seemed so friendly that after a few days he embarked for another part of the coast, leaving his companions behind him. On the return of the vessel to the same part of the coast, a canoe put out containing a single Spaniard, a survivor of De Soto's expedition, vs'ho assured Father Cancer that his companions had been put to death. The missionary refused to believe this, and, notwithstanding the entreaties of the sailors, got into a boat and rowed to the shore. An Indian met him, kissing a cross that he handed to a woman whom the missionary discovered to be Magdalena. She informed him that the two Spaniards were safe in the tent of the cacique, and he followed her up a hill, when he was immediately surrounded by Indians, who fell on him and killed him. His scalp was hung up in the temple of the sun, and his body eaten by the natives. Father Cancer was one of the most ardent advocates of freedom for the Indians at the special meeting of bishops and theologians held in Mexico in 1546. He wrote a work in the Zapotec language, entitled " Varias canciones en verso zapoteco sobre los Misterios de la Religion paiji uso de los neofitos de la Vera Paz."
CANDIA, Pedro de, Greek adventurer, b. in
the island of Crete in tlie latter part of the 14th
century ; d. in Chupas, Peru, 16 Sept., 1542. He
had served in the Spanish royal guard, and fought
in Italy against the Turks, and afterwaixl went to
America with Gov. Pedro de los Rios. He then
accompanied Diego de Almagro and Francisco Pizarro during their first explorations along the
coasts of Peru, and when the landing at Tacamez,
north of Guayaquil, was effected, he already had
command of the artillery. He was one of the thirteen men that remained in the islands of Gallo and
Gorgona or San Cristobal with Pizarro, and during
the sidisequent explorations of the Peruvian ports
he undertook to go in person to the Indian towns
and investigate their condition. He then visited
Tumbez (afterward called Valencia), and returned
to the fleet with a map of that city drawn on canvas. When he accompanied Pizarro to Spain to
inform Charles V. of their discoveries, the emperor
made Candia a nobleman, mayor of Tumbez, and
commander-in-chief of artillery of the fleet sent
out to conquer Peru. He was present at the de-
feat and imprisonment of Atahualpa, and received
a large share of the ransom paid by that Inca.
While residing at Cnzco. he made arms and ammunition for Pizarro, who was then fighting against
Almagro. After the defeat of Almagro at Las
Salinas, Candia undertook the conquest of Ambaya
beyond the Andes, but was unsuccessful, being
finally arrested by order of Hernando Pizarro. Disgusted at his treatment, and deserted by his old
friends, he then Joined the followers of Almagro
and, with the aid of sixteen other Greeks, cast the
guns that were taken by young Almagro to the
Viattle of Chupas, where Candia used them so badly
that Almagro suspected treason on his part and
killed him with his own hand.
CANDIDUS, William, opera-singer, b. in
Philadelphia, Pa., 23 July, 1840. In 1861 he sang first
bass in several musical societies in his native city.
In the civil war he served three years in the
national artillery, being advanced to the grade of
major. During his military service his voice gradually
changed from first bass to tenor. After his
return from the war he accepted the place of
tone-regulator in the piano-forte factory of Steinway &
Sons, in New York. He became a member of the
Arion and Liederkranz societies, but soon went
abroad and studied for the operatic stage under
Konapazeck, of Berlin, making his début in Weimar
as Stradella. Subsequently he studied under
Rouchetti, of Milan, and in 1880 became a member of
the opera at Frankfort-on-the-Main, where he
remained until the autumn of 1885, when he joined
the American opera company.
CAÑEDO, Juan de Dios (cah-nya'-do), Mexican
statesman, b. in Guadalajara, 18 Jan., 1786; d. in
the city of Mexico, 28 March, 1850. He received a
good education and was admitted to the bar in
1809. He was elected a deputy to the Spanish
Cortés in 1813, and soon became prominent as a
parliamentary orator. While in Madrid he
published a manifesto to the Spanish nation in defence
of the colonial interests, which was eagerly read
both in Spain and her American possessions. On
his return to Mexico in 1824, Cañedo took part in
the debate relative to the new republican constitution.
He was several times deputy and senator,
minister of foreign affairs under Victoria's
administration, represented his country as plenipotentiary
in Brazil, Peru, and Chili, and was in charge
of the foreign office and the department of the
interior under Bustamante. Afterward he went to
Europe, where he resided for some years, and had
just returned to Mexico when he was killed by an
unknown assassin.
CANEK, cacique of Itzalan, Mexico; d. about
1532. The capital of his kingdom was on an
island at the centre of Lake Itza (Peten), and when
Cortés visited the shores of that lake on his way to
Hibueras, Canek and his court met him in a most
friendly manner, and, after entertaining him for a
few days, became a Christian and a subject of the
king of Spain. Afterward he made many efforts
to suppress idolatry among his people, but did not
succeed. On his departure from Peten the Spanish
conqueror had left a sick horse under the care of
the Indians, who did their best to cure him; but
the horse died and the Itznex raised statues to him
and worshipped them as the representation of the
god of lightning.
CANEK, Yucatec prince of the royal family of
Manú, founder of the Itza nation, flourished in
the early part of the 15th century. He was one of
the tributary princes that declared their independence
of the old Yucatec or Maya monarchy nearly
100 years before the conquest of Mexico by the
Spaniards. Canek did not separate from the old
kingdom for political reasons; he fell in love with
the betrothed of another prince, and, being unable
to prevent her marriage by any other means,
gathered some of his followers, attacked the wedding
party during the ceremony, and carried away the
bride. The disappointed bridegroom led a numerous
army against Canek, who took refuge in the
mountainous country between Chipas, Yucatan,
and Guatamala, and there founded the Itza nation.
CANETTA, Andres Hurtado de Mendoza (cah-nay'-tah). Marquis of, Spanish statesman, d. in Lima, Peru, in 1560. Charles V. sent him to Peru as viceroy in 1557. Canetta established peace among the different parties that were contending in the kingdom of Peru, and tried to gain the friendship of the last Incas. He sent an expedi-
tion to the Amazon river under command of Pedro de Ursiia, who died at the hands of his subordinate officers. Some persons, who had been severely treated by Canetta. sent their complaints to the
king, who inmiediately recalled the viceroy.
CANFIELD, Francesca Anna, poet. b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in August, 1803; d. 28 May, 1823. She was a daughter of Dr. Felix Pascalis, an Italian physician. Her parents removed to New
York while she was a child, and she began at an early age to write verses. Besides many original
