LAFAYETTE  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Tippecanoe county, See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana, U.S.A., situated at the former See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation on the See also:

• WABASH

Wabash See also:

• RIVER

river, about 64 m . N.W. of See also:

• INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis . Pop . (1900) 18,116, of whom 2266 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 20,081 . It is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, Indianapolis & See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville, the See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland, See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, Chicago & St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• ERIE

Erie & Western, and the Wabash See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern (electric), and the Fort See also:

• WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne & Wabash Valley (electric) railways . The river is not now navigable at this point . Lafayette is in the valley of the Wabash river, which is sunk below the normal level of the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, the surrounding heights being the walls of the Wabash See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin . The city has an excellent See also:

• SYSTEM

system of public See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good public library, two hospitals, the Wabash Valley Sanitarium (Seventh See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day Adventist), St See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony's See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home for old See also:

• PEOPLE

people and two See also:

• ORPHAN

orphan asylums . It is the seat of Purdue University, a co-educational, technical and agricultural institution, opened in 1874 and named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Purdue (1802—1876), who gave it $15o,000 . This university is under See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, and received the proceeds of the Federal agricultural See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of 1862 and of the second See also:

• MORRILL, JUSTIN SMITH (1810–1898)

Morrill See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 189c; in connexion with it there is an agricultural experiment station . It had in 1908 1909 180 instructors, 1900 students, and a library of 25,000 volumes and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets . Just outside the city is the State Soldiers' Home, where See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision is also made for the wives and widows of soldiers; in 1908 it contained 553 men and 700 See also:

• WOMEN

women .

The city lies in the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural region, and is an important See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, produce and horses . Among its manufactures are See also:

• BEER

beer, foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine See also:

• SHOP

shop products (the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville railway has shops here), See also:

• STRAW

straw See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, See also:

• TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone apparatus, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, wagons, packed meats, canned goods, See also:

• FLOUR

flour and carpets; the value of the factory product increased from $3,514,276 in 1900 to $4,631,415 in 1905, or 31.8% . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns its See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• WORKS

works . Lafayette is about 5 M . N.E. of the site of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Wea (See also:

• MIAMI

Miami) See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• VILLAGE

village known as Ouiatanon, where the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French established a See also:

• POST

post about 1720 . The French See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison gave way to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English about 1760; the stockade fort was destroyed during the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy of See also:

• PONTIAC
• PONTIAC (c. 1720-1769)

Pontiac, and was never rebuilt . The head-quarters of See also:

• TECUMSEH, TECUMTHE, or TECUMTHA1 (c. 1768—1813)

Tecumseh and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, the " See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

Prophet," were established 7 m . N. of Lafayette near the mouth of the Tippecanoe river, and the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement there was known as the " Prophet's See also:

• TOWN

Town." Near this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and near the site of the See also:

• PRESENT

present village of See also:

• BATTLE

Battle Ground (where the Indiana Methodists now have a summer encampment and a See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August), was fought on the 7th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1811 the battle of Tippecanoe, in which the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians were decisively defeated by See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison, the whites losing 188 in killed and wounded and the Indians about an equal number . The battle ground is owned by the state; in 1907 the state legislature and the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress each appropriated $12,500 for a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, which took the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft; 90 ft. high . The first See also:

• AMERICAN

American settlers on the site of Lafayette appeared about 182o, and the town was laid out in 1825, but for many years its growth was slow . The completion of the Wabash and Erie See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal marked a new era in its development, and in 1854 Lafayette was incorporated . LA FERTE, the name of a number of localities in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, differentiated by agnomens .

La Ferte Imbault (See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Loir-et-See also:

• CHER

Cher) was in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Jacques d'ttampes (159o-1668), See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of France and See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, who was known as the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis of La Ferte Imbault . La Ferte Nabert (the See also:

• MODERN

modern La Ferte See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• AUBIN

Aubin, department of Loiret) was acquired in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Saint Nectaire (corrupted to Senneterre), and erected into a duchy in the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage of France (duche-pairie) in 1665 for See also:

• HENRI

Henri de Saint Nectaire, marshal of France . It was called La Ferte Lowendal after it had been acquired by Marshal Lowendal in 1748 . LA FERT$-See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

BERNARD, a town of western France, in the department of See also:

• SARTHE

Sarthe, on the Huisne, 27 M . N.E. of Le Mans, on the railway from See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris to that town . Pop . (1906) 4358 . La Ferte carries on See also:

• CLOTH

cloth manufacture and flour-milling and has See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in horses and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle . Its See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Notre See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame has a See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir (16th century) with graceful See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse-chapels of See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture and remarkable windows of the same See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period; the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the church is in the . Flamboyant See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . The town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall occupies the superstructure and flanking towers of a fortified gateway of the 15th century . La Ferte-Bernard owes its origin and name to a stronghold (fermete) built about the 11th century and afterwards held by the See also:

• FAMILY

family of Bernard .

In 1424 it did not succumb to the English troops till after a four months' See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege . It belonged in the 16th century to the family of See also:

• GUISE
• GUISE, HOUSE OF

Guise and supported the See also:

• LEAGUE

League, but was captured by the royal forces in 1590 . LA FERT$-MILON, a town of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern France in the department of See also:

• AISNE

Aisne on the Ourcq, 47 M . W. by S. of See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) 1563 . The town has imposing remains comprising one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side flanked by four towers of an unfinished See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle built about the beginning of the 15th century by Louis of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, brother of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VI . The churches of St See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas and Notre-Dame, chiefly of the 16th century, both contain See also:

• FINE

fine old stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass . See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine, the poet, was born in the town, and a statue by See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David d'Augers has been erected to him .