the "Letters to Young Ladies" (1833), "Pocahontas, and Other initial steps of the Revolution. He was elected deputy of Poems" (1841), "Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands" the third estate in 1789; took an important part in the organ- (1842). ization and early measures of the National A embly; was as a deputy to the Convention 1792-95; was a member of the Council of Five Hundred; was amba ador to Berlin 1798-99; became a member of the Directory in 1799; and was one of the chief organizers of the coup d'état of the 18th Brumaire of that year, which placed Napoleon at the head of the government as first consul. He was later president of the Senate; was created a count of the empire; and became a member of the French Academy. He went into exile on the restoration of the Bourbons, and returned to France in 1830. Sif (sef). [ON.] In Old Norse mythology, the wife of Thor. She was robbed of her golden hair by Loki, who was compelled to procure new hair made by the black elves out of gold. Sigambri (si-gam'brī). See Sugambri . Sigebert (sij'e-ber (sij'e-bert; F. pron. sēzh-bar') r') of Gemblours. Born in Brabant about 1030: died 1112. A Belgian chronicler. He left a chron Sigtuna (sig-tö'nä), or Sigtun (sig'tön). A small town on Lake Mälar, Sweden, 26 miles north by west of Stockholm: said to be the oldest city of Sweden. Sigurd (ze'görd). In the northern Völsunga Saga, the Siegfried of the "Nibelungenlied." Sigyn (sē'gün). In Norse mythology, the wife of Loki. Sihasapa (sē-hä'sä-pä). ['Black feet.'] A tribe of North American Indians, commonly called Black foot or Black feet. They are to be distinguished from the Black feet, or Siksika, who belong to the Algonquian stock. The Sihasapa are the people of the chief John Gra . Sihon (si'hon). In Old Testament history, a king of the Amorites, defeated by the Israeli tes. icle of events from A. D. 381 to his own times (1112), and a Sihon. A name sometimes given to the Sir-Daria. work containing the lives of illustrious men. Sihun (se-hön'). A river in Asiatic Turkey Sigel (se'gel), Franz. Born at Sinsheim, Baden, which flows into the Mediterranean 28 miles Nov. 18, 1824. A German-American general, southwest of Adana (Cilicia): the ancient Sa He took a leading part in the Baden insurrections of 1848 and 1849, but escaped capture, and, after having lived in rus. Length, over 200 miles. Switzerland and England, came to the United States in 1852, Sik and era bad. See Sec under a bad . settling at St. Louis as a teacher in a German institute in Sikandra. See Secundra . 1858. On the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a regiment of United States volunteers of which he became Sikans. See Sicanians . colonel. He won the battle of Carthage in 1861; com- Sikels. See Siculi . manded a wing of the army at Pea Ridge and at the sec- Sikes (sīks), Bill. A hard unfeeling thief in ond battle of Bull Run in 1862; and was was commander of the Dickens's "Oliver Twist," the murderer of Department Breckinridge of at West Newmarket. Virginia in He 1864, was being United defeated States pen by Nancy, and the persecutor of Oliver whom sion agent at New York under Cleveland 1885-89. Sigeum (si-jē'um). [Gr. Σίγειον.] In ancient geography, a promontory and town in the Troad, Asia Minor, at the entrance to the Hellespont. It was the legendary station of the Greek fleet in the Trojan war. Sigismund (sij'is-mund; G. pron. zēʻgis-mönt). Born 1361: died Dec. 9, 1437. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Charles IV. and brother of Wenzel. He received the margravate of Brandenburg in 1978; married the heire of Hungary and of that country in 1387; was Turks at Nicopolis in 1396; was deposed by the Hungarians in 1401, but recovered the throne by force; succeeded Wenzel as emperor in 1411; and on Wenzel's death in 1419 succeeded to the crown of Bohemia, where, however, his authority was set at naught by the Hu ites until shortly before his death. Among the events of his reign were the Council of Con stance, where he had Hu burned in spite of a safe-conduct; the Hu ite war; and the granting of Brandenburg to Frederick of Nuremberg (1415). He was crowned by the Pope in 1433. He was the last emperor of the house of Luxemburg. Sigismund I. Born Jan. 1, 1467: died at Cracow, April 1, 1548. King of Poland 1506-48. He waged war succe fully with Ru ia, Wall a chia, and Moldavia, and was a capable and energetic ruler. Sigismund II. August us. Born Aug. 1, 1520: died 1572. King of Poland, son of Sigismund I. whom he succeeded in 1548. Lithuania and the Ukraine were united to Poland in his reign. He was the last of the Jagellons. Sigismund III., or Sigismund Vasa. Born 1566: died at Warsaw, 1632. King of Poland 15871632. He inherited Sweden in 1592, and was crowned king of Sweden in 1594, but was deposed and succeeded by Charles IX. in 1604. Sig mar in gen (zig'mä-ring-en). The capital of the province of Hohenzollern, Pru ia, situated on the Danube in lat. 48° 5' N., long. 9o 13′ E. It was the capital of the former principality of Sigma Nancy tries to befriend. Sikhim, or Sikkim (sik'im). A native state in northern India. Capital, Tumlung. It is bounded by Tibet on the north, Bhutan on the east, British India on the south, and Nepal on the west, and is comprised within the Himalaya region. The inhabitants are Lepchas or Rong. It is governed by a raja, subsidized by the Brit ish. It became a British protectorate in 1889-90. Area, estimated, 2,600 square miles. Population (1891), 30,458. Sikhs (sēks). [From Hind. Sikh , lit. a 'disciple': a distinctive name of the disciples of Nanak Shah, who founded the sect.] The members of a pol i politico-religious community cor in India, founded near Lahore about 1500 as a sect based on the principles of monotheism and huchiefs the Sikhs were organized into a political and mil man brotherhood. Under their hereditary theocratic itary force, collectively called Khalsa, the portion' (of God), while every member received the surname of Singh (in Sanskrit sinh a , 'lion'). This military organization was especially due to Govind Singh. Social inequality was abolished. Of the Hindu usages only the respect paid to cows was retained. Every one was an unbeliever who had not been admitted to the Khalsa by having five of the in itiated drink with him the sherbet of the Pahlul. A Sikh was forbidden to return the salutation of a Hindu, and was bound to kill a Mu ulman on meeting him. The holy war was his vocation. The Sikh soldier prayed to his sword. Govind Singh struggled with the Moguls 30 years, and then accepted a command in the imperial army. He fell by an Afghan a a in in 1708, appointing no succe or and declaring the Granth (see Adi - Granth ) to be the future guru. After him an ascetic named Banda was the chief of the Khalsa. Under him the Sikhs were almost annihilated by the armies of Far rukh shir. Banda himself was captured, compelled for a week to witne the torture of 740 companions (of whom no one winced) and the death of his own son, and then tortured to death with red-hot pincers, while he praised God for choosing him to be the instrument of his vengeance. After Banda's death in 1716, the Akalis, 'the faithful of the Eternal, became the guardians of the sanctuary at Amritsar, where the AdiGranth was kept. The Gurmata, 'council of the guru,' held supreme authority. The political history of the Sikhs Sikhs ended in 1849, when the English, after a violent struggle, annexed the Panjab. The Sikhs have now ceased their religious fanaticism, and are a valuable contingent of the British armies. See Adi Granth and Nanak . Sikh Wars. Two wars between the British under Sir Hugh Gough and the Sikhs. The Sikhs invaded British territory in Dec., 1845, and were defeated in the battles of Mudki, Ferozshah, Aliwal, and Sobraon. Lahore was taken by the British, and peace was concluded March 9, 1846. The second war began with the ma acre of British officers at Multan in April, 1848. A drawn battle at Chilli an wall a was followed by a British victory at Gujrat (Feb. 22, 1849), which completely broke the power of the Sikhs, and led to the annexation of the Panjab to British India. Sikiang (se-ke-äng'). A river in southern China which rises in Yunnan and flows into the China Sea. Canton and Hong-Kong are in its delta. Sikino (sē kē-nō or sē-kēnō). An island of the Cyclades, Greece, 19 miles south of Paros: the ancient Sicinos (Gr. Σίκινος ). Length, 9 miles. Sikkim. See Sikhim .