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HAMPTON ROADS 462 HANCOCK were admitted as students, and from this be^nning the Indian Department has increased. HAMPTON ROADS, a broad, deep arm of Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of James river, between Hampton and Nor- folk, Va.; with Newport, Old Point Com- fort, Fort Monroe, Fort Wool, and Thim- ble Shoal Lighthouse at or near the entrance to the bay. Since the Civil War the locality has become popular as a summer and winter resort and as a stop- ping place for Northern invalids on their way to and from Florida. Its attractions include the beach, bathing places, and promenades of Old Point Comfort, the famous Fort Monroe, the old village of Hampton, National Home for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors, United States National Cemetery, and unsurpassed facilities for short excursions, fishing and yachting. In 1861 the Confederates seized the United States frigate "Mer- rimac" at Norfolk, covered her hull with railroad iron, and under the name of "The Virginia" sent her to attack the United States vessels lying in Hampton Roads in 1862. She rammed the frigate Cumberland," which sank in 45 minutes; forced the "Congress" on the Shoal, where she was disabled, set on fire, and blown up, but was prevented by her draught from getting within strik- ing distance of the "Minnesota." On the following morning she reappeared to at- tack the "Minnesota," but was suddenly confronted by the new Union iron-clad "Monitor," just arrived from New York, which fought her so effectually that she withdrew from the fight, steamed up the river, and refused to come out a second time to meet the "floating Yankee •cheese-box." HAMSTRING. At the back of the knee-joint the tendon of the biceps muscle forms the outer hamstring*, and the sartorius (tailor's muscle), with the tendons of the gracilis, semi-tendinosus, and semi-membranosus, the inner ham- string, with the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle between. The hamstring muscles extend the hip and flex the knee. HAN, a Chinese dynasty, reigning from 20 b. c. to A. D. 25. It was founded by Lew Pang, and was succeeded by the Eastern Han Dynasty, which lasted till A. D. 237. HANAU (ha'nou), a town in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau; at the confluence of the Kinzig and the Main; 13 miles E. by N. of Frankfort. It is divided into the Old and the New Town; the latter was founded in 1597 by Protestant refugees from Holland and Belgium, who introduced the manu- facture of woolen and silk goods, which still flourishes. The town of Hanau stands pre-eminent in Germany for its jewelry and gold and silver wares. Be- sides these it carries on manufactures of carpets, chocolate, leather, cards, paper, hats, tobacco, and gunpowder, and has breweries and an iron foundry. Here the brothers Grimm were born. In the neighborhood is the watering-place of Wilhelmsbad. Hanau dates as a town from 1393. It had a very cheauei'ed history during the Thirty Years' War. Near the town was fought one of Na- poleon's last battles in Germany, Oct. 30 and 31, 1813, when he defeated the allied forces under Wrede. Pop. about 37,500. HANBALITES, a Mohammedan sect; a branch of the Sunnites. HANCOCK, a village of Michigan, in Houghton co. It is on Lake Portage and on the Copper Range and the Min- eral Range railroads. A ship canal gives transportation facilities to Lake Su- perior, and within its limits are several important copper mines. It has also smelting works, foundries, machine shops, and other industries. It has a park and a Finnish college. Pop. (1910) 8,981; (1920) 7,527. HANCOCK, JOHN, an American rev- olutionary patriot and president of Congress; born in Quincy, Mass., Jan. 12, 1737. In the inception of the Re- volutionary struggle he was a leading spirit. The attempt to arrest Hancock and Samuel Adams led to the battle of Lexington. Hancock was a member of the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1780, also from 1785 to 1786, serving as president of the body from 1775 to 1777. The Declaration of Independence as first published bore only his name. He served as governor of Massachusetts 12 years. As an orator he was eloquent; as a presiding officer, dignified and im- partial. He died in Quincy, Mass., Oct. 8, 1793. HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT, an Amercan military officer; born in Mont- gomery Square, Montgomery co., Pa., Feb. 14, 1824; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1844, and received his commission of 2d lieu- tenant; served during the Mexican War, was promoted for gallantry, and, having filled several subordinate posts, made as- sistant quartermastei'-general ; in 1861 was appointed a Brigadier-General of volunteers, and attached to the Army of the Potomac, accompanied General Mc- Clellan to the peninsula in 1862, and distinguished himself before Yorktown