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Rh successful that Pizarro sent a party of cavalry that succeeded in taking him a prisoner, and he was carried to Lima, where he was imprisoned and suffered greatly. When peace was restored, La Gasca despatched Ulloa to Spain, in 1549, but he shortly afterward returned to this country and went to Caracas, being later made visitor of the province of Guatemala. Toward the close of his life he retired to Seville, where he died with the reputation of a saint. He wrote a curious account of his voyage from Panama to Peru, published in the 44th volume of Antonio Salva's collection, and contributed memoirs to the council of the Indies, printed in "Cartas de Indias" (Madrid, 1872).

ULLOA, Francisco de, Spanish explorer, d. on the Pacific coast in 1540. He went to Mexico with Hernan Cortes, and did good service in the fleet that the latter constructed on Lake Texcoco for the siege and capture of the city of Mexico. Of his later life little is known, except that when Cortes, on his return from Spain, resolved to make new conquests on the northern Pacific coast, he constructed in Acapulco the ship "Santa Agueda," of which he gave the command, together with that of two caravels, to Ulloa, with orders to explore the coast as far northward as possible, and to ob- tain all the necessary information about the coun- try. Ulloa sailed from Acapulco on 8 July, 1539, entered on 28 Aug. the Gulf of California, where he lost a vessel in a storm, and, after putting for repairs into the Bay of Santa Cruz, which he left on 12 Sept., discovered Cape Rojo, San Andres and Santa Marta (now Cape Tosco), San Lazaro and San Eugenio, and the island of Cedros or Cerros. After despatching a messenger to Cortes, who had meanwhile sailed for Spain, Ulloa set out again for the north. On 5 April, 1540, he parted com- pany with his consort, which arrived safely at Santiago toward the end of April. Some assert that he was never heard of afterward, but others say that he advanced fifty miles farther than Cape San Quentin, 30° 30' north latitude, and anchored safely at Acapulco on 30 May following. The latter narratives state that he was killed shortly afterward by a soldier whom he had slighted. The i'ournal of the expedition, written by his clerk, Francisco Preciado, under the title "Relacion de los descubrimientos, hechos por Don Francisco de Ulloa en un viage por la Mar del Morte, en el navio Santa Agueda." was preserved in the archives of Seville and translated into Italian by Ramusio in the third volume of his "Voyages," and into English by James Burney in his "History of the Discoveries in the South Sea " (London, 1803), under the title " The Voyage of the Right Worshipful Knight Francisco de Ulloa, with Three Ships, set forth at the Expense of the Right Noble Fernando Cortes, Marquis del Valle, by the Coast of Nueva Galicia, Culiacan, into the Gulf of California, called el Mar Berniego, as also to the West of Cape California as far as 30 degrees North, begun from Acapulco, the 8th of July, 1539."

ULPHILAS, Herman (ool-fee'-lahs), German naturalist, b. in Paderborn, Westphalia, in 1702; d. in Berlin in 1761. He followed the sea in the Dutch service, visited the Antilles, Guiana, South America, and Batavia, and held offices at Batavia, St. Eustatius, and Demerara. He made valuable collections in natural history, which he presented to the Museum of natural history at Berlin. Toward the close of his life he was editor of the &ldquo;Magazin für Naturwissenschaft.&rdquo; His works include &ldquo;Historia naturalis Americana&rdquo; (Leipsic, 1756) and &ldquo;Abhandlung über die baumartigen Schotenpflanzen des Orinoco-Thales&rdquo; (1757).

ULRICH, Charles Frederick, artist, b. in New York city, 18 Oct., 1858. He began his art studies at Cooper institute and the National academy, New York, and during 1875-'81 continued them under Ludwig Löfftz and Wilhelm Lindenschmit in Munich. In 1879 he gained a bronze medal at the academy there. For several years he followed his profession in New York, but about 1884 he went to Venice, Italy. He was elected an associate of the National academy in 1883, and received the Thomas B. Clarke prize there the following year for his &ldquo;In the Land of Promise.&rdquo; He has executed several carefully and truthfully painted genre pictures, among which are &ldquo;The Wood-Engraver&rdquo; (1882); &ldquo;The Glass-Blowers&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Carpenter&rdquo; (1883); &ldquo;A Dutch Type-Setter&rdquo;; &ldquo;The Waifs&rdquo; (1885); and &ldquo;Washing of Feet in the Venice Cathedral.&rdquo;

UMBSCHEIDEN, Franz, journalist, b. in Gruenstadt, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, in 1821; d. in Newark, N. J., 13 Dec., 1874. He was educated at the Universities of Heidelberg and Munich, where he studied law and national economy, and in 1848 took an active part in revolutionary movements, travelling and making inflammatory speeches, on account of one of which on the death of Robert Blum he was compelled to flee to France. When the revolution began in Rhenish Bavaria he returned, served in the army, and was present at the occupation of Worms and at the storming of Landau, after which he went to Baden under Gen. Franz Sigel, and afterward to Switzerland, where he became a private tutor. Being expelled to appease Louis Napoleon in 1852, he went to Newark, N. J., and taught there. During the Frémont canvass in 1856 he joined the Republican party, but in 1859 he co-operated with the Democrats. In 1860 he became editor of the New York &ldquo;Staats-Zeitung,&rdquo; which post he held until 1864, when he established the Newark &ldquo;Volksmann.&rdquo; In 1867 he was editor of the &ldquo;New Jersey Democrat,&rdquo; and he again edited the &ldquo;Volksmann&rdquo; in 1869-74.

UNANDER, Eric, clergyman, b. in Sweden ; d. after 1759. He arrived at Philadelphia with Rev. Israel Acrelius, the Swedish-American historian, 6 Nov., 1749, and took charge of Swedish Lutheran congregations at Racoon and Penn's Neck, in New Jersey, where he labored under Acrelius and afterward as regular pastor until 1756. His parish embraced a wide extent of territory. He conducted services in Swedish and English almost every Sunday, held catechetical examinations once a year in every family that was connected with his extended parish, and visited other Swedish settlements on Delaware bay, at Salem, along Timber creek, and other places. Of his labors Acrelius says: "One who has seen his toil and labor, his zeal and diligence, and thus under long-continued sickness, can safely testify that during the time that Mr. Unander lived in Racoon he did not eat the bread of idleness." When Provost Acrelius returned to Sweden he desired to accompany him. but, as the affairs of the congregations did not allow the loss of two pastors at once, he was willing to remain. He therefore became the successor of Acrelius at Christina in the year 1756, receiving his commission the previous vear. He continued as pastor until 1759. The church at Christina, now Wilmington, Del., known as "Old Swedes' Church" (see illustration), has an interesting history. In 1638 the first colony of Swedes arrived, settled along Christina creek, and built Fort Christina on the site of the present city of Wilmington. The fort undoubtedly did double service, both as a place of defence and a place of worship. Rev. Reorus Tor-