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in 1576, the plague of Matlazahuatl broke out, in which two million natives perished, Eiiriquez showed them great kindness, and excused them from all taxes. He was promoted viceroy of Peru on 4 Oct., 1580, and arrived in Lima in 1581. He founded the College of San Martin, 11 Aug., 1582, giving the direction to tlie .Jesuits, and, up to the abolition of that order in 1767, this college was one of the most notable in the New World. Enriquez au- thorized the convo- cation of the third concilium of Lima on 15 Aug., sent as- sistance to the city of Arequipa, which had suffered greatly from an earthquake, gave orders for the cleaningofthestreets and canals of Lima, organized the mail service to the inte-

rior, and initiated

numerous other improvements. Enriquez died suddenly, while in office, and his remains were buried in the convent of San Francisco of Lima. He is the author of " Ordenanzas de Mesta para la Nueva Espafia" (1574) and " Instrucciones sobre las cosas y gobierno de Nueva Espaiia," both of which are "preserved in manuscript in Mexico.

ENRIQUEZ DE RIVERA, Payo, viceroy of Mexico, b. in Seville. Spain, about 1610 ; d. in the convent of Nuestra Senora del Risco, Avila, Spain, 8 April, 1684. He belonged to the family of the Duke of Alcala, a distinguished Spanish nobleman. He entered the religious order of Saint Agustin, and graduated as doctor of theology, which science he taught afterward in the convents of Burgos, Val- ladolid, and Alcala. He was appointed bishop of Guatemala by Pliilip IV. in 1657, and in 1667 was assigned to the bishopric of ' Michoacan, Mexico, but before he could reach his new see he received notice of his promotion to the archbishopric of Mexico, where he arrived 27 June, 1668. In 1678 Pedro Nufio Colon, Duke of Veragua, then an old man, came to New Spain as viceroy, but died six days after his arrival. Then some sealed instruc- tions, which had been deposited in the incpiisition, were opened, and it was found that they appointed Payo Enriquez deputy viceroy. His government was remarkable for its liberality and justice. He ordered many repairs of public buildings and other improvements, built the causeway between Mexico and Guadalupe, and took energetic measures for the defence of the coasts during the invasion of Yuca- tan by English corsairs, tii KiHl, after resigning both the office of archbishop and that of viceroy, he returned to Spain, and, declining the bishopric of Cuenca, retired to the convent, whei-e he died. When the news of his death arrived at Mexico, due honors were paid by the authorities to his memory. He wrote many theological works printed in Val- ladolid, Guatemala, and Mexico, and also " Carta al Seiior Don Diego Andres Roeha. Alcalde del Crimen, en la Audiencia de Lima" (Mexico. 1670). EPIPHANE, Louis Marie, French missionary, b. in Moirans, Franche Comte, in 1630 ; d. in Cu- mana, Spanish Venezuela, in 1692. His father, who was seneschal of Moirans, had destined him for a soldier, but at the age of twenty he joined the order of Capuchin monks, and requested permission to take part in the South American missions or- ganized by them. In 1651 he was sent to Maran- hao, and studied several Indian dialects, which he soon spoke fluently. Afterward he resided for several years in the territory of the Tayupe Indi- ans, where he founded several villages, among others that of Saint Marc in 1657, which was for some time renowned for its college. In 1661 the Spanish government commissioned Epiphane to explore the course of the Rio Grande, which he as- cended as far as the river Amazonas. Afterward, in 1668, he ascended the latter river for 1,200 miles. He then went to Guayana, and founded at Viapoquo a mission and a college, and in 1667 was appointed director of the College of Capuchin monks at Cumana. He filled this office till his death, and at the same time discharged the duties of general chief of the missions of Spanish Guay- ana and of the province of Caracas. It is said that Father Epiphane founded upward of 200 villages in the province of Caracas, and that he contributed to the civilization of more than 40.000 Indians. He was the author of important works on America, which were published in the " Bibliotheca scriptu- ra Capucinorum " of Bernard de Bologne (1754). These are " Annales historiques de la Mission des peres Capucins dans la Nouvelle Andalousie, Americpie du Sud, de 1615 a 1670 " ; " Explorations le long du fleuve Orenoque, 1662 " ; " Ma mission sur le Rio Grande, 1661 " ; " Grammaire de la langue Tayupe " ; " Les moeurs et coutumes des In- diens dans la Guyane Espagnole, 1690 " ; and " La civilisation Indienne dans I'Amerique meridionale, 1685," said to l)e the only work on the subject.

EPPES, John Wayles, senator, b. in Virginia in 1778; d. near Richmond, Va., 20 Sept., 1828. He received an academic education, and. after studying law, was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Richmond. In 1808 he was elected as a Democrat to the U. S. house of representatives, and with successive re-elections served continu- ously from 17 Oct., 1808, till 3 March, 1811. Later he was elected to the 13th congress, and served from 24 May. 1813, till 8 March, 1815. He was chosen U. S. senator in 1817, but resigned the office two years afterward on account of failing health, and retired to his estates in Chesterfield county. He married Maria, the daughter of Thomas Jeffer- son, who died at Monticello in April. 1804.

ERAUZO, Catalina de (a-row'-tho), also called Erauso and Eraso, Spanish adventuress, b. in San Sebastian de Guipuzcoa, province of Biscay, Spain, 10 Feb., 1585; d. in Cuitaxtla, near Orizaba, Mexico, in 1650. She was the daughter of Capt. Miguel de Erauzo. At the age of four years she was placed in a Dominican convent; but on 18 March, 1600, she scaled the wall and escaped to the woods, where, subsisting on herbs and roots, she remained three days, and in that time transformed her habit into that of a Dominican lay friar. Proceeding in male attire to Vitoria, she found employment as an amanuensis. Subsequently she was a page, and then, under an assumed name, visited her native place and heard mass in the very convent from which she had so lately escaped. Thence she went to Valladolid, and became page to the king's private secretary. After this Catalina obtained a sum of money and went to Bilbao, thence to the port of Pasajes, where she embarked for San Lucar, and bound herself as cabin-boy on board a galleon commanded by her uncle, who did not recognize her. She sailed in the fleet commanded by Gen. Luis Fernandez de Cordova, which reached Punta de Araya, near Cumana, and there destroyed a