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habits of Indian tribes. In 1856 he entered the na- 

 tional service, and engaged under Prof. F. V. Hayden, 

 who was then making geological investigations in the 

 Northwest with Lieut. G. K. Warren. Acting on the 

 advice of Prof. Hayden, lie spentseveral winters among 

 the Blackfoct and Sioux Indians, studying their lan- 

 guages, customs, and traditions ; and then made an 

 exploration of the Yellowstone country. His re- 

 searches were interrupted by the civil war, and he 

 joined the National army, served as a staff officer 

 in the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Fitz John 

 Porter, and alter that officer's retirement, continued 

 with the army until the close of the war, attaining 

 the rank of colonel. He then resumed his explora- 

 tions in the Northwest with Prof. Hayden and with 

 the United States Engineers. During the winter of 

 1866-' 67, largely through his influence, Congress ap- 

 propriated 5,000 for geological work in the West. 

 The Geological Survey of the Territories then came 

 into existence, and Prof. Hayden was made its chief, 

 and Mr. Stevenson became its executive officer. Con- 

 tinuing his explorations, he followed the Columbia 

 and Snake rivers to their sources, making maps and 

 correcting the supposed geography of those sections 

 of the country. Tnis.work accomplished, he ascend- 

 ed the Great Teton mountain, being the only white 

 man ever known to have reached its summit. On 

 repeating the ascent, he succeeded in reaching the 

 peak of the mountain, and there found a tradition- 

 al Indian altar of stone. His next work was the 

 blazing of a road over the Rocky mountains near this 

 point. He then joined Prof. Hayden at the Yellow- 

 stone Lake, where further explorations were con- 

 ducted. On the organization of the present United 

 Stales Geological Survey in 1879, his services were 

 continued as executive officer of the bureau, which 

 place he held until his death. In the same year, with 

 Maj. John W. Powell, he succeeded in obtaining an 

 appropriation from Congress for ethnological re- 

 search, and the Bureau of Ethnology was established 

 under the Smithsonian Institution. He was detailed 

 to this bureau by Maj. Powell, and directed to ex- 

 plore the ruins of the Southwest. Assisted by his 

 wife, he investigated the habits, history, and relig- 

 ious myths of the Zuni, Moqui, and other Pueblo 

 Indians, also of the Navajos of New Mexico and Ari- 

 zona, and the Mission Indians of California. The ex- 

 tensive and valuable collections made by him in this 

 Held, as well as large fossil, ethnological, and ornitho- 

 logical collections made in the early years of his ex- 

 plorations, are deposited in the United States Na- 

 tional Museum and in the Smithsonian Institution. 

 He was a Fellow of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, and a member of other sci- 

 entific societies, to whose " Proceedings " and to Gov- 

 ernment publications he contributed. 



Stone, James Andrus Blinn, educator, born in Pier- 

 mont, N. H., Oct. 28, 1810; died in Detroit, Mich., 

 May 19, 1888. He was graduated at Middlebury Col- 

 lege in 1834, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 

 1S38. After his ordination he held a pastorate in 

 Gloucester, Mass., was Professor of Biblical Literature 

 and Interpretation in Newton Theological Seminary, 

 and edited a missionary periodical in Boston. In 

 May, 1843. he removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., to assume 

 the presidency of the Literary Institute, which has 

 since become Kalamazoo College. He resigned the 

 presidency in 1863, was editor and publisher of the 

 Kalamazoo ''Telegraph" several years, was post- 

 master four years under President Grant's adminis- 

 tration, and* was president of the Michigan State 

 Teachers' and the Michigan Publishers' Associations. 



Stoughton, William Lewis, lawyer, born in New York, 

 March 20, 1827 ; died in Sturg'is, Mich., June 6. 1888. 

 He received an academic education, removed to Michi- 

 gan early in life, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. 

 In 1855-^'60 he was prosecuting attorney of his county, 

 was appointed United States Attorney for the District 

 of Michigan in March, 1861, and resigned a few 

 months afterward to enter the national army. He 



went to the field as second lieutenant of the Eleventh 

 Michigan Volunteers, was rapidly promoted for meri- 

 torious services, lost a leg at Stone Kiver, commanded 

 a brigade in the battles of Chickamauga and Mission 

 Ridge and the Atlanta campaign, an j was mustered 

 out with the brevet rank of major-general of volun- 

 teers. He resumed his law practice till 1867, when 

 he was elected Attorney-General of Michigan, and in 

 1 S 68 was re-elected, and also elected to Congress as a 

 Republican. In 1870 he was re-elected. 



Strother, David Hunter, author, born in Martinsburg, 

 W. Va., Sept. 16, 1816; died in Charleston, W. Va., 

 March 8, 1888. He developed strong artistic abilities 

 in early youth, studied drawing, and traveled in Eu- 

 rope from 1840 till 

 1846. On his return 

 he spent two years 

 studying drawing on 

 wood for engraving, 

 then traveled through 

 the West and South, 

 and, establ ishing him- 

 self in his native 

 place, contributed the 

 first of his series of 

 illustrated articles, 

 under the pen name 

 of Porte Crayon, to 

 Harper's "Magazine" 

 in 1852. When John 

 Brown made his at- 

 tack upon Harper's 

 Ferry, the artist, who 

 lived near by, hast- 

 ened to the scene of 



action, made sketches and wrote descriptions. He 

 opposed the secession agitation in Virginia, and or- 

 ganized and equipped, at his own expense, a com- 

 pany of his townsmen. When the State seceded, his 

 company deserted him and joined the Confederate 

 army, while he hurried to Washington and offered the 

 Government his services. He was appointed captain 

 and assistant adjutant-general, assigned to duty on 

 Gen. McClellan's staff, and subsequently served on 

 the staffs of Generals Pope and Banks ("at New Or- 

 leans and on the Red River expedition), and his 

 cousin, Gen. David Hunter. He became colonel of 

 the Tiiird West Virginia Cavalry ; resigned in Sep- 

 tember, 1864 ; and was brevettcd brigadier-general of 

 volunteers in 1865. After the war he resumed his 

 literary and art work, and was United States consul- 

 general to Mexico from 1877 till 1885. He published 

 " The Blackwater Chronicle" (Now York, 1853), and 

 "Virginia Illustrated" (1857); and in later years il- 

 lustrated the works of other authors. 



Sweitzer, J. Bowman, soldier, born in Brownsville, 

 Fayette County, Pa., July 4, 1821: died in Pittsburg, 

 Pa. , Dec. 12, 1888. He "was graduated at Jefferson 

 College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. 

 During the administration of President Taylor he was 

 appointed United States Attorney for the Western 

 District of Pennsylvania. In 1861 he became major 

 of the Sixty-second "Pennsylvania Volunteers, suc- 

 ceeded to the command of the regiment during the 

 battle of Gaines's Mills, June 27, 1862, but before the 

 battle had ended was himself made a prisoner, and 

 sent to Libby Prison. He was exchanged in August, 

 resumed his command, and was mustered out in ouly, 

 1864. On March 13, 1865, he was made brigadier- 

 general "for gallant and meritorious conduct on the 

 field of battle." Soon after the close of the war he 

 was appointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue in 

 Pennsylvania, and subsequently prothonotary of the 

 Supreme Court of the Western District. 



Tarbox, Increase Mies, clergyman, born in East 

 Windsor, Conn., Feb. 11, 1815 ; died in Newton, Mass., 

 May 3, 1888. He was graduated at Yale in 1839, and 

 at Yale Theological Seminary in 1844, was tutor there 

 from 1842 till 1844, pastor of Plymouth Congregational 

 Church in Framingham, Mass., from 1844 till 1851, 



