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Rh was a famous warrior during his youth, but loved peace in his old age, and at the time of the murder of Nathan C. Meeker, 29 Sept., 1879, restrained the Indians from beginning hostilities. His last visit to Washington was to effect the sale of the Ute reservation in Colorado. At the time of his death he resided in a comfortable house on a farm which he owned and cultivated, and he took much pleasure and pride in driving a carriage that had been given him by the governor of Colorado. His only son was captured by the Sioux in the boy's youth, and Ouray made many appeals to the &ldquo;great father in Washington&rdquo; to assist in his recovery.

OUREOUHARÉ, Cayuga chief, d. in Quebec, Canada, in 1697. He was one of the Iroquois chiefs that were seized treacherously and sent to the galleys in France in 1687, after being invited to a conference at Fort Frontenac by Denonville, the Canadian governor. He was allowed to return with Frontenac to Canada in 1689, became attached to the new governor, accompanied him to Montreal, and advised him to release the other Indian captives that were then in Canada. His advice was followed; the Indians were sent back to their tribes, and were exhorted by Oureouhare to persuade the latter to send an embassy to Montreal. This was done on 9 March, 1690, and the envoy said that the French prisoners that had been scattered in the other cantons were now all at Onondaga, and would be disposed of as Oureouhare should direct. The efforts of the latter to reconcile the Iroquois to French rule were unsuccessful, and Frontenac began to have doubts of his fidelity. His conduct in 1691, when the Iroquois invaded the French colony, dispelled all doubts, and his bravery at Repentigny contributed greatly to the defeat of the savages. He commanded the Christian Hurons in an engagement at La Prairie in the same year, and afterward pursued a body of Iroquois and recaptured several French prisoners. He then went to Quebec and received the thanks of Frontenac, as well as numerous presents. Several tribes offered to make him their chief, but he replied that he would never leave Ononthio (Frontenac), for whom he seems to have felt a sincere affection. He retired among the Christian Iroquois of the mountain in 1692, but made frequent excursions among the Cayugas and other tribes in the interest of the French, persuading the Cayugas to release their French prisoners, and keeping them firm in their allegiance. He visited Quebec in 1697, and fell sick after his arrival. He was a sincere Christian, and when the missionary who attended him spoke of the crucifixion, it is said that he cried out: &ldquo;Why was I not there? I would have prevented them from so treating my God.&rdquo; He was buried with pomp. Frontenac regretted him all the more that he relied on him principally for bringing about a treaty with the Iroquois.

OURLAC, Jean Nicolas, artist, b. in New Or- leans, La., in 1789 ; d. in Paris, France, in 1821. He went to Paris in early youth to study under Jacques Louis David, and acquired reputation as a landscape-painter. In 1815 he made a journey to this country, and travelled for two years through the principal states. His subjects are mostly taken from American scenery. Among his works are "La rue Broadway a New- York " (1817); " Une place publique a Baltimore " (1818) ; " La maison blanche a Washington " (1818) ; " Groupe d'Indiens a une auberge " (1820) ; " Scenes du marche a la Nouvelle Orleans " (1820) ; " Debardeurs au travail sur le port de Boston " (1821) ; " La moisson en Pennsylvanie " (1821) ; and " Une vue du Mississipi pres de la Nouvelle Orleans " (1821).

OUSELEY, Sir William Gore, English diplomatist, b. in London, 26 July, 1797; d. there, 6 March, 1866. He entered the diplomatic service as a youth, and served in many countries. He was long at Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video during an eventful period in the history of the South American states, and in 1857 was sent on a mission to the United States. His wife, Maria, was a daughter of Gov. Cornelius P. Van Ness, of Vermont. Sir William was a ripe scholar and a pleasing writer. The University of Oxford con- ferred upon him the degree of D. C. L. in 1855.

OUTERBRIDGE, Albert Albony, lawyer, b. in Bermuda, 20 April, 1841. He studied law with William Rawle. graduated at the law-school of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1862 was ad- mitted tothe Philadelphia bar. Since 1874 he has been the editor-in-chief of the " Weekly Notes of Cases,'' of which seventeen volumes have been published in Philadelphia. He was appointed re- porter to the supreme court of Pennsylvania in 1881, and edited several volumes of reports. This office he resigned, 1 Jan., 1885. to become the trust officer of the Land title and trust company of Philadelphia, which post he now (1888) holds.

OUARARD, Leon Francois (oov-rar). West Indian scientist, b. in St. Martin in 1767; d. in Coppet, near Geneva, Switzerland, in 1826. He was descended from early French settlers, received his education in Paris, and, enlisting in the army in 1791, served in Germany and Italy. He was dangerously wounded in the attack on Arcole bridge, 15 Nov., 1796, and promoted captain on the spot by Napoleon Bonaparte. Resigning a few months later, he fixed his residence at Coppet, near Geneva, and devoted the remainder of his life to science. He became one of the founders of eth- nography and ethnology, which were almost entire- ly ignored up to the beginning of the 19th century. He made extensive journeys through Europe and America, and his works have been used by modern laborers in the same line, including Charles Dar- win and Alfred R. Wallace. They include " Pro- domes d'ethnographie et d'ethnologie " (Paris, 1811) ; " De la distribution geographique des races hu- maines dans I'Europe centrale " (2 vols., 1814, with atlas); "Analyse de la distribution geographique de la race jaune dans ses branches Mongole, Oce- anique, et Sud Amerieaine " (1820) ; " Etudes sur la race rouge, dans ses deux varietes, Indiens du Nord de I'Amerique et Carai'be " (1821) ; " Des differentes espeees du genre homo " (1823) ; and " Histoire na- turelle descriptive des varietes de I'homme " (1825).

OUVRIER, Pierre Gustave, French historian, b. in Calais in 1765 ; d. there in 1822. After finishing his studies, he was for some time a clerk in a Calais shipping-house, and in 1789 came to Philadelphia as agent of his firm. But the French revolution and the war with Great Britain ruined his employers, and he became a teacher of languages. In 1795 Pierre Adet, then French charge d'affaires in Philadelphia, appointed him chancellor to the French consulate, and afterward sent him to explore the southern and central states, while Palissot {q. v.) visited the northern states. Ouvrier descended the Mississippi to New Orleans, sailed up Missouri and Arkansas rivers, and took the barometrical level of points along their banks, travelled for two months through the Indian reservations, and explored Louisiana, Missouri, northern Texas, Georgia, both Carolinas, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and southern Illinois, during 1796-1804, forming a valuable collection of historical documents. On his return to Philadelphia he resumed his labors as teacher, but, through the