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UBILLA, Andres (oo-beel'-yah), Mexican R. C. bishop, b. in Guipuzcoa, Spain, about 1540; d. in Chiapa, Mexico, in 1601. He went in his youth with his parents to Mexico, where he entered the Dominican order in 1559, and was graduated in law and theology in 15G8. He became professor of theology in the University of Mexico, superior of the convents of Mexico and Oaxaca, rector of the College of San Luis de la Puebla, and provincial of his order in 1582. In 1589 he went to Spain to complain against the viceroy, the Marquis of Villamanrique, who was oppressing the Indians, and by his dispute with the audiencia of Guadalajara threatened to precipitate a civil war. Ubilla was well received by King Philip II., obtaining the removal of Villamanrique and the appointment of Luis de Velasco. Shortly after his return to Mexico, Ubilla was appointed bishop of Chiapa and consecrated in 1592. He founded during his government a convent for the nuns of the Incarnation, extended his cathedral, and added to his diocese the province of Soconusco, which had belonged to Guatemala. In 1600 he was named bishop of Michoacan, but he died before receiving the papal bull of confirmation. Besides many Latin works on ecclesiastical law which are in the Dominican convent of Oaxaca, he wrote "El Sitio y Destruccion de Jerusalem por Tito y Vespasiano," a manuscript in the Aztec language, which formerly was in the Franciscan convent of Texcoco, but is now preserved in the National li- brary of Mexico.
UFFENBACH, Bernard von (oof-fen-bok).
German historian, b. in Liebenthal in 1691; d. in
Vienna in 1759. He received his education at
Vienna, became a Jesuit when he was twenty-three
years of age, and in 1722 was sent to the South
American missions. After residing for some time
at Montevideo, where he learned the Indian
tongues, he became a missionary among the
Guaranis, with whom he lived about twenty years. He
also studied the customs, manners, and habits of
the Indians, took detailed notes of his observations
and of the natural resources of the country, and
formed valuable collections in natural history. He
returned to Germany about 1745, and was
presented to Prince Lichtenstein, who appointed him
librarian. Father Uffenbach lived in Vienna,
became a favorite in society, and was received at the
imperial court, where he narrated stories of Indian
life and the experiences of the early Spanish
adventurers. His works include “Historia de
Guaranibus” (2 vols., Vienna, 1755), and “Guarani
Lexicon,” which is considered as the only reliable
monument that is left of the Guarani language
(1756). In his “Litteræannuæ Societatis Jesu,” sent
from South America from 1739 till 1744, and afterward
collected and edited by Johann Theophilus
Büshing (1785), are to be found interesting details
about the country of the Guaranis and the Jesuit
missions in South America. Uffenbach's collections
in natural history are preserved in the museum at
Vienna, and were utilized for an “Historia
naturalis Americæ meridionalis” (4 vols., Vienna, 1790).
UGARTE, Juan (oo-gar'-tay), Mexican clergyman, b. in San Miguel, Teguzigalpa, Honduras. 22 July, 1662 ; d. in San Pablo, Sonora, 29 Dec, 1730.
ne entered the Society of Jesus in August, 1679, and was afterward professor of Latin in Zacatecas and of philosophy in Mexico, where he learned the
Indian languages. In 1700 he devoted himself to the. Californian missions, and spent about thirty years in evangelizing the natives. Finding that
the guard of soldiers that accompanied him deterred them from approaching him, he dismissed it after reaching the country of the Yaquis, where he
founded the missions of San Javier, San Pablo, Santa Rosalia, and San Miguel. He then joined Father Salvatierra in Loreto, and was successful in
his missionary labors, teaching the natives agriculture, the art of spinning and weaving, how to build cottages, and even how to prepare vessels for sea.
In 1705 he visited the coast of Sinaloa to find a good port for the Manilla fleet, but without success, and .in 1708 was directed by the Spanish government to explore the Gulf of California. With the aid of his converts, he built a vessel which he called the "Triumph of the Cross," and manned it
with twenty-six Chinese and native Californians. He landed among the Tepoquis and Seris, by whom he was well received, and reached the mouth of Colorado river, which violent storms prevented him from ascending. After encountering many dangers, the little vessel returned to Loreto. Ugarte was successful in the object of his mission. He proved that California was a peninsula, gave for the first time a proper idea of the coast, and noted such places as would be afterward suitable for missionary stations. He subsequently founded several missions, of which the principal were San Luis de Gonzaga, consisting of two villages, and Our Lady of Guadalupe, of six villages. He wrote "Noticia del Viage de la Balandra nombrada el Triumfo de la Santa Cruz, hecho en 1709 al Golfo de Californias, y Costa del Sur de la America Septentrional" and "Diarios, Relaciones, y Cartas ae las Cosas de Californias." Miguel Venegas used these manuscripts in his "Historia de Californias."
UHLAND, Maximilian (oo'-lond), called
Father Bernardino de San José, German
missionary, b. near Crefeld about 1475; d. in Mexico
in 1538. He became a Franciscan friar, and, being
assigned to the American missions, went to
Hispaniola in 1520 with the newly appointed Bishop
Geraldini. After learning the Indian language, he
was attached to a mission in the interior, but as he
opposed the policy of the conquerors, which brought
about the depopulation of the island, he was
ordered to leave the country, and went to New Spain
in 1526. There he was appointed guardian of the
newly founded convent of Santiago de Tlaltelolco,
but subsequently he was sent to labor in Guatemala.
In 1535 he was a member of the commission
headed by Father Betanzos which laid before Pope
Paul III. the wretched condition of the Indians.
Uhland, who was a Latinist of reputation, was
instructed to speak before the congregation of the
propaganda, and induced the pope to issue his
celebrated bull entitled “Veritas Ipsa,” This for a
time improved the condition of the Indians, but
the prompters of the bull were never forgiven by
the Spanish authorities, and Uhland, to avoid
persecution, on his return to Mexico did not leave his
convent till his death. He left a valuable
manuscript, which is preserved in the National library
at Paris, entitled “Historia de la fundación de la
provinciá de Santiago de Tlaltelolco.”
UHLE, Albrecht Bernhard (oo'-le), artist, b. in Chemnitz, Saxony, 15 Oct., 1847. He was brought to the United States in 1851, and had his first
instruction in art from his father, and at the Pennsylvania academy of fine arts. During 1867-'75
