away by McGillivray. He then went to England. On his return, his influence with the Indians, who had chosen him commander-in-chief, was so dis- astrous to the Spaniards that they offered $6,000 for his apprehension. Bowles assumed to act among the Indians under authority of the British government ; but, on inquiry by the president, the ministry promptly and explicitly denied that they had afforded him countenance, assistance, or pro- tection. For a long time he did all in his power to annoy Georgia and prevent the settlement of her difficulties with the Indians. He was en- trapped in February, 1792, sent a prisoner to Mad- rid, and thence to Manila, in 1795. Obtaining leave to go to Europe, he returned to the Creeks and renewed his depredations, but, being again be- trayed into the hands of the Spaniards in 1804, he was confined in the Moro Castle, Havana, where he died. A memoir of him was published in Lon- don in 1791, in which he is called "Ambassador of the United Nations of Creeks and Cherokees."
BOWLIN, James Butler, lawyer, b. in Spott-
sylvania county, Va., in 1804; d. in St. Louis, 19
' July, 1894. He was early apprenticed to a trade,
and tauglit school while acquiring a classical educa-
tion. In 1825 he settled in Greenbrier county, where
he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began
practice. He removed to St. Louis in 1833, and
there followed his profession, also establishing the
" Farmers' and Mechanics' Advocate." In 1836 he
was a member of the state legislature and for some
time its chief clerk. A year later he became dis-
trict attorney for St. Louis, and in 1839 was elected
judge of the criminal court. Afterward he was
elected. to congress as a democrat, and served from
1 Dec, 1843, to 3 March, 1851. From 1854 till
1857 he was minister resident in Colombia, and
from 1858 till 1859 commissioner to Paraguay.
BOWMAN, Alexander Hamilton, soldier, b.
in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 15 May, 1803; d. there. 11
Nov., 1865. He was a son of Capt. Samuel Bow-
man, of the Massachusetts line, who served with
distinction in the revolutionary war. He was
graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1825,
standing third in his class, was promoted to second
lieutenant in the corps of engineers, and became
assistant professor of geography, history, and ethics.
In 1826 ho was appointed assistant engineer in the
construction of the defences and in the improve-
ment of harbors and rivers on the gulf of Mexico.
He was ordered, in 1834, to superintend the con-
struction of a military road from Memphis, Tenn.,
into Arkansas, and further charged with improv-
ing the navigation of Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers until 1838. He was promoted first lieutenant,
21 Jan., 1835, and later was assigned to the charge
of the fortifications for the defences of Charleston
harbor, S. C, where he remained until 1853. Mean-
while he had been made captain, 7 July, 1838.
During 1851-'2 he was at West Point as instructor
of practical military engineering, and subsequently
was chief engineer of the construction bureau of
the U. S. treasury department, and was employed
in locating and constructing custom-houses, post-
offices, marine hospitals, and similar buildings.
On 5 Jan., 1857, he was made major of engineers,
and during the civil war he was superintendent of
the U. S. military academy, with the local rank of
colonel, serving as such from 1 March, 1861, until
8 July, 1864. He then became a member of the
naval and engineering commission for selecting
sites for naval establishments on the western riv-
ers, and from 20 June, 1865, until his death, was a
member of the board of engineers to improve and
preserve the New England sea-coast defences. His
regular promotion as a lieutenant-colonel in the
corps of engineers was received 3 March, 1863.
BOWMAN, Francis Caswell, lawyer, b. in
New York city, 26 Dec, 1831; d. there, 29 Oct.,
1884. He graduated at Brown in 1852, after which
he studied law and entered upon practice in New
York. At the beginning of the civil war he joined
the 7th New York regiment, and subsequently be-
came engaged in the organization and service of
the U. S. Sanitary Commission at Washington. Mr.
Bowman was an accomplished musician, founded
the Mendelssohn Glee Club, of New York, and was
its president for five years. He contributed fre-
quently to periodicals, and for seventeen years was
musical editor of the New York " Sun." Many of
the articles on musical topics in the " American
Cyclopfedia " were written by him.
BOWMAN, Samuel, P. E. bishop, b. in Wilkes-
barre, Pa., 21 May, 1800; d. in Kittanning, Pa., 3
Aug., 1861. He was educated in private, and
studied theology under Bishop White, by whom
he was ordained deacon, in Philadelphia, 14 Aug.,
1823, and priest, 19 Dec, 1824. His first post of
duty was in Lancaster co., where he remained un-
til 1825, when he was made rector of Trinity
church, Easton. In 1827 he became assistant in
St. James's church, Lancaster, and in 1830 rector.
In 1847 he was elected bishop of Indiana, but de-
clined. He was chosen assistant bishop of Penn-
sylvania, and consecrated in Christ church, Phila-
delphia, 25 Aug., 1858. His death occurred while
on a visitation in Kittanning. Bishop Bowman,
though an able writer, published no contribution
to church or secular literature.
BOWMAN, Thomas, M. E. bishop, b. near Berwick, Columbia co.. Pa., 15 July, 1817. He was educated at Wilbraham academy, Mass., at Cazenovia seminary, N. Y., and at Dickinson college,
Carlisle, Pa., where he was graduated in 1837.
After studying
law at Carlisle
for a year, he
entered the ministry in the Baltimore conferenceof the Methodist Episcopal
church in 1839.
From 1840 to
1843 he taught
in the grammar
school of Dick-
inson college,
and in 1848 or-
ganized Dick-
inson seminary
at Williamsport,
Pa., over which
he presided for
ten years, and
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became distinguished as a pulpit orator. In 1858 he was elected president of Indiana Asbury uni- versity at Greencastle. He was chaplain of the U. S. senate in 1864-'5, and continued to preside over the Indiana Asbury university till May, 1872, when he became a bishop. In 1878 he visited, officially, the missions of the Methodist Episcopal church in Europe and India.
BOWNE, Borden Parker, educator, b. in Leonardville, N. J., 14 Jan., 1847. He was graduated at the University of New York in 1870. and studied for two years at the universities of Halle and Gottingen, Germany. Since 1876 he has been
professor of philosophy in the Boston University. His published works include " The Philosophy of
