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LAMBERVILLE, John de, French mission- ary, b. in France ; d. there in 1699. He belonged to the Jesuit order, came to Canada probably in 1668, and was sent to labor among the Onondagas in 1671. In 1681 he warned Frontenac of the in- trigues that Gov. Thomas Dongan was carrying on among the Iroquois, and induced some of that tribe to consent to treat with the French governor at Catarocony (Fort Frontenac), but the latter in- sisted that the Iroquois deputies should come to Montreal, and the negotiation was abandoned. The missionary kept Frontenac and his successor, De la Barre, constantly informed of the feelings and plans of the Iroquois, but his advice was seldom heeded. In 1686 he endeavored, unsuccessfully, to prevent the Iroquois chiefs from meeting Dongan at Albany. He set out for Quebec to inform De- nonville, who had succeeded De la Barre, of the condition of affairs, having meanwhile obtained a promise from the Onondaga sachems that they would not undertake any enterprise during his absence. He was immediately sent back by the governor, loaded with presents for the Onondaga chiefs. The governor of New York had been so successful in his negotiations with the Iroquois that Lamberville, on his arrival, found a part of their warriors ready to march against the French settlements. But by his suavity of manner, which had first gained their affection, and by a prudent distribution of presents, Lamberville dispelled their suspicions and induced them to make peace with the French. Toward the end of September he went again to Quebec to report that while the Onondagas had restored their prisoners according to treaty, the Senecas refused to do so. The gov- ernor prepared to take the field against the Sene- cas, and, to cover his design of treacherously seizing some of the Iroquois chiefs, sent Lamber- ville back to Onondaga. By order of Denonville, the missionary induced several of the Iroquois to assemble at Catarocony in 1687. The treacherous seizure of these chiefs by Denonville put the life of Lamberville, who remained among the Ononda- gas, in jeopardy. But the sachems of the tribe were convinced that he had no knowledge of the act. They insisted that he should depart, and gave him guides and a guard to save him from the ven- geance of the young braves who would hold him responsible. He escaped to Catarocony, and shortly afterward persuaded the Onondagas to spare the lives of some prisoners they had taken near the fort. After the war that ensued, Denonville at- tributed the safety of the colony to Father de Lamberville. Shortly afterward Lamberville re- turned to France. In 1698 the Iroquois begged the governor to recall him, saying that he was better fitted than any one else to maintain a good under- standing between the two nations. — His younger brother, James, French missionary, b. in France ; d. in Sault Saint Louis, Canada, about 1706. He was a member of the Society of Jesus, and was sent to Canada, but at what time is unknown. He founded a mission at Gandaouague, in the Mohawk valley, in 1675, and baptized the niece of an Iro- quois chief the same year. Gov. Dongan, having discovered, in 1686. that Lamberville's influence among the Iroquois was an obstacle to his plans, summoned the Onondaga cantons to deliver the missionary to him, but met with a refusal. Lam- berville was recalled to Quebec the same year, and his brother sent in his place. In 1702 he was or- dered to return to the Onondaga tribe. He re- stored the mission, and, through his influence, the Iroquois remained neutral for a time, although Eng- land and France were at war. In 1709 he was waited on by Col. Peter Schuyler (q. v.), who won his confidence and persuaded him to visit Canada in order to confer with the governor with a view to peace. After his departure the Indians plundered the church and house, and set them on fire, and the Onondaga mission was finally broken up.

LAMETH, Count Theodore (lah'-mate'), French soldier, b. in Paris, France, 24 June, 1756; d. in the Chateau de Busagny, near Pontoise, France, 19 Oct., 1854. He was descended from a noble family of Picardy. He entered the navy at the age of fifteen, but. abandoning it for the army and after attaining the rank of captain of cavalry, came with his brothers to this country, where he fought in the war of the Revolution, being wounded in the combat of Grenada. He was made field-marshal by Louis XVI., and in 1791 was a member of the chamber of representatives. He published " Ob- servations de M. le general Comte Theodore de La- meth, relatives a des notices qui se trouvent dans la biographie universelle sur ses freres Charles et Alexandre" (Paris, 1843). — His brother, Count Charles Malo Francois, soldier, b. in Paris, France, 5 Oct., 1757; d. there, 28 Dec, 1832, served as aide on the staff of Count Rochambeau in the American Revolution, and was wounded at the capture of a British redoubt at Yorktown, where he was promoted colonel in the Orleans dragoons, and rewarded with the cross of St. Louis. During the Revolution his career was singularly parallel to that of his brother Alexandre. After his return to France he was chosen president of the National as- sembly in 1791, and was made a field-marshal. He fled in 1792, and, settling in Hamburg, engaged in business with his brother. He served under Napo- leon in 1809-'14, attaining the rank of lieutenant- general. After the restoration he lived in privacy until he was elected to the chamber of deputies in 1829, and co-operated in the revolution of 1830. — Another brother, Count Alexandre, soldier and politician, b. in Paris, France, 28 Oct., 1760; d. there, 19 xMarch, 1829, rendered service in the American war of independenceas aide- de-camp on Rocham- beau 's staff, and com- manded, as adjutant- general, the attack against Jamaica. He was chosen president of the National as- sembly in 1790. In 1792 he served as field-marshal in the Army of the North, and in 1792-'5 was in an Austrian pris- on. Thence he went to England, and af-

terward to Hamburg,

where, with his brother Charles, he engaged in commerce, but returned to France, and was prefect of several departments during the empire. He was made a lieutenant-general by Louis XVIII., during whose reign he served four sessions as leader of the opposition in the chamber of depu- ties. Lameth wrote much on politics, his most important work being " Histoire de l'assemblee constituante " (2 vols., Paris, 1828-'9).

LAMM, Emile, inventor, b. in Av, France, 24 Nov., 1834 ; d. near Mandeville, La., 12 July, 1873. He was educated at the College royale in Metz, but came to the United States in 1848, and became a dentist, following his profession in Alexandria,