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Rh of the company, on the abolition of which office he sailed for France, where he landed, 35 June, 1734. His " History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina " (Paris, 1758 ; Lon- don, 1763), is commended for its exactness, the author having paid especial attention to geology, mineralogy, and other natural sciences.

DUPUIS, Mathias, clergyman, b. in Picardy, France, early in the 17th century; d. in Orleans. He entered "the Dominican order in 1641, and was sent as a missionary to Guadeloupe and other French possessions in America in 1644. He re- turned in 1650 and wrote " Relation de I'etablisse- ment d'une eolonie fran9aise dans I'ile de la Guade- loupe, et des moeurs sauva^es " (Caen, 1652).

DUPUIS, Thomas R., Canadian educator, b. in Eriiesttown, Ontario, 25 March, 1833 ; d. in Kings- ton, Canada. 2 July, 1893. He was graduated at Queen's college, Kingston, as a physician in 1860. in 1864 he passed a summer in the Armory Square hosijital, Washington, D. C, as assistant surgeon. He attended Harvard medical school in 1870, and studied diseases of the eye under Drs. Williams and Derby at the Boston eye infirmary. In 1871 he re- ceived the diploma of the Royal college of physi- cians and surgeons at Kingston, Ontario, and in 1881 that of the Royal college of surgeons in London, England. In 1868 Dr. Dupuis was ap- pointed professor of botany in the Royal medical college of Kingston, which chair he vacated in 1873 to take that of anatomy. He was also a lectui'er on clinical surgery, to which chair he was ap- pointed in 1880; was elected to the council of Queen's university in 1877 and re-elected in 1882. Dr. Dupuis travelled extensively through the United States, Canada, and Eni'ope, and pub- lished interesting descriptions of his travels. — His brother, Nathau Fellowes, b. in Portland, On- tario, in 1836, received his rudimentary education at a common school, and from his fourteenth till his eighteenth year worked at the business of clock and watch making. He then entered Queen's college, Kingston, where he was graduated with honors. In 1867 he was appointed professor of chemistry in Queen's college, and in 1880 was transferred to the chair of mathematics.

DUPUY, Eliza Ann, author, b. in Petersburg, Va., about 1814 ; d. in New Orleans in January, 1881. She was descended from Col. Dupuy, who led the band of Huguenot exiles to the banks of James river. .At an early age she became a governess in Natchez, and while so employed wrote her first book, " The Conspirators," in which Aaron Burr is the principal character. Her other works include " The Huguenot Exiles " ; " Emma Wattou, or Trials and Triumphs " ; " Celeste " ; " Florence, or the Fatal Vow " ; '' Separation " ; " Concealed Treasure " ; " Ashleigh " ; and " The Country Neighborhood." She wrote in all about forty stories, most of them for the New York " Ledger."

DUQUESNE, Joseph Marie Lazare, Viscount, French naval officer, b. in Havana, Cuba, in 1804 ; d. in Mexico in 1854. He was a descendant of the famous Admiral Duquesne, studied at the naval college of Angouleme, France, was promoted 2d lieutenant in 1821, 1st lieutenant in 1831, and in 1837 commander of the brig " Le Laurier," in the fleet operating against Mexico. He distinguished himself during the bombardment of San Juan de Ulua in 1838, and contributed greatly toward the capture of the fortifications of Vera Cruz. He was promoted corvette captain in 1839, commodore in 1844 for bravery at Tanger and Mogador, and rear- admiral in 1853, and as such commanded the French fleet operating in the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico. During a visit to the city of Mexico he died of yellow fever.

DUQUESNE DE MENNEVILLE, Marquis, governor of New France, b. in Prance early in the 18th century. He was a grand nephew of Abraham Duquesne, the great French mariner, early entered the royal marine service, and became a captain. In 1752 he was appointed governor of New France, having been recommended to the office by Gallissoniere. He introduced great reforms into the colony, placed the colonial troops on a par with the European by constant drilling and study, erected forts in the far west, and resisted the en- croachments of the English and colonial trooJDS. Among the forts so erected was the one bearing his name on the present site of Pittsburg. It was during his administration that the assassination of Jumonville took place, and also the brilliant vic- tory over the English at Coulon de Villiers in 1754. Duquesne solicited his recall, and departed for France in 1755.

DUQUET, Joseph, Canadian notary, b. in Chateauquay, (Janacta, in 1817 ; d. in Montreal in 1838. He began his studies in the college of Mon- treal, and finished them in the college of Chambly. He adopted the profession of notary, and became the partner of his uncle, M. Demaray, in the town of Saint-Jean. The latter, a member of the Cana- dian legislature, was arrested in 1837, along with several others. Duquet attempted a rescue, which failed, and then set out for Montreal, to put his friends on their guard, and to organize a force that would secure the release of the prisoners. When he arrived at Longueil, learning that his friends had been rescued and that he was himself in great danger from the pursuit of the government troops, he fled to the United States. He returned to Canada after a short stay, taking part in the fight at Moor's Corner, in which the Canadians were beaten. He escaped to the United States and remained at Swanton until Lord Durham's procla- mation of amnesty, when he returned to his own country. When "he learned that the Canadian exiles, who had taken refuge in the United States, were preparing to return to Canada under the command of Robert Nelson, he prepared to assist them. He was one of the most active organizers of the Chasseurs, a secret society, and went from parish to parish, preparing the people for the great rising of the 3d of November. On that date, in conjunction with Cardinal, he arrested all the principal tories of Laprairie, and set out at the head of a small force to take possession of Caugh- nawaga and deprive the Indian inhabitants of their "arms. He was betrayed by those who were to aid him, arrested, and conducted to the prison of Montreal, where he was hanged.

DURAN, Martin (doo-ran'), Mexican priest, b. in Santiago, Tlaltelolco, Mexico ; d. there in 1584. He was of pure Indian blood, was educated in the Franciscan college established in his native town, and entered the religious order of the Dominican fathers, soon becoming one of the most celebrated pulpit orators of the time. In 1584 he had permission to preach in the Mexican language in the church of Santiago Tlaltelolco ; and in his first sermon dared to denounce slavery and to support the doctrines of Bartolome de las Casas. Duran was arrested and warned by the church not to preach to the Indians these sermons against the established order of things. Father Francisco de los Rios was then commissioned by the archbishop to hear the succeeding sermons of Duran. and, after listening to one, accused the preacher, before the Inquisition, of propagating among the Indians heretical and