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* DUNMORB. 526 DUNNING. sat in the House of Lords in 1701-69 as a repre- sentative peer of Scotland; in 1770 was appointed Governorof the Colony of New York, and in 1771 of that of Virginia, lie dis.solved the House of Assembly in 1772, 1773, and 1774 — on the last occasion because of the resolution of that body to observe June 1st, the day for the closinf; of the port of Boston, as a lime of ])ublic fast. He com- manded a division of Virjrinia troops in Dunmore's War (q.v.), upon the conclusion of which he made an important treaty with the Indians. In April, 1775, lie removed a part of the powder stores from Williamsburg to the war-ship ilag- daleii. Thereupon the colonists in large numbers volunteered for military service under t!e direc- tion of Patrick Henry. He temporarily restored quiet by payment for the powder so tiikon. Dur- ing a session of the House, in June, a riot oc- cvirred. and Dunmore transferred the seat of gov- ernment to the man-of-war Foicci/, twelve mih^s off Yorktown. The Burgesses finally declared that the Governor had abdicated, and vested a committee of safety with e.xecvitive powers. Dun- more retaliated by the equipment of a flotilla, with which he unsuccessfully attacked Hampton on October 23. He burned Xorfolk on .January 1,1776. On .July S he was forced by Andrew Lewis (q.v.) from the station which he had taken on Glynn's Island, in the Chesapeake, and shortly afterwards, having burned the smaller ves- sels and sent the remainder to the West Indies, returned to England, where he sat in the House of Lords until 1787. From 1787 to 1796 he was Governor cf the Bahamas. Consult Campbell, History of Virffinia (1860). DUNMORE'S WAR. A war in 1774 between the Indians and the whites on the western fron- tiers of Virginia, so called from Lord Dunmore, then Governor of Virginia, who was accused, ap- parently with little justice, of having, caused it in order to prevent the Virginians from taking part in the approaching war with England. There had been considerable friction between the settlers and various Indian tribes, particularly the Shawnees, since 1764, the Indians steadily resisting the encroachnsents of the whites, and in 1773 an imusually large muubcr of settlers ■were massacred. The killing of the family of Logan, a noted Mingo chief (see Log., .Toiin), on April 30, 1774, was the occasion for the out break of general ho.stilities. and for several months thereafter frequent Indian attacks, of unusual ferocity, were directed against the fron- tier. The Virginian (Jovernment promptly raised a force of about 3000. and in September (leiieral Lewis (see Lewi.s, Andkew). with about 1200 men. marched to the mouth of the Great Ka- nawha, there to await a second force of about 1300 under Lord Dunmore, who was to start from Fort Pitt. Dunmore svibsequently changed his plans, however, and on October 10 Lewis fougiit alone the important battle of Point Pleasant, which virtually closed the war. (See Point Ple.vsant, Battle of.) Soon afterwards Dunmore made a treaty with the Indians, where- by the latter agreed not to hunt south of the Ohio and not to molest voyagers on the river. But for this war. it is likely that the migration of settlers to the West would have been almost wholly checked until after the close of the Revo- lution, and that, in consequence, the western boundarv of the United States might have been fi.Kcd, by the treaty of 1783, at the Alleghany Alountains. The war is sometimes called ■"Cresap's War." from Captain -Michael Cresap, who was unjustly charged with having murdered Logan's family. For brief accounts of the war, consult: Roo.sevelt, Winning of tJw West (vol. i., New York. 1889-94) ; and Perkins, Annuis of the West (Pittsburg, 1857). DUNMO'W (dun'mn) FLITCH OF BACON. A prize instituted at Duniiiriw, in lOssex. Eng- land, in 1244. by Robert de Fitzwalter. on the following conditions: "That whatever married cou[)le will go to the priory, and, kneeling on two sharp-pointed stones, will swear tluit they have not quarreled nor re|)ented of their marriage within a year and a day after its celebration, shall receive a flitch of bacon." The prize was first claimed in 144.5. two hundred years after it had been instituted. Only five presentations were made up to 1751, and the flitch was not again claimed till 1855. From 1860 to 1877 there were four awards, and three in 1891. Con- sult Andrews, History of the Dunmow Flitch (London. 1887). DUNNE, FiNLEY Peter (1867—). An Anicriian humorist. lie was born in Chicago, 111., and having obtained a conuuon-school edu- cation there, served from 1885 to 1891 as a re- porter on various newspapers. From 1891 he was editorially connected with the Chicago news- paper press as successively city editor of the Times (1891-92), member of the Evening Post and Times-Herald staffs (1892-97), and editor- in-chief of the Evening Journal (1897-1900). He first attracted attention by the publication in the Timrs-Ucrald of a series of sketclics in which, through the nu'dium of one Martin Doolev, publican of Archey Road, he passed humorous comment upon a variety of subjects. With the Spanish-American War he more |)romi- nently developed a vein of political and social satire, and upon the publication of Mr. Doolcy in Peace and in War (1898), a volume of selec- tions, attained wide popularity in America and England. Mr. Doolcy in lite Hearts of liis t^onntri/nien (1898), Mr. Dooley's Philosophy (1900)'. and Mr. Dooley's O/iihioh.s- (1901) ap- jieared in continuation. In his shrewd analysis of fault and foible, his ability to 'speak truth smiling.' ands|)eak it with a certain distinctive gusto, 'Mr. Doolev' occupies the leading place among latter-day American humorists. DUN'NET HEAD. The northernmost point of the iiiaiiihind of Great Britain in Caithnes- shire. Scotland (Map: Scotland. El). It is 346 feet high, is crowned with a lighthouse visible 24 miles, and is the ancient Tarvedrum, or Orcus promontcrium. DUNTUING, ALitEiiT EI.T.JAH (1844—). An Amcriciiu ('oni.'regaf ion:ilist clergvnum. born at Brookficld. Conn. He gr:iduated at Yale Univer- sitv (1807). and at AndovcrTheoIogica) Seminary (1S70). .fter holding the pastorate of the Highhind Congregatimiiilist Church in Boston from 1871 to 1881. he acted :is general Sunday- school secretary for Congregationalist chiirches from 1881 to 1889, when he became editor-in- chief of the Congreqnliondlist. His principal jiublications are the following: The ffiniilai/- School Library (1883); Pihle Studies (1886); and Congregationalists in America (1894).