eral. In 1772 he was appointed president and governor of Chili, and took possession of his office in 1773. During his administration the audiencia of Chili was established in 1776. and in 1779 he was active in preparing to defend the country against a threatened invasion by the British. He was then promoted to lieutenant-general, appointed viceroy of Peru, and received the government from his predecessor on 21 July, 1780. He found the country in a difficult situation on account of the threatened rising of the natives in the interior, and, while he was preparing to resist the British fleet under Admiral Hugues. which had forced an entry to the Pacific, he received the news of the revolution under Tupac-Amaru. (See Condorcanqui.) By the active measures that were taken by Jauregui, the insurgents were decisively defeated, 6 April, 1781, and the insurrection quelled by the capture and execution of its leader. Tupac-Amaru's brother, Diego- Cristobal, continued the insurrection, and the viceroy offered, on 10 Sept., 1781, to abolish the Indian tribute and grant a general amnesty, which Diego Cristobal accepted. As some of the Indian chieftains continued the insurrection, Diego Cristobal, on the pretext that he was secretly in communication with the insurgents, was arrested, 27 Feb., 1783, carried as a prisoner to Cuzco, and, after a mock trial, sentenced to be tortured and hanged together with two other Indian chiefs and one woman. Jauregui's administration was not remarkable for any very beneficial measures, and he is justly accused of cruelty in the treatment of the Indian rebels ; but, on the other hand, he was thoroughly honest, and, unlike other viceroys, died Joor. His successor arrived early in 1784, and auregui delivered the government to him on 3 April. He died from the result of an accident, and was buried in the church of Santo Domingo.
JAUREYBO I. (how-ray'-e-bo), Caribbean
cacique, b. in Guadeloupe in the last half of the 15th
century; d. at sea in 1514. From the year 1511,
when the natives of Porto Rico asked the Caribs
of the neighboring islands to help them in their
desperate struggle for freedom against the Spanish
invaders, the Caribs made many incursions into that
country. From 1511 to 1514 their most formidable
leader was Jaureybo, who harassed the conquerors
by his numerous invasions. His last exploit, which
was carried out to revenge the death of his brother
Cazimes, occurred about the middle of the year
1514. He landed, with 200 men, at the mouth of
Loiza river, and attacked the neighboring farms,
setting the buildings on fire and killing the inhabitants.
One of the conquerors, Capt. Sancho de
Aragon, marched with a few men that had hastily
been assembled against the invaders, but was totally
defeated. Jaureybo withdrew his forces, prisoners,
and plunder to the shore, and set out on his return
to the Lesser Antilles. Don Cristobal de Mendoza,
governor of Porto Rico, on hearing the news of
Jaureybo's deed, pursued him with three ships
manned by fifty men, and met the Caribbean craft
at sunset near the island of Vieques. Jaureybo,
who might have escaped toward one of the islands
near by, protected by the darkness, decided to
resist. He led his canoes toward the ships, and did
his best to board them, but, after a desperate struggle
and the destruction of his craft, was killed.
JAUREYBO II., Caribbean cacique. It is not
certain that this chief was the son of the one
mentioned above; but his name, the time of his
appearance in Porto Rico, his rank, and his courage
and audacity, leave little doubt of their kinship.
Like his predecessor, he harassed the Spaniards,
making the southeast part of the island practically
uninhabitable. At the request of the governor of
Porto Rico the king sent a squadron of three ships,
under the command of Juan Ponce de Leon, to
exterminate the Caribs. The squadron arrived at
Guadaloupe, the stronghold of Jaureybo, 15 July,
1515, and Ponce de Leon ordered several of his
men to land for water; but the Caribs, who were
in ambush, fell upon them and obliged them to
leave the field after a fight in which fifteen
Spaniards were wounded and four killed. This loss
obliged Ponce de Leon to return to Saint John of
Porto Rico without attempting anything against
them, which increased their audacity. From that
time Jaureybo made numerous incursions, devastating
the country, and the Spaniards were powerless
to stop their depredations. On 23 Oct., 1530, he
led 500 men and 11 canoes to the island and landed
in a place called Daguao, where there were many
farms and gold-mines. He plundered and
destroyed the plantations, set every house on fire,
murdering the inhabitants, and returned to his quarters
with 25 prisoners and much booty. He
frequently repeated his incursions; but little or
nothing is known of his last days.
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JAY, John, statesman, b. in New York city, 12 Dec., 1745; d. in Bedford, Westchester co., N. Y., 17 May, 1829. He was of Huguenot descent, and was educated in part by Pastor Stoope, of the French church at New Rochelle, and was graduated at Kings (now Columbia), New York, in 1766. He studied law with Benjamin Kissam, having Lindley Murray as his fellow-student, and in 1766 was admitted to the bar. When news of the passage of the Boston port bill reached New York, on 16 May, 1776, at a meeting of citizens, Jay was appointed a member of a committee of fifty-one to correspond with the other colonies. Their reply to the Boston committee, attributed to Jay, recommended, as of the utmost moment, “a congress of deputies from the colonies in general.” Jay was a delegate to the congress, which met in Philadelphia, 5 Sept. As one of a committee of three he prepared the “Address to the People of Great Britain,” which Jefferson, while ignorant of the authorship, declared to be “a production certainly of the finest pen in America.” Jay was an active member of the committee of observation in New York, on whose recommendation the counties elected a provincial congress, and also of a committee of association of 100 members, invested by the city of New York with general undefined powers. He was a member also of the 2d congress, which met in Philadelphia, 10 May, 1775, and drafted the “Address to the People of Canada and of Ireland”; and he carried against a strong opposition a petition to the king, which was signed by the members on 8 July. The rejection of this petition, leaving no alternative but submission or resistance, opened the way for a general acquiescence in the Declaration of Independence. Jay was a member of the secret committee appointed by congress, 29 Nov., 1775, after a confidential interview with a French officer, “to correspond with the friends of America in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts
