HONDURAS: A. D. 1821-1871. Separation from Spain and independence. Brief annexation to Mexico. Attempted federations and their failure. The British colony. See CENTRAL AMERICA: A. D. 1821-1871. ----------HONDURAS: End-------- HONDURAS, British: A. D. 1850. The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. See NICARAGUA: A. D. 1850. HONE, William, The Trials of. See ENGLAND: A. D. 1816-1820. HONEIN, Battle of. See MAHOMETAN CONQUEST: A. D. 609-632. HONG-KONG: A. D. 1842. Ceded to Great Britain. See CHINA: A. D. 1839-1842. HONG MERCHANTS. See CHINA: A. D. 1839-1842. HONORIUS, Roman Emperor (Western), A. D. 395-423. Honorius I., Pope, 625-638. Honorius II., Pope, 1124-1130. Honorius III., Pope, 1216-1227. Honorius IV., Pope, 1285-1287; HONOURS, Escheated. "When a great barony by forfeiture or escheat fell into the hands of the [English] crown, instead of being incorporated with the general body of the county or counties in which it lay, it retained a distinct corporate existence and the whole apparatus of jurisdiction which it had possessed before. Under the title of an Honour, it either continued in the possession of the king and was farmed like a shire, or was granted out again to another lord as a hereditary fief." _W. Stubbs, Constitutional History of England, chapter 11, section 129 (volume 1)._ HOOD, General John B. The Atlanta campaign. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1864 (MAY-SEPTEMBER: GEORGIA) to (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER: GEORGIA). HOOKER, General Joseph, Commander of the Army of the Potomac. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1863 (JANUARY-APRIL: VIRGINIA), and (APRIL-MAY: VIRGINIA). Transfer to Chattanooga. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1863 (JULY-NOVEMBER: VIRGINIA). At Chattanooga.—The Battle above the Clouds. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1863 (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER: TENNESSEE). HOOKS AND KABELJAUWS, OR HOOKS AND CODS. See NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND): A. D. 1345-1354; also, 1482-1493. HOOVER'S GAP, Battle at. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1863 (JUNE-JULY: TENNESSEE). HOPLITES. Heavy-armed foot-soldiers of the Greeks. See PHYLÆ. HORESTII, The. See BRITAIN: CELTIC TRIBES. HORIKANS, The. See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: HORIKANS. HORITES, The. The aborigines of Canaan,—dwellers in caves, Troglodytes. "At the time of the Israelitish conquest … there still existed many remains of the Aborigines scattered through the land. They were then ordinarily designated by a name which suggests very different ideas—Rephaim, or Giants." _H. Ewald, History of Israel, introduction, section 4._ F. Lenormant considers the Rephaim a distinct race, divided into the Rephaim of Bashan, the Emim, the Zamzummim, the Zumim and the Anakim.