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428 supposed to have known that he was in territory already ceded to Pizarro, preferred to make an advantageous arrangement with Almagro, and caused him at the same time to pardon Felipillo's treason. In Cuzco, Felipillo incited the Inca Manco against the Spaniards by underhand intrigues, and contributed thereby to the revolt of the Indians and the burning of the city in 1535. He also took part in the dissensions between Pizarro and Almagro. When Almagro marched, in September, 1535, to the conquest of Chili, he carried Felipillo with him as interpreter, but a few days after passing the desert Felipillo fled. He was taken prisoner and strangled by Almagro's orders, who knew of his repeated treasons. The historian Gomara says that before his death Felipillo confessed that he had falsely accused Atahualpa.

FELIX, Louis, Baron, b. in St. Pierre, Marti- nique, 2H Dec, 1765 ; d. in Mexico, 1 July, 1836. He took orders when very young, and was almoner of the Count de Bentheim, lieutenant-governor of the Dauphine, at the beginning of the revolution of 1789. He then gave up his orders and became clerk of the national convention until 1795, when he joined Hughes, a member of the assembly, in organizing the government of Guadeloupe, and re- ducing the revolted negroes there to subjection. He took the responsibility of revoking certain measures xmpopular with the whites, and managed affairs with such skill that the colony was com- pletely pacified in 1796. Baron Felix remained in Guadeloupe in 1795-'99, devoting himself to ad- ministrative and judicial labors. In the mean while Hughes was restive under the sense of the obligations he owed to Felix, and asked to have him recalled to France in 1800. He had scarcely arrived when Napoleon made his coup d'etat of the 18th Bruinaire, and named him a member of the tribune. Felix took an active part in the delibera- tions of this assembly until it was suppressed in 1803. He was then sent to Mexico as minister and French consul-general. He was afterward French minister at Washingtou, and kept the post until 1806, but remained consul-general in Mexico till the fall of Napoleon in 1814. He returned to France in 1815, and Prince Talleyrand, who es- teemed him highly, sent him as minister to South America, where he remained four years. He was then consul-general and minister extraordinary to the Levant in 1819-'22, consul-general to Mexico in 1825-30, deputy from Marseilles in 1833-35, and in 1835-'6 minister to Mexico, whei'e he died. His books relating to this continent are " Aper§u sur les Etats Unis " (Paris, 1814) ; " AperQU sur le Mexique " (1815) ; " Rapport au ministre des af- faires etrangers sur la situation des Frangais dans le Mexique et I'Amerique du Sud "' (1820) ; " Theo- rie des gouvernements," in which he compares the governments of Europe with those of the United States and South America, and declares in favor of the New World (1823).

FELLER, Henrietta, missionary, b. in Lau- sanne, Switzerland, about 1788; d. in Grand Ligne, Canada, 27 March, 1868. She married M. Feller, a magistrate in Lausanne, and soon after his death, and the death of their only child, she came in 1835 to Montreal, and, joining two of her friends, M. and Madame Olivier, began her labors as a teacher and missionary. On account of delicate health, M. and Madame Olivier were compelled to leave Mon- treal in a short time. Madame Feller determined to continue the school, but did not succeed, and went to St. John's. Financial aid reached her from Switzerland, and, several of the Baptist ministry becoming interested in her welfare, she was en- abled to maintain lier school until the first rebel- lion in Lower Canada, when she came to the United States. Late in 1836 she removed to Grand Ligne, again opening a school ; and, after various visits to the Atlantic cities for aid, she was successful in raising funds for the erection of a mission-house, of which she became director.

FELLOWS, John, soldier, b. in Pomfret, Conn., in 1733 ; d. in Shetlield, Berkshire co., Mass., 1 Aug., 1808. He served in the French and Indian war, was a member of the Massachusetts provincial congress in 1775, and soon after the battle of Lex- ington led a regiment of minute-men to Boston. He was made a brigadier-general, 25 June, 1776, commanding a brigade at the battles of Long Island, White Plains, and Bemis Heights, where he took an active part in the capture of Burgoyne. After the war he was sheriff of Berkshire county.

FELLOWS, John, author, b. in Shellield, Mass., in 1760; d. in New York city, 3 Jan., 1844. He was graduated at Yale in 1783, and published " The Veil Removed : Reflections on Humphrey's Essay on the Life of Israel Putnam" (New York, 1843) ; " Exposition of the Mysteries or Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pyth.igiircans, and Druids"; and a work on the authorship of the Junius letters.

FELT, Joseph Barlow, antiquarian, b. in Salem, Mass., 22 Dec, 1789; d. there, 8 Sept., 1869. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1813, licensed to preach in 1815, and was pastor of Con- gregational churches at Sharon, Mass.. in 1821-'4, and in Hamilton, Mass., in 1825-34. He was com- missioned by Gov. Everett, in April, 1836, to ar- range the ancient state papers, then in almost hopeless confusion, and in 1845 spent six weeks in England searching for duplicates of lost records. As a result of his labors, which were ended in 1846, the state archives are now contained in sev- eral scores of carefully classified volumes. After serving as librarian of the Massachusetts historical society in 1842-'58, he retired to Salem, where he engaged in literary work. He was president of the New England historic-genealogical society in 1850-'3, recording secretary of the American sta- tistical association in 1839-59, and a member of many other historical societies. Dartmouth gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1857. Dr. Felt was noted for his thorough acquaintance with New England history. He" published " Annals of Sa- lem." called by "Bancroft " an accurate and iisef ul work " (Salem. Mass., 1827 ; 2d ed., 2 vols., 1845-'9) ; " History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton," in- cluding numerous biographies (Cambridge, 1833); " Historical Account of Massachusetts Currency " (Boston, 1839) ; memoirs of Roger Conant (1848), Hugh Peters (1851), and William S. Shaw (1852) ; " Genealogical Items for Gloucester and Lynn " (1850-1) ;"" The Customs of New England " (1853) ; " Ecclesiastical History of New England " (2 vols., Boston, 1855-'62) ; and various addresses.

FELTON, Cornelius Conway, scholar, b. in West Newbury, Mass., 6 Nov., 1807; d. in Chester, Pa., 26 Feb., 1862. He was graduated at Harvard in 1827, having partially sup} )oi-te(l hhnself through his course by teaching in Concord and Boston, and at the Rouiid-Hill school in Northampton, Mass. In his senior year he was one of the conductors of the " Harvard Register," a students' periodical. After teaching for two years in Geneseo, N. Y., he was appointed Latin tutor at Harvard in 1829, became Greek tutor in 1830, college professor of Greek in 1832, and in 1834 was given the Eliot professorship of Greek literature. He was also for many years regent of the college. In 1853-'4 he