HUEBNER, John Andrew, Moravian bishop, b. in Aschersleben, Prussia, 16 June, 1737; d. in Berthelsdorf, Saxony, 26 Dec., 1809. In 1780 he was appointed pastor of the church at Bethlehem, Pa., which he served until 1790, when, on 11 April, he was consecrated bishop, and then resided at Litiz, Lancaster co., Pa., but had a seat in the governing board at Bethlehem. He succeeded Bishop Hehl in the superintendence of the churches of southern Pennsylvania and Maryland. In 1801 he returned to Europe, having been elected to the supreme executive board, known as the “Unity's Elders' Conference,” at Berthelsdorf.
HUEBSCH, Adolph, Hebrew scholar and rabbi,
b. in St. Nicolaus, Hungary, 18 Sept., 1830; d. in
New York city, 10 Oct., 1884. While a student, he
participated in the Hungarian revolution of 1848-'9,
and, when it was suppressed, after resuming his
studies, officiated as rabbi in various towns. In
1861 he received the degree of Ph. D. from Prague
university, and preached in that city for a short
time. In 1866 he was called to New York as rabbi
of a synagogue, where he preached until his death.
Dr. Huebsch was a Talmudic and Semitic scholar
of high attainments, a preacher of rare power, with
a personality that charmed old and young. He was
peculiarly successful in his ministry. He
published “Gems from the Orient,” a selection of
Talmudic and oriental proverbs, and a volume of his
sermons and addresses was issued in 1885.
HUEBSCHMANN, Francis, physician, b. in
Riethnordhausen, grand-duchy of Weimar, 19
April, 1817; d. in Milwaukee, Wis., 21 March,
1880. He was educated at Erfurt and Weimar,
and was graduated in medicine at Jena in 1841.
He came to the United States in 1842, and settled
in Milwaukee, where he resided until his death. He
was school-commissioner from 1843 till 1851, a
member of the first constitutional convention in
1846, and served on the committee on suffrage and
elective franchise. He was the especial champion
of the provision in the constitution granting
foreigners equal rights with Americans. He was
presidential elector in 1848, a member of the city council
and county supervisor from 1848 till 1867, and
state senator in 1851-'2, 1862, and 1871-'2. From
1853 till 1857 he was superintendent of Indian
affairs of the north. During the civil war he
entered the national service in 1862 as surgeon of the
26th Wisconsin volunteers. He was surgeon in
charge of a division at the battle of Chancellorsville,
and of the 9th army corps at Gettysburg, where he
was held by the Confederates for three days. He
was also at the battle of Chattanooga, in charge of
the corps hospital in Lookout valley in 1864, and
brigade surgeon in the campaign to Atlanta. He
was honorably discharged in that year, and,
returning to Milwaukee, became connected with the
United States general hospital.
HUEFFEL, Christian Gottlieb, Moravian
bishop, b. in Kleinwelke, Germany, in 1762; d. in
Herrnhut, Saxony, 7 June, 1842. After filling
various important offices in his native country,
among others that of president of the German
Moravian theological seminary, from which he was
graduated in earlier years, he was consecrated
bishop, 24 Aug., 1814, and came to the United
States in 1818 as presiding bishop of the northern
district. In this office he labored with great
success until 1826, when he returned to Europe, having
been elected a member of the supreme executive
board of the Moravian church. He took a
circuitous route by way of the West Indies, and
visited the extensive missions in those islands. He
was a scientist and a musician of rare gifts.
Huehuetemixcatl (way-way-tay-mix-cat'-tle),
Toltec statesman, b. in the second quarter
of the 11th century; d. in the beginning of the
12th century. He was educated by the Toltec king,
Tecpantcalzin, and served under him in the army.
This king died in 1071, and Topiltzin, the last of
the Toltec kings, ascended the throne. The first
year of his government was notable for a
superabundance of rain, which destroyed the crop of
grain, and in the following year plagues of
grasshoppers and mice destroyed everything in the
country. The superstition of the people interpreted
these calamities as predicted by Huematzin, and
considered that their last days had arrived. At
this crisis the news arrived at Tula that the people
of the south were in rebellion, and intended to
attack Tula and destroy the city. The king tried
to settle the matter in a peaceful manner, and sent
an embassy to the rebels; but they answered that
they were ready to go to Tula, and were not willing
to accept a peace, but would subjugate the
nation. When Topiltzin heard this answer, he
communicated it to his people, and Huehuetemixcatl
volunteered to go and punish the rebels.
Accordingly he gathered a strong army, and began
the campaign in 1099. The war lasted three years,
in which time Huehuetemixcatl distinguished
himself, preventing the rebels from advancing to the
capital. But a revolution broke out in Tula itself,
the capital was finally occupied by the rebels, and
King Topiltzin was put to death. Huehuetemixcatl
then surrendered, and went to Tula to
preserve the historical paintings or sacred book, and
to exert his influence among the conquerors to
prevent the total ruin of his race and country.
Seeing that it was impossible to live among the
barbarians, he departed, accompanied by a few of
his countrymen, and founded several of the cities
in the valley of Mexico. The ruin of Tula took
place in the year 1103. Some historians contend
that this warrior and his sons were the founders of
the celebrated nations of Yucatan, and others of
those of Chiapas and Central America.
HUELEN (way-leng'), Araucanian soldier, b. in
Angol about 1540; d. near Osorno in 1603. He
was cacique of the tribe of Trapan, and from his
early youth acquired military knowledge in the
wars against the Spaniards, so that after the death
of toqui Colour, he was called by the united tribes
to the chief command of the Araucanian forces in
the beginning of 1599. Immediately he began to
attack the forces of Gen. Viscarra, whom he kept
at bay, and in July of that year gave battle to
Gen. Quiñones in the plain of Yumbel, which
lasted a whole day, and resulted in victory for the
Spaniards, but with enormous losses. Two days
afterward Huelen gathered his forces again and
furiously attacked the unsuspecting Spaniards,
whom he defeated. He had learned from the
Spaniards their military tactics, and introduced
great modifications into the Indian army, whom
he also taught the management of the horses
captured from the enemy. On 14 Nov., 1599, he
surrounded the city of Valdivia with an army of 4,000
men, of whom 200 were covered with Spanish
cuirasses, and 60 armed with arquebuses. He
defeated the garrison in a sally, stormed the city,
and put the whole garrison and many citizens to
the sword, carried off the women, and after
plundering the city burned it to the ground. For two
years he continued to harass the Spaniards
continuously. In 1601 he routed the forces under
Alonso de Rivera, near Concepcion, and immediately
attacked the city, which fell into his power
and was razed to the ground. In 1602 he destroyed
