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112 IBERIA IBEX of the long line of invaders who at different times have occupied the rest of the country." The Iberians maintained an active commercial intercourse with the Carthaginians, and dis- played great activity in mining and much ar- tistic skill in the use of the precious metals. P. A. Boudard has published a work on the Iberian alphabet and language and Iberian coins (4to, with 40 plates, Beziers, 1859). (See OELTIBERI, and BASQUES.) II. The ancient name of the Caucasian country now known as Georgia. This country was bounded by the Caucasus, Albania, Armenia, and Colchis. The Asiatic Iberians were divided into four castes. IBERIA, a S. parish of Louisiana, intersected by Bayou Teche, and partly occupied by Lake Chetimaches and Vermillion bay ; area, about 600 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 9,042, of whom 4.510 were colored. Part of the parish consists of an island lying between Vermillion and Cote Blanche bays and the gulf of Mexico. The surface is level, and the soil alluvial and fer- tile. Salt is manufactured. The chief pro- ductions in 1870 were 115,843 bushels of In- dian corn, 12,414 of sweet potatoes, 1,297 bales of cotton, 12,500 Ibs. of rice, 1,854 hogs- heads of sugar, and 102,495 gallons of molas- ses. There were 1,271 horses, 834 mules and asses, 6,543 cattle, 3,511 sheep, and 1,569 swine. Capital, New Iberia. Ii:i:itl s. See EURO. IBERVILLE, a S. parish of Louisiana, bound- ed TV. 'by Atchafalaya bayou and S. E. by the Mississippi ; area, 450 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 12,347, of whom 8,675 were colored. It has a flat surface, and is frequently inundated. The lands lying near the rivers are fertile ; the rest of the parish is mostly uncultivated. The chief productions in 1870 were 168,645 bush- els of Indian corn, 1,178 bales of cotton, 4,907 hogsheads of sugar, and 823,600 gallons of molasses. There were 377 horses, 1,938 mules and asses, 1,602 cattle, 1,483 sheep, and 656 swine. Capital, Plaquemines. IBERVILLE, a S. TV. county of Quebec, Cana- da, bounded TV. by Richelieu river ; area, 189 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 15,413, of whom 13,971 were of French descent. It is traversed by the Vermont Central and the Stanstead, Shef- ford, and Chambly railroads. Capital, St. Athanase. IBERVILLE, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d', a Cana- dian naval and military commander, founder of Louisiana, born in Montreal, July 16, 1661, died in Havana, July 9, 1706. He was one of eleven brothers, most of whom were distin- guished in French colonial affairs, three being killed in the service. (See LE MOYNE.) Iber- ville entered the French navy as a midshipman at 14, became captain of a frigate in 1692, and captain of a line-of-battle ship in 1702. In 1686 ho served under De Troye in the overland expedition from Canada against the English forts in Hudson bay, was at the taking of Fort Monsipi, and, having with his brother cap- tured two vessels, reduced Fort Qmtchitchon- en. He was there again in 1088-'9, capturing two English vessels. In 1690 he was one of the leaders in the retaliatory expedition against Schenectady, where he saved the life of John Sanders Glen. In October, 1694, he took Fort Nelson on Hudson bay, losing his brother Chftteanguay in the assault. In May, 1696, he was operating on the bay of Fundy with three vessels ; he defeated three English ships, cap- turing the .Newport near the mouth of the St. John's, then besieged, took, and demolished Fort Pemaquid, and ravaged Newfoundland, taking almost all the English posts. Proceed- ing to Hudson bay in 1697, with the Pelican he engaged three English vessels, defeated them, and reduced Fort Bourbon. He was then se- lected to occupy the mouth of the Mississippi, a point which France had neglected after the death of La Salle. Iberville sailed from Brest with two frigates, Oct. 24, 1698, stopped at San- to Domingo and at Pensacola, which he found occupied by the Spaniards, and on Jan. 31, 1099, anchored at the mouth of the Mobile near Massacre island. He then, with his brother Bienville, Pere Anastase Douay, who had been with La Salle on his last voyage, and about 50 men, went in two barges to seek the Missis- sippi, and on March 2 reached its mouth. He ascended to the Bayagoulas and Oumas, and became assured that he was really on the Mis- sissippi by receiving from the Indians a letter left by Tonty in 1686 for La Salle. Returning to his ships, Iberville built old Fort Biloxi, the first post on the Mississippi, placed Sauvolle in command, and made his brother Bienville king's lieutenant. Early in May, 1699, he sailed for France, but again appeared off Biloxi in the Renommee, Jan. 5, 1700. He then began a new fort on the Mississippi, over which he placed Bienville. He also sent Lesueur with a party to establish a post at the copper mines on the Mankato. He was again in Louisiana in December, 1701, and finding the colony re- duced by disease he transferred the settlement to Mobile, beginning the colonization of Ala- bama. He also occupied Dauphin or Massacre island. His health was seriously undermined by fevers, and he was called away from his Louisiana projects by government. In 1706, with three vessels, he reduced the island of Nevis, and was about to operate on the coast of Carolina, when he was seized with a fatal malady and died in Havana. IBEX, a species of wild goat, inhabiting- the mountainous regions of Switzerland, the Py- renees, the Caucasus, and Abyssinia. The ge- neric characters are given in the article GOAT. The common ibex or steinbock (capra ibex, Linn.), the liouquetin of the Swiss hunters, is about 5 ft. long and 2f ft. high at the shoulders ; the horns are large, flat, with two longitudinal ridges at the sides and numerous transverse knobs; at first nearly vertical, they curve back- ward and outward to a length of about 30 in. ; they are dark colored and very stout. The color of the adult is brownish, with a gray tint