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killus was the first pastor, who arrived with the first colony. On 28 May, 1698, the erection of a new church was begun at Christina back of the fort. In the following year the new church was dedi- cated under the name of Trinity Lutheran church. Rev. Eric Tobias Bjorck was the pastor at the time. The historian Ac- relius describes the building as follows : " The church is of gran- ite, and is sixty feet long, thirty feet broad, and twenty feet high. The wall is six feet thick in the foun- dation and three feet at the win- dows, as well as above them. In

the church there

are five large arched windows and three arched doors." The following inscription (in Latin) is found on the west gable : " 1698. If God be for us, who can be against us? In the reign of William III., by the grace of God, King of England. Will- iam Penn being Proprietary; William [Markham], Deputy-Governor. The most illustrious King of Swedes, Charles XL, now of most glorious mem- ory, having sent hither Eric Tobias Bjorck of West- mania, pastor of the place." The ground for the church was given by John Stalcop. who was then one of the church wardens. To this was added an additional purchase of land in 1699 of 250 acres for a parsonage and support of the pastor. The first grant of land was for a Lutheran church, and the further purchase was made by the Lutheran congregation for their own and descendants' use. The congregation was presided over by Lutheran pastors until the year 1792, when a pastor of the Protestant Episcopal church took charge of the congregation. The church is still in a good state of preservation and is used for divine worship. The town of Wilmington is built on the church-glebe that was once owned by Trinity congregation.

UNANGST, Elias, missionary, b. in Lehigh valley, Pa., in 1824. He was graduated at Penn- sylvania college, Gettysburg, in 1854, and at the theological seminary there in 1857, and in the lat- ter year was ordained to the Lutheran ministry. He was tutor in the college during his theological course in 1854-'7. In 1878 he received the degree of D. D. from Wittenberg college, Springfield, Ohio. Dr. Unangst has been actively and success- fully engaged as a missionary at Guntur, India, since 1857. In 1871 he visited the United States, but after a stay of several months he returned to India. He is now at the head of the mission sta- tions of the general synod. He has rendered im- portant service in the translation of the New Tes- tament into the language of the Telugus, has also translated various tracts and hymns into the same language, and published a " Historical Sketch of the American Evangelical Lutheran Missions in India" (1879). .

UNANUE, José Hipé1ito (oo-nah'-noo-ay), Peruvian scientist, b. in Arica, 13 Aug., 1758 ; tl. in Lima, 15 July, 1833. He was destined by his parents for the priesthood, and was sent to Lima to study, but there his uncle persuaded him to be- come a physician. He founded the anatomical museum of Lima, and, as a professor of the medi- cal college, took part in the publication of the " Mercurio Peruano," editing several articles under the pseudonym of "Ariosto." He was cosmog- rapher of the viceroyalty, and in this post took, from 1793 till 1797, the census of Peru and pub- lished a political, ecclesiastic, and military guide to the country. He was greatly esteemed by all the European scientists that visited Peru, and a Elant, " Unanuea febrifuga," was named in his onor. He founded the medical college of San Fernando, for which service he was appointed hon- orary physician of the royal chamber. After the beginning of the revolution he favored the patriot cause, and in 1812 was elected deputy to the Span- ish cortes for Arequipa. When the independent government was installed, Unanue was appointed minister of the treasury, and afterward he was president of the first constituent congress, vice- president of the Society of the friends of the country, and a member of the council of state. He possessed the confidence of Bolivar, and when the latter abandoned Peru he appointed Unanue presi- dent of the council of ministers, which governed the country. He was honorary member of the sci- entific societies of Munich, Madrid, Philadelphia, and New York, and wrote " Ensayos sobre la edu- cacion de la Juventud " (Lima, 1826),; •• Principios de Geometria, Logica, Metafisica v Etica " (1827) ; " Defensa del sistema fisico de Newton " (1828) ; " El Verdadero Peruano " (1829) ; " Observaciones sobre el Clima de Lima " (1830) ; and " Los Andes libres " (1832).

UNCAS, Indian chief, b. in the Pequot settle- ment, Connecticut, about 1588 ; d. there in 1682. He was a Pequot by birth, but rebelled against his chief, Sassacus, was expelled from his tribe, and, gathering a band of malcontents, became their head, calling his followers Mohegans, an ancient title that the Pequots once bore. His territory lay to the east and north of Lyme, Conn. He con- quered the Nipmucks in northern and northeastern Connecticut and the adjacent parts of Massachu- setts, adding their country to his own. He then made overtures to the colonists, signed a treaty of Seace with them, and in 1637 accompanied Col. John lason's expedition against the Pequots, proving a powerful auxiliary. He afterward received part of the Pequot lands as his reward, but, when the war was over, manifested so much sympathy for his for- mer tribe that he was sus- pected of infidelity by the English. He soon reinstated himself in their confidence, and the Pequots forthwith attempted to assassinate him. Uncas accordingly at- tacked and conquered Se- quasson, sachem of the Con- necticut river, and bravely defended himself in a con- stant warfare with the neigh- boring tribes. His princi- pal opponent at that time

was the great Narragansett

chief Miantonomo, who, jealous of his intimacy with the colonists, and eager to prove the superiority of his people to the Mohegans, invaded Uncas s territory with 1,000 men. He was incited to this bv Samuel Gorton, a settler, who for " his damnable errors" had been banished from the Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies. Hastily collecting all his force, about 500 warriors, Uncas marched to the unequal conflict. The armies met on the plain about a mile west of Yantic river falls, and