Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . the court of theviceroy were enraptured by the beauty ofthe dusky Mobilian girls. The news ofDe Sotos death cast a gloom over Havana,and poor Dona Isabella, wife of the greatleader, who had so long waited for hisreturn, died of a broken heart. Despard, John, military officer; bornin 1745; joined the British army in 1760;came to America in 1773; was presentat the capture of Port Montgomery andof Charleston; and was with Cornwallisin the campaign which culminated in thesurrender at
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . the court of theviceroy were enraptured by the beauty ofthe dusky Mobilian girls. The news ofDe Sotos death cast a gloom over Havana,and poor Dona Isabella, wife of the greatleader, who had so long waited for hisreturn, died of a broken heart. Despard, John, military officer; bornin 1745; joined the British army in 1760;came to America in 1773; was presentat the capture of Port Montgomery andof Charleston; and was with Cornwallisin the campaign which culminated in thesurrender at Yorktown. He was promotedcolonel in 1795, and major-general in1798. He died in Oswestry, England,Sept. 3, 1829. DEstaing, Count. See Estainq,Charles Hector, Count d. Destroying Angels. See Dauites. De Trobriand, Philippe Regis, mili-tary officer; born in Chateau des Eo-chettes, France, June 4, 1816; came to theUnited States in 1841; joined the Nation-al army as colonel of the 55th New YorkRegiment in August, 1861; took part inthe engagements at Fredericksburg, Chan-cellorsville, Gettysburg, etc.; was present. THE BURIAL OF DE SOTO. wandered another year in the region westof the Mississippi; and returning to thatriver in May, 1543, they built rude ves-sels, and, with a number of beautiful Ala-bama girls whom they had carried awaycaptive after the battle at Maubila, they 107 as the commander of a division at Leessurrender; received the brevet of major-general of volunteers in April, 1865. Hejoined the regular army in 1866; receivedthe brevet of brigadier-general in 1867;retired in 1879. He published Quatre cms DETROIT de campagnes d la/rm4e du Potomac. Hedied in Bayport, L. I., July 7, 1897. Detroit, a city, port of entry, metropolisof Michigan, and county seat of Waynecounty; on the Detroit River, 7 milesfrom Lake St. Clair, and about 18 milesfrom Lake Erie. It is noted for thevariety and extent of its manufacturesand for its large traffic on the GreatLakes. For the defence of
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