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214 HINMAN, Klisha. naval officer, b. in Stoning- ton, Conn., 9 March, 1734; d. there, 29 Aug., 1807. He went to sea at fourteen years of age, was a cap- tain at nineteen/and for many years voyaged to Europe and the West Indies. In the naval engage- ment of 6 April, 1776, with the British ship " Glas- gow," 20 guns, he commanded the " Cabot," under Com. EseK Hopkins, and was severely wounded. In August, 1776, he abandoned the merchant ser- vice and was appointed one of the first captains in the U. S. navy, successively commanding the "Marquis de La Fayette," 20 guns; the "Dean," 30 guns ; the sloop " Providence " ; and the " Al- fred," 32 guns. In March, 1778, the latter was captured, and Hinman taken to England and im- prisoned. He escaped to Prance, returned to America, and was honorably acquitted for the loss of his ship. In 1794 President Adams tendered him the command of the " Constitution," but his advanced age compelled him to decline. From 1798 till 1802 he was engaged in the revenue ser- vice. In the destruction of New London, Conn., in September, 1781, by the British, under Benedict Arnold, he lost all his property.

HINOJOSA, Pedro de (e-no-cho'-sah), Spanish soldier, b. in Trujillo late in the 15th century; d. in Chuquisaca, Bolivia, 6 May, 1553. He came to Peru with Hernando Pizarro on the latter's return from Spain in 1534, and in the following year was sent to Cuzco as lieutenant-governor. When Alma- gro, on his return from Chili, took Cuzco, Hino- josa was made prisoner, together with Gonzalo Pi- zarro, but managed to escape and fought under Pizarro's banner in the battle of Salinas, where Almagro was vanquished, 26 April, 1538. Li recom- pense he was appointed governor of the new city of La Plata or Chuquisaca, and after the assassina- tion of Francisco Pizarro he sided with the royal president, Vaca de Castro, against Almagro's son, and took part in the battle of Chupas, 16 Sept., 1542, where young Almagro's power was finally destroyed. When Gonzalo Pizarro prepared to re- sist the authority of the viceroy, Nunez Vela, Hino- josa was appointed captain of his guard, and in 1545 admiral of his fleet. With eleven vessels he appeared before Panama and by skilful negotia- tions obtained possession of the city, occupying also in 1546 Nombre de Dios, on the other side of the isthmus, thus making Gonzalo master of the road to the South sea. When the royal commis- sioner, Pedro de la Gasca, arrived in Panama in August, 1546, he won over Hinojosa by the prom- ise of rich rewards and by exciting his fears, and when Gonzalo obstinately refused any pacific ar- rangement, the former went over to the royal cause with the whole fleet on 19 Nov., 1546. He accompanied Gasca to Peru in his campaign against Pizarro, and took part in the battle of Sacsahuana, 9 April, 1548, where the latter was defeated and taken prisoner. In recompense, Hinojosa received the Indian commandery that had formerly belonged to Gonzalo Pizarro, and the grant of a silver-mine, thus having a revenue of nearly $200,000. After the departure of Gasca, Hinojosa was appointed in 1551 by the new viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza, governor and chief justice of the province of Char- cas, and when a revolution began in upper Peru he did his best to quell it, although the insurgents had secretly counted upon him, on account of his expressions of discontent with some measures that had been enacted by the viceroy. Exasperated by what they considered his treachery, Sebastian del Castillo, with seven other conspirators, entered his house early on 6 May and murdered him. Not- withstanding his greed for riches, Hinojosa was of a kind and just temperament, but weak in charac- ter, and allowed himself to be guided by traitors.

HINOYOSSA, Alexander d' (e-no-yo'-sah), director of a Dutch colony, lived in the 17th cen- tury; d. in Holland. On 16 Aug., 1656, the sale of a tract of land on the south bank of the Dela- ware was ratified by the states-general, and desig- nated Nieuer Amstel. The government was in- trusted to forty commissioners, who were to reside in New Amsterdam, and Jacob Aldrichs was ap- pointed director. In that year three small vessels were sent from Holland, with 40 soldiers and 150 emigrants, under command of Capt. Martin Kry- gier and Lieut. Alexander d'Hinoyossa, to establish a settlement. The governors of the city and com- pany were under the general supervision of Direct- or Stuyvesant. In 1658 great distress prevailed, and, in addition to the unsettled state of affairs, Aldrichs says : " Continued sickness curbed us so far down that all labor in the fields and agriculture were abandoned." Emigrants also arrived without supplies, which increased the trouble. Not satisfied with the profits of its investment, the Amsterdam company made exacting demands upon the settlers, who, being oppressed by sickness and various afflic- tions, became discontented, and many fled to the English colonies of Maryland. Toward the end of 1659 Aldrichs died, having had the administration of the government for more than two years. It appears from the complaints made against him that he was much to blame for the many evils that the colonists suffered. Before his death he recommended the appointment of Alexander D'Hinoyossa as his suc- cessor, which was approved and confirmed by the commissioners. Hinoyossa's administration was less turbulent than that of his predecessor, but conflicts on the question of authority arose between himself, who represented the city colony, and Beek- man, who had charge of the revenues of the West India company from the settlements in Delaware. They made many complaints to Holland, for Hinoyossa refused to recognize the authority of Stuyvesant, asserting that he was only accountable to the commissioners of the city of Amsterdam. The West India company insisted upon a collection of the revenues, while the city colony endeavored to evade all taxation. After negotiating to transfer the Nieuer Amstel colony to the West India com- pany, without success, the commissioners of the city obtained a loan which gave a new aspect to affairs. Hinoyossa was successful in maintain- ing peace in his little state, and made such regula- tions with regard to settlement and trade that many of the emigrants who had gone to Maryland returned. Negro slaves had been introduced in the Dutch colonies at the time of their establish- ment, and Hinoyossa addressed to the commis- sioners a request that a large number of slave! should be sent to till the valley of the Delaware. Wearied with the constant disputes regarding au- thority, and in the interest of the colonial pros- perity, Hinoyossa visited Holland in 1663 and petitioned for the entire government of the settle- ments of the Delaware. He was successful in this, and on his return Stuyvesant presented him with a formal transfer of his authority. The Swedish West India company was not satisfied to surrender its pos- sessions on the Delaware, and demanded restoration ; but the Dutch company would not yield, and in 1664 the Swedes took measures to recover their lands. An expedition was fitted out and set sail. but it was obliged to return, and the project was abandoned. Hinoyossa held undivided authority from the time of the transfer of the Delaware colony until the conquest of the New Netherlands