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from fear, gave them freedom. Looking for a safe place of retreat until the nation should become stronger, Tenoch led them to a small island in the lake of Texcoco, where, according to his prediction, they found an eagle on a nopal-tree devouring a snake. There they laid in 1327, or, according to others, in 1325, the foundation of a city called Tenoch-titlan, and Tenoch built a hut as a temple for their god Huitzilopochtli, dedicating it by the sacrifice of some Culhua prisoners.

TEPANCALTZIN (tay-pan-cal-tseen'), Mexican king, d. in 1103. lie was the ninth monarch of Tollan, becoming the successor on the throne of Queen Xiutlatzin in 1042. During his reign the national beverage of " pulque," prepared from the fermented sap of the maguey-plant, was discovered by the Princess Xochitl, whom lie afterward mar- ried. His son and successor was Topiltzin, to whom he ceded the crown in 1092, as, according to a Toltec superstition, a reign of more than fifty years would bring misfortune to the nation. Not- withstanding this change of ruler, continued drought caused famine and pestilence, followed by internal commotions. Both rulers died in a battle against the insurgents, and the kingdom remained in a state of anarchy till it was conquered by Xolotl the Great, king of the Chichimecs.

TERHUNE, Edward Payson, clergyman, b. in New Brunswick. N. J., about 1825. He was gradu- ated at Rutgers in 1850, and, after the completion of his theological studies at New Brunswick seminary in 1854, was ordained to the ministry of the Pres- byterian church in Virginia, becoming pastor of the congregation at Charlotte Court-House (now Smithville). In 1859 he removed to Newark, N. J., and took charge of the 1st Reformed church. He was the American chaplain at Rome, Italy, in 1876-7, returned to the United States in 1878, and was pastor of a Congregational church in Springfield, Mass., from 1879 till 1884, when he took charge of a Reformed church in Brooklyn, N. Y. Rutgers gave him the degree of D. D. in 1869. — His wife, Mary Virginia, author, b. in Amelia county, Va., about 1830, is a daughter of Samuel P. nawes, a native of Massachusetts, who became a merchant in Virginia. She began to con- tribute to a weekly paper in Richmond at the age of fourteen, and two years later sent to a magazine a sketch entitled " Marrying through Prudential Motives," which was reprinted in 'England, trans- lated for a French journal, retranslated into Eng- lish for a London magazine, and then reproduced in its altered form in this country. In 1856 she married Mr. Ter- hune. She has been a large con- tributor of tales, sketches, and es- says to magazines, edited a month- ly called "Baby- hood " for two years, besides con- ducting special departments in " Wide Awake " and "St. Nicho- las," and in 1888 established a mag- azine called the " Home - Maker."

Her first novel was

"Alone: a Tale of Southern Life and Manners" (Richmond, 1853), which was issued under the pen- name of "Marian Harland," and attained great popularity. Her other works of fiction, some of which were also very successful, bear the titles of "The Hidden Path" (New York. 1855); "Moss Side " (1857) ; " Miriam " (1860) ; " Nemesis " (1860) ; " Husks " (1863) ; " Husbands and Homes," a series of stories (1865) ; " Sunnybank " (1866) ; " Helen Gardner's Wedding-Day " (1867) ; " The Christmas Hollv " (1868) ; " Ruby's Husband " (1868) ; " Phe- mie's Temptation " (1869) ; " At Last " (1870) ; " The Empty Heart " (1871) ; " Eve's Daughters " (1881) ; " Judith " (1883) ; and " A Gallant Fight " (1888). She is the author also of a popular manual of do- mestic economy entitled " Common Sense in the Household" (1871): "Breakfast, Luncheon, and Tea" (1875); "The Dinner Year-Book" (1878); " Our Daughters, and What Shall We Do with Them : a Talk with Mothers " (1880) ; and " Loit- erings in Pleasant Paths," containing sketches of travel in Europe (1880). — Their daughter, Chris- tine, b. in Newark, N. J., 13 June, 1859, was edu- cated abroad and at Smith college, and married James F. Herrick in 1884. She has published "Housekeeping Made Easv" (New York, 1888).

TERNANT, Jean Baptiste, Chevalier de (tair- nong), French soldier, b. in Sez, Normandy, in 1750; d. in Couches in 1816. He was a lieuten- ant in the French army, but, resigning his com- mission, came to the United States with Baron Steuben, and offered his sword to congress. In April, 1778, he was commissioned major, and ap- pointed sub-inspector in Steuben's division, serving under that general till 25 Sept., 1778, when he was made lieutenant-colonel and inspector of the ar- mies in Georgia and South Carolina. He was taken prisoner at Charleston in 1780, but was soon exchanged, and assumed command of Col. Armand de la Rouarie's regiment when the latter went to France in search of supplies. After the return of Col. La Rouarie, he was again sent to the south, where he served to the end of the campaign. Before returning to France after the conclusion of peace, he travelled for two years through the United States. Re-entering the French army in 1786 he rose to the rank of colonel, was in the bat- tle of Valmy, and served in Germany under the Marquis de Custines. He was minister to the United States in 1790-'3, and showed ability in the difficult negotiations that almost culminated in a war with France in 1798. After the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire, 1799, he settled at Conches, and refused Napoleon's offer of another commission.

TERNAUX, Henry (tair-no), better known as Ternaux-Compans, French historian, b. in Paris in 1807; d. there in December, 1864. After finishing his studies in Paris, he entered the diplomatic service and was secretary of the embassies at Madrid and Lisbon, and chargé d'affaires in Brazil, but resigned, and devoted several years to travel through Spain and South America, making researches in the state libraries. Toward the close of Louis Philippe's reign he was elected deputy, but he soon returned to his studies. Ternaux-Compans collected and published a valuable series of works concerning the discovery and early history of South America. They include “ Bibliothèque Americaine, ou catalogue des ouvrages relatifs à l'Amérique depuis sa découverte en 1493, jusqu'en l'an 1700” (Paris, 1836); “Voyages, relations et mémoires originaux pour servir a l'histoire de la découverte de l'Amérique” (10 vols., 1836-'8; 2d series, 10 vols., 1839-'40); “Archives des voyages, ou collection d'anciennes relations inédites” (2 vols., 1840-'1); “Recueil de documents et mémoires originaux sur l'histoire des possessions Espagnoles dans l'Amérique à diverses époques de la conquête”