HINMAN, Klisha. naval officer, b. in Stoning- ton, Conn., 9 March, 1734; d. there, 29 Aug., 1807. He went to sea at fourteen years of age, was a cap- tain at nineteen/and for many years voyaged to Europe and the West Indies. In the naval engage- ment of 6 April, 1776, with the British ship " Glas- gow," 20 guns, he commanded the " Cabot," under Com. EseK Hopkins, and was severely wounded. In August, 1776, he abandoned the merchant ser- vice and was appointed one of the first captains in the U. S. navy, successively commanding the "Marquis de La Fayette," 20 guns; the "Dean," 30 guns ; the sloop " Providence " ; and the " Al- fred," 32 guns. In March, 1778, the latter was captured, and Hinman taken to England and im- prisoned. He escaped to Prance, returned to America, and was honorably acquitted for the loss of his ship. In 1794 President Adams tendered him the command of the " Constitution," but his advanced age compelled him to decline. From 1798 till 1802 he was engaged in the revenue ser- vice. In the destruction of New London, Conn., in September, 1781, by the British, under Benedict Arnold, he lost all his property.
HINOJOSA, Pedro de (e-no-cho'-sah), Spanish
soldier, b. in Trujillo late in the 15th century; d.
in Chuquisaca, Bolivia, 6 May, 1553. He came to
Peru with Hernando Pizarro on the latter's return
from Spain in 1534, and in the following year was
sent to Cuzco as lieutenant-governor. When Alma-
gro, on his return from Chili, took Cuzco, Hino-
josa was made prisoner, together with Gonzalo Pi-
zarro, but managed to escape and fought under
Pizarro's banner in the battle of Salinas, where
Almagro was vanquished, 26 April, 1538. Li recom-
pense he was appointed governor of the new city
of La Plata or Chuquisaca, and after the assassina-
tion of Francisco Pizarro he sided with the royal
president, Vaca de Castro, against Almagro's son,
and took part in the battle of Chupas, 16 Sept.,
1542, where young Almagro's power was finally
destroyed. When Gonzalo Pizarro prepared to re-
sist the authority of the viceroy, Nunez Vela, Hino-
josa was appointed captain of his guard, and in
1545 admiral of his fleet. With eleven vessels he
appeared before Panama and by skilful negotia-
tions obtained possession of the city, occupying
also in 1546 Nombre de Dios, on the other side of
the isthmus, thus making Gonzalo master of the
road to the South sea. When the royal commis-
sioner, Pedro de la Gasca, arrived in Panama in
August, 1546, he won over Hinojosa by the prom-
ise of rich rewards and by exciting his fears, and
when Gonzalo obstinately refused any pacific ar-
rangement, the former went over to the royal
cause with the whole fleet on 19 Nov., 1546. He
accompanied Gasca to Peru in his campaign against
Pizarro, and took part in the battle of Sacsahuana,
9 April, 1548, where the latter was defeated and
taken prisoner. In recompense, Hinojosa received
the Indian commandery that had formerly belonged
to Gonzalo Pizarro, and the grant of a silver-mine,
thus having a revenue of nearly $200,000. After
the departure of Gasca, Hinojosa was appointed in
1551 by the new viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza,
governor and chief justice of the province of Char-
cas, and when a revolution began in upper Peru
he did his best to quell it, although the insurgents
had secretly counted upon him, on account of his
expressions of discontent with some measures that
had been enacted by the viceroy. Exasperated by
what they considered his treachery, Sebastian del
Castillo, with seven other conspirators, entered his
house early on 6 May and murdered him. Not-
withstanding his greed for riches, Hinojosa was of
a kind and just temperament, but weak in charac-
ter, and allowed himself to be guided by traitors.
HINOYOSSA, Alexander d' (e-no-yo'-sah),
director of a Dutch colony, lived in the 17th cen-
tury; d. in Holland. On 16 Aug., 1656, the sale
of a tract of land on the south bank of the Dela-
ware was ratified by the states-general, and desig-
nated Nieuer Amstel. The government was in-
trusted to forty commissioners, who were to reside
in New Amsterdam, and Jacob Aldrichs was ap-
pointed director. In that year three small vessels
were sent from Holland, with 40 soldiers and 150
emigrants, under command of Capt. Martin Kry-
gier and Lieut. Alexander d'Hinoyossa, to establish
a settlement. The governors of the city and com-
pany were under the general supervision of Direct-
or Stuyvesant. In 1658 great distress prevailed,
and, in addition to the unsettled state of affairs,
Aldrichs says : " Continued sickness curbed us so
far down that all labor in the fields and agriculture
were abandoned." Emigrants also arrived without
supplies, which increased the trouble. Not satisfied
with the profits of its investment, the Amsterdam
company made exacting demands upon the settlers,
who, being oppressed by sickness and various afflic-
tions, became discontented, and many fled to the
English colonies of Maryland. Toward the end of
1659 Aldrichs died, having had the administration of
the government for more than two years. It appears
from the complaints made against him that he was
much to blame for the many evils that the colonists
suffered. Before his death he recommended the
appointment of Alexander D'Hinoyossa as his suc-
cessor, which was approved and confirmed by the
commissioners. Hinoyossa's administration was
less turbulent than that of his predecessor, but
conflicts on the question of authority arose between
himself, who represented the city colony, and Beek-
man, who had charge of the revenues of the West
India company from the settlements in Delaware.
They made many complaints to Holland, for
Hinoyossa refused to recognize the authority of
Stuyvesant, asserting that he was only accountable
to the commissioners of the city of Amsterdam.
The West India company insisted upon a collection
of the revenues, while the city colony endeavored
to evade all taxation. After negotiating to transfer
the Nieuer Amstel colony to the West India com-
pany, without success, the commissioners of the
city obtained a loan which gave a new aspect to
affairs. Hinoyossa was successful in maintain-
ing peace in his little state, and made such regula-
tions with regard to settlement and trade that
many of the emigrants who had gone to Maryland
returned. Negro slaves had been introduced in
the Dutch colonies at the time of their establish-
ment, and Hinoyossa addressed to the commis-
sioners a request that a large number of slave!
should be sent to till the valley of the Delaware.
Wearied with the constant disputes regarding au-
thority, and in the interest of the colonial pros-
perity, Hinoyossa visited Holland in 1663 and
petitioned for the entire government of the settle-
ments of the Delaware. He was successful in this,
and on his return Stuyvesant presented him with a
formal transfer of his authority. The Swedish West
India company was not satisfied to surrender its pos-
sessions on the Delaware, and demanded restoration ;
but the Dutch company would not yield, and in
1664 the Swedes took measures to recover their
lands. An expedition was fitted out and set sail.
but it was obliged to return, and the project was
abandoned. Hinoyossa held undivided authority
from the time of the transfer of the Delaware
colony until the conquest of the New Netherlands
