was a famous warrior during his youth, but loved peace in his old age, and at the time of the murder of Nathan C. Meeker, 29 Sept., 1879, restrained the Indians from beginning hostilities. His last visit to Washington was to effect the sale of the Ute reservation in Colorado. At the time of his death he resided in a comfortable house on a farm which he owned and cultivated, and he took much pleasure and pride in driving a carriage that had been given him by the governor of Colorado. His only son was captured by the Sioux in the boy's youth, and Ouray made many appeals to the “great father in Washington” to assist in his recovery.
OUREOUHARÉ, Cayuga chief, d. in Quebec,
Canada, in 1697. He was one of the Iroquois
chiefs that were seized treacherously and sent to the
galleys in France in 1687, after being invited to a
conference at Fort Frontenac by Denonville, the
Canadian governor. He was allowed to return
with Frontenac to Canada in 1689, became
attached to the new governor, accompanied him to
Montreal, and advised him to release the other
Indian captives that were then in Canada. His
advice was followed; the Indians were sent back
to their tribes, and were exhorted by Oureouhare
to persuade the latter to send an embassy to
Montreal. This was done on 9 March, 1690, and
the envoy said that the French prisoners that had
been scattered in the other cantons were now all
at Onondaga, and would be disposed of as Oureouhare
should direct. The efforts of the latter to
reconcile the Iroquois to French rule were
unsuccessful, and Frontenac began to have doubts of his
fidelity. His conduct in 1691, when the Iroquois
invaded the French colony, dispelled all doubts,
and his bravery at Repentigny contributed greatly
to the defeat of the savages. He commanded the
Christian Hurons in an engagement at La Prairie
in the same year, and afterward pursued a body of
Iroquois and recaptured several French prisoners.
He then went to Quebec and received the thanks
of Frontenac, as well as numerous presents. Several
tribes offered to make him their chief, but he
replied that he would never leave Ononthio (Frontenac),
for whom he seems to have felt a sincere affection.
He retired among the Christian Iroquois of
the mountain in 1692, but made frequent excursions
among the Cayugas and other tribes in the
interest of the French, persuading the Cayugas to
release their French prisoners, and keeping them
firm in their allegiance. He visited Quebec in 1697,
and fell sick after his arrival. He was a sincere
Christian, and when the missionary who attended
him spoke of the crucifixion, it is said that he
cried out: “Why was I not there? I would have
prevented them from so treating my God.” He
was buried with pomp. Frontenac regretted him
all the more that he relied on him principally for
bringing about a treaty with the Iroquois.
OURLAC, Jean Nicolas, artist, b. in New Or-
leans, La., in 1789 ; d. in Paris, France, in 1821.
He went to Paris in early youth to study under
Jacques Louis David, and acquired reputation as a
landscape-painter. In 1815 he made a journey to
this country, and travelled for two years through
the principal states. His subjects are mostly taken
from American scenery. Among his works are
"La rue Broadway a New- York " (1817); " Une
place publique a Baltimore " (1818) ; " La maison
blanche a Washington " (1818) ; " Groupe d'Indiens
a une auberge " (1820) ; " Scenes du marche a la
Nouvelle Orleans " (1820) ; " Debardeurs au travail
sur le port de Boston " (1821) ; " La moisson en
Pennsylvanie " (1821) ; and " Une vue du Mississipi
pres de la Nouvelle Orleans " (1821).
OUSELEY, Sir William Gore, English diplomatist, b. in London, 26 July, 1797; d. there, 6 March, 1866. He entered the diplomatic service as a youth, and served in many countries. He was
long at Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video during an eventful period in the history of the South American states, and in 1857 was sent on a mission to the United States. His wife, Maria,
was a daughter of Gov. Cornelius P. Van Ness, of Vermont. Sir William was a ripe scholar and a pleasing writer. The University of Oxford con- ferred upon him the degree of D. C. L. in 1855.
OUTERBRIDGE, Albert Albony, lawyer, b.
in Bermuda, 20 April, 1841. He studied law with
William Rawle. graduated at the law-school of the
University of Pennsylvania, and in 1862 was ad-
mitted tothe Philadelphia bar. Since 1874 he has
been the editor-in-chief of the " Weekly Notes of
Cases, of which seventeen volumes have been
published in Philadelphia. He was appointed re-
porter to the supreme court of Pennsylvania in
1881, and edited several volumes of reports. This
office he resigned, 1 Jan., 1885. to become the trust
officer of the Land title and trust company of
Philadelphia, which post he now (1888) holds.
OUARARD, Leon Francois (oov-rar). West
Indian scientist, b. in St. Martin in 1767; d. in
Coppet, near Geneva, Switzerland, in 1826. He
was descended from early French settlers, received
his education in Paris, and, enlisting in the army
in 1791, served in Germany and Italy. He was
dangerously wounded in the attack on Arcole
bridge, 15 Nov., 1796, and promoted captain on the
spot by Napoleon Bonaparte. Resigning a few
months later, he fixed his residence at Coppet, near
Geneva, and devoted the remainder of his life to
science. He became one of the founders of eth-
nography and ethnology, which were almost entire-
ly ignored up to the beginning of the 19th century.
He made extensive journeys through Europe and
America, and his works have been used by modern
laborers in the same line, including Charles Dar-
win and Alfred R. Wallace. They include " Pro-
domes d'ethnographie et d'ethnologie " (Paris, 1811) ;
" De la distribution geographique des races hu-
maines dans I'Europe centrale " (2 vols., 1814, with
atlas); "Analyse de la distribution geographique
de la race jaune dans ses branches Mongole, Oce-
anique, et Sud Amerieaine " (1820) ; " Etudes sur la
race rouge, dans ses deux varietes, Indiens du Nord
de I'Amerique et Carai'be " (1821) ; " Des differentes
espeees du genre homo " (1823) ; and " Histoire na-
turelle descriptive des varietes de I'homme " (1825).
OUVRIER, Pierre Gustave, French historian, b. in Calais in 1765 ; d. there in 1822. After finishing his studies, he was for some time a clerk in a Calais shipping-house, and in 1789 came to Philadelphia as agent of his firm. But the French revolution and the war with Great Britain ruined his employers, and he became a teacher of languages. In 1795 Pierre Adet, then French charge d'affaires in Philadelphia, appointed him chancellor to the
French consulate, and afterward sent him to explore the southern and central states, while Palissot {q. v.) visited the northern states. Ouvrier descended the Mississippi to New Orleans, sailed up
Missouri and Arkansas rivers, and took the barometrical level of points along their banks, travelled for two months through the Indian reservations, and explored Louisiana, Missouri, northern Texas, Georgia, both Carolinas, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and southern Illinois, during 1796-1804, forming a valuable collection of historical documents. On his return to Philadelphia he resumed his labors as teacher, but, through the
