BONNEY, Edward, author, b. in Essex oountv, N. Y., 26 Aug., IS(t7; d. in Chicago. 4 Feb., 1864. He reinoveil to Elkhart, Ind., in 1837, and thence to Nauvoo, Ill., in 1844. After the murder of Col. George Uavenport at Koc-k Island, III., on 4 July, 1845, he volunteered to detect, bring to justice, and disperse a widely organized gang of murderers and robbers, thieves and counterfeiters, that then in- fested the .Mississippi valley, and was known as "The Banditti of the Prairies." The story of his success is descriljed in "The lianditti of the Prairies, or the Jlurderer's Doom : A Tale of the Mississippi and the Far West" (Chicago, 185,5), of which it is said that more copies have been sold than of any other publication in the western country. He settled in Hannibal, Mo., in 1860. and at the beginning of the civil war enli.sted in the National army, was 8ssigne<l to the se<Tet ser- vice, and contracted a disease from which he died during the last year of the war. Mr. Bonney pre- pared a second volume, giving a further history of his exploits, but the .MS. was destroyed by fire.
BOOT, Adrien (bote), Flemish engineer, b. in
Antwerp about IfiSO; d. there about Id-V). He
was a famous hydraulic engineer in Eurofie when
he was engaged by the Spanish ambassa<lor in
Pari.s, Inigo de C'anlenas, to ins|)etrt and super-
intend the works for the <lrainage of the valley of
Mexico, and sailed for that country in 1614. Soon
after his arrival he ins[>ected the tunnel that had
been executed by Enrique Martinez, and declared it
inefflcient fur llie proposed end, and tooexiiensive,
advising as a substitute an o|ien cut. lie pre-
sentetl a project which, a</i'oriling to his calcula-
tion, would oidy cost $186,000, and was i)ut in
charge of the work, but it was soon found (hat his
estimate was far below the probable cost, and, as
his overbearing manner had made him many ene-
mies, be was relieved from the work, and after a
few years returne<l to Euro[)e. His re|>ort, "In-
forme 8«l)rc d Pesagile ile Ins Lnguiias de -Mexico
y Obras de Enrique .Martinez," was printed (Mexi-
co, 1637). and he was also the author of " Descriji-
tion (!<• la Nouvclle Esfwgne" (.
twerp, 1641).
BOOTH-TUCKER, Frederick St. George de Lauteur, b. in Ioiigliyr, lleiigal. 2! Man'li, 18,5:).
He was idiicated at Cheltenham cullege, England,
and pa-M'd civil examination in 1874, contiiiiiiiig
his .studies in London for two years. He was
ap[>ointe<l to a position in the Punjab, which he re-
signed in 1881 to join the Salvation army, inaugu-
rating ami continuing the work there for nine years.
From 1891, for five years he was secretary of .Salva-
tion army international affairs, and since March.
1806, he ha-s l>een in charge in t he I'nited States, with
heailnuarters In New York. — Hiswife.EmniaMoSfi,
daughter of William B'M)th, commander-in-chief of
the Salvation arniv, b. in (iateshead, Kngland, 8
Jan., 1N60, was married in 188« to Mr. Tu<ker,
who then a<lopted the name of ItiNith. and accom-
panied him to India, and later to the l'nlt<-d Stales.
She holds the rank of consul in the .Salvation army,
and has joint and equal authority with her husband
in the dirc'liun of their afTairs in this country-.
BOOTT, Kirk, manufacturer, b. in Boston, 20
Oct., 1790; d. in Lowell, Mass., 11 Apr., 1837. His
father, an Englishman, came to Boston in 1783,
and engaged in business as a wholesale merchant.
The son studied in the Boston schools, and then
went to Rugby, in England; returning to this
country, he entered Harvard in the class of 1809,
but left before graduation to study civil engineering
in England, with a view to joining the British
army. At the age of twenty-one he received
his commission as lieutenant. With his regiment,
the 85th light infantry, he took part in the
peninsular campaign, landing in Spain in August,
1813. After Napoleon had been sent to Elba,
Boott's regiment was detailed for service against
the United States, and took part in the attacks on
Washington and on New Orleans. Boott,
however, was excused from serving against the land of
his birth. After a short visit to this country he
returned to England, and studied engineering at
Sandhurst. Later he resigned his commission and
came to Boston to engage in business with two of
his brothers. He was not successful in this
venture, however, and when in 1822 Patrick T. Jackson
offered him the position of agent of the Merrimack
mills at Lowell he accepted the offer eagerly.
The man and the opportunity were joined
most opportunely. Boott was a man of tireless
energy, original, a born leader. The possibilities of
Lowell as a manufacturing centre were just
unfolding, and Boott at once threw himself into the
developing of his particular company and of the
town as well. His training as military engineer
enabled him to take every mechanical advantage
of the water-power offered by the Merrimack
river; mills, machinery, looks, canals — all received
his attention. Besides his agency of the Merrimack
mills he was also superintendent of the print-works,
and agent of the Proprietors of locks and
canals. He was moderator of the first town meeting,
and was often sent to the state legislature.
Naturally he took an interest in church work
equally as intense as in municipal affairs and in
the immediate business concerns of his mills; he
threw himself entirely into the business of the
moment, and impressed his personality upon Lowell
as few other men have done. He was the pioneer
and the leader in the development of manufacturing
in this country — from the small, detached, weak
establishments in which it had hitherto been
conducted into the great joint-stock companies, to the
existence of which is due so much of the wealth
of the country. He pushed on with all his powers
at extreme tension, until he was suddenly stricken
down by a stroke of apoplexy.
BORUNDA, José Ignacío, Mexican archæologist, b. in Mexico alx)ut 1740; d. there about 1800.
According to the Mexican anti<|uaries Boriinda is
the ('ham|H>llion of Anahiiac, and none knew as
well the symbolical and phonetical value of the
Mexican hieroglyphs which he learned to decipher.
After stiidving law in his native city he became
attorney oi the royal audiencia. and had charge,
in 17fl5, of the case of Father Mier, who was tried
for a sermon that he delivereil in the Church of
Nuestra Sefiora de Oiiadelouiie, in which Mier de-
nied that the Virgin had ever appeared in the lat-
ter place. The archbishop of jlcxico, Gonzalo
Niifiez lie Haro. appointed Morunda referee in the
case by reason of the hitter's knowledge of the
ancient hieroglyphs on which the story of the ap-
parition is base<l. Borunda's decision, which was
favorable to the defendant, brought on him much
ferseciition from the ecclesiastical authorities.
le wrote " Dissertacion dirigida al Superior Go-
bierno de Mexico, sobre las .Minas de Azogne de la
Nueva F'spafla." a mantiwript which was formerly
in the cathe<lnil. but now in the National library
of Mexico, and " I)is.sertacion sobre la predicaciiJn
del aiKwtol Snnto-TomAs en la America Septen-
trional," whir-h was sent to Spain by Nuflez de
Haro for examination by t he ecclesia-stical authori-
ties. The latter manuscript is unfortuimlely lo.st,
or i>erhaps has Ix-en destroyed in .Spain. In it Ho-
runda explained his theory and system of reading
hieroglyphs, and contended that they afforded
