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Rh assistance of Brothers of the Christian Doctrine, who ultimately founded a college. Sisters of Charity also came to him, and in 1867 the Jesuits opened a college at Las Vegas, and established a journal. In 1875 the see was made archiepiscopal, with Dr. Lamy as archbishop. In 1885 he resigned, leaving the diocese with 34 parish churches, 203 regularly-attended chapels, and 56 priests who have charge of 111,000 Roman Catholics of Span- ish origin. 3,000 that speak English, and 12,000 Pueblo Indians.

LANCASTER, Sir James, English navigator, b. in England about 1550; d. in 1620. He made a voyage to the East Indies in 1591, and afterward sailed round the Cape of Good Hope, visiting Cey- lon and Palo Penang, where the mutinous conduct of his crew obliged him to return home. In 1594 he engaged in a predatory expedition to South America, took several prizes, and captured Per- nambuco in Brazil, returning in 1595 laden with immense booty. He sailed from Torbay, 15 Feb., 1601, with a fleet of five vessels to the East Indies, formed a commercial treaty with the king of Achen, established a friendly correspondence with the state of Bantam in the island of Java, and re- turned in 1605, with information relative to a northwest passage to the East Indies, which gave rise to the subsequent expeditions of Hudson and others. Baffin gave the name of Lancaster sound to an inlet that he discovered in latitude 74° N. This navigator received the honor of knighthood from Queen Elizabeth.

LANCASTER, Joseph, educator, b. in London, 25 Nov., 1778; d. in New York city. 24 Oct., 1838. At the age of sixteen he decided to become a cler- fyman, but afterward united with the Society of Yiends, by which he was long afterward disowned. In 1798 he opened at South wark a school for poor children, whom he taught almost gratuitously. For many years he was actively engaged in deliv- ering lectures, and forming schools in various parts of England on the plan of employing the more ad- vanced pupils in a school to instruct the class next below themselves, a plan that had been originally introduced into England from India by Dr. An- drew Bell. For many years the contest between the friends of these two men as to which was en- titled to priority was very acrimonious. His la- bors in giving this system a notoriety it would not otherwise have obtained, while gaining him ap- plause, kept him poor; and in 1818 he emigrated to the United States. His system had been pre- viously introduced into American schools to a con- siderable extent, so that he was not pecuniarily benefited by the change. After visiting South America and the West Indies, he went in 1829 to Canada, where the legislature made him some pe- cuniary grants to enable him to give his system a fair trial. But he soon became embarrassed again ; some of his friends purchased for him a small an- nuity, and he removed to New York, where he was run over by a carriage in the street, and died from the injuries that he received. His family went to Mexico, where, under the name of Lancaster- J ones, several of his grandchildren have attained note in politics. Under the management of a National Lancasterian society his system has been adopted in that country, as it has to a lesser extent in Colom- bia and other parts of South America. Lancaster published " Improvements in Education " (London, 1803 ; New York, 1807) ; " The British System of Education " (Washington, 1812) ; and " Epitome of the Chief Events and Transactions of my own Life " (New Haven, 1833). See " Life of Lancaster," by his friend William Corston.

LANCASTER, Lydia, Quaker preacher, b. in Graithwaite, Lancashire, England, in 1684 ; d. 30 May, 1761. In the course of her ministry she visited several times the greater part of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and did much to advance the interests of her society there and in the United States, whither she camein 1718.

LANCASTRO Y ABREU, Maria Ursula (lan-cas'-tro), South American adventuress, b. in Rio Janeiro in 1682; d. in Goa, East Indies, in 1730. She was the only daughter of a family of wealth in Brazil. In 1700 she left her home secretly, and, dressing herself in male costume, took the name of Balthazar do Conto Cardoso and sailed for Portugal. In Lisbon she enlisted as a volun- teer in an expedition to India, and soon afterward took part in the attack of Amboina and in the occupation of the islands of Corjuem and Panelem. For these deeds she was promoted to captain, and in 1703 she was appointed governor of an impor- tant castle. In 1704 the fortress Madre de Deus was put under her charge, and from that time till 1714 she performed many great exploits that made her assumed name well known. In 1714 she fell in love with the captain, Alffonso Teixeira Arras de Mello, who was the governor of the castle S. Joao Baptista, and, disclosing her sex, she received per- mission from the king to marry. On 8 March, 1718, the king of Portugal, Joao V.. granted her a pension for her services to the nation, with per- mission to bequeath it to her heirs.

LANCE, William, author, b. in Charleston, S. C, in 1791 : d. in Texas in 1840. He was educated in Charleston, studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar, and in 1812 was a member of the legislature. He early attained note as a scholar and public speaker, and was a diligent classical student. He wrote frequently, chiefly as a political essayist, and published in Latin a " Life of Washington " (Charleston, 1834).

LANCHERO, Luis (lan-tchay'-ro), Spanish sol- dier, d. in Tunja, Colombia, in 1562. He was cap- tain of the guards to the Emperor Charles v., and served under the Constable of Bourbon at the siege of Rome in 1527, but in 1533 left the Spanish army and went to Venezuela in search of adventures. He entered the service of Geroni- mo de Ortal ; but not meeting with the success he expected, he joined Nicholas Federmann. with whom he crossed the Andes to Santa Fe de Bo- gota. He filled the highest posts in this colony, and although he had been persecuted by the visitor Armendariz, when this officer fell into disgrace, Lanchero protected him, defrayed the cost of his journey to Spain, and aided him to justify him- self. Besides filling many civil posts, Lanchero was engaged in most of the military expeditions of his time. In 1559 he founded the "city of Trini- dad de los Muzos (now Muzo).

LANDA, Diego de (lan'dah), Mexican R. C. bishop, b. in Cifuentes. Guadalajara, Spain. 17 March, 1524; d. in Merida, Mexico. 30 April, 1579. In 1541 he became a Franciscan monk, and soon was sent as one of the first of his order to Yucatan. He founded the convent of Izamal, of which he was elected superior in 1553, and later became provincial of his order in Yucatan. His severity in repressing the licentious customs of the Spaniards made him many enemies, and he was accused of usurping the powers of the bishop, and ordered to Spain; but he was absolved by the council of the Indies, and in 1573 returned to Yucatan as second bishop of Merida. He had again to suffer persecutions, and an unsuccessful attempt was made against his life. He wrote an interesting "Relaciou