=Lexington=, Mass. 42N. 71W. Battle of, first encounter between British and Americans (W. of Ind.), 1775. Bp. Theodore Parker, scholar and transcendentalist (1810-60). =Lima=, cap. of Peru. 12S. 77W. F. by Pizarro as Ciudad de los Reyes, 1535; Pizarro assassinated by followers of Almagro, 1541; Vaca de Castro in command of, 1542; Blasco Nuñez, viceroy, deposed, 1544; Gonzalo Pizarro proclaimed Governor of Peru, 1544; enters town after battle of Añaquito, 1546; is forced to abandon it, 1547 (see Prescott, op. cit.); evacuated by Spaniards, 1821 (S. A. W. Ind.); taken by Chilians, who destroyed Public Library, 1881; sc. three days' hideous massacre during civil conflict, March 1895. (See 'Peru.') =Litchfield=, Conn. 41N. 73W. Bp. Ethan Allan, a leader of the 'Green Mountain Boys' (1737-89); J. Pierpont, poet (1785-1866); H. Ward Beecher (1813-87); Mrs. Beecher Stowe (1812-96). =Little Rock=, Arkansas. 34N. 92W. Surrendered by Confederates, 1863 (Civil W.). =Long Island=, N.Y. 40N. 73W. Defeat of Americans by British under Howe, 1776 (W. of Ind.). =Longwoods=, Thames R., Upper Canada. English defeated by Americans, 1814. =Look-out Mountain=, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. 35N. 85W. Confederate position stormed, 1863. (See Chattanooga.) =Louisburg=, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 45N. 60W. Fortress built by French, 1713; taken by Sir W. Pepperell, 1745; restored to France by Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748; surrendered after seven weeks' siege to British under Amherst and Wolfe, 1758; ceded to England by Treaty of Paris, 1763. =Louisiana=, U.S. 31N. 92W. Taken possession of in name of Louis XIV. by La Salle, 1682; later French colonists were Iberville (who built Fort Biloxi, 1699) and Crozat; concession to English financier Law for Mississippi Company, 1717; became a Crown colony, 1733; ceded to Spain, 1762; passed back to French by secret treaty, 1800; bought by U.S., 1803; admitted to Union, 1812; seceded, 1861; readmitted, 1868. =Lucayos=, see Bahamas. =Lundy's Lane=, near Drummondville, Ontario. 45N. 72W. British driven from the field and their battery seized; they returned next morning and took possession of lost battery; both sides claim victory, 1814 (also known as battle of Bridgewater, and Niagara Falls). =Macaco=, Lake, Florida. Seminole Indians defeated by Col. Taylor, 1837. =Magellan=, Straits of, S.A., 52S. 69W. Named after Magalhaes, the Portuguese discoverer, 1520, who called it the Strait of the Eleven Thousand Virgins; Drake sailed through, 1578. =Maguaga=, near Detroit. 42N. 83W. British and Indian allies defeated by Americans, 1814. =Macon=, Georgia. 32N. 83W. Bp. Sidney Lanier, poet (1842-81). =McDowell=, near Staunton, Virginia. 38N. 79W. Victory of Confederates under 'Stonewall' Jackson, 1862 (Civil W.).