Olustee
or OLUSTEE STATION, a village of Baker co., Fla., about 20 miles OLUSTEE, or OLUSTEE STATION, a E. of Lake City. Here in February, 1864, a Union force numbering about 5,000 men, under General Seymour en- countered a body of about 3,000 Confederates, under General Finnegan, and after a severe conflict of several hours, the Nationals were defeated, with a loss of over 2,000 men, besides artillery and wagon trains. Confederate loss about 1,000 men.
OLYMPIA, a celebrated valley of Christ. The last Olympiad was the with the 776th year before the birth of 293rd, corresponding to the year A. D. 393.
The festival was OLYMPIC GAMES. These games, so the Idæi Dactyli, 1453 в. c., or by Pelops, famous among the Greeks, said to have year, on the banks of the Alpheus, near Olympia, in the Peloponnesus, now the Morea, to exercise the youth in five kinds been instituted in honor of Jupiter by Morea, to exercise the youth in five kinds were held at the beginning of every fifth year, on the banks of the Alpheus, near Olympia, in the Peloponnesus, now the crown made of a kind of wild olive, apof combats, the conquerors being highly were revived at honored. The prize contended for was a years, these games propriated to this use. abolished by Theodosius, A. D. 394. In Athens. They began April 6 and con- 1896, after a lapse of more than 1,500 tinued for five consecutive days. The number of spectators was enormous.
Athletes from various countries of the world competed for prizes, and some of the principal contests were won by Amer- icans. These games consisted of foot the principal contests were won by Ameretc. The king crowned the victors with olive branches. In July, 1900, the second series was held in Paris, France, and was a great success. won a large portion of the events. At the meet at Stockholm, 1912, the score of American athletes was 85 per cent., leading all other nations. The World War prevented a meet in Berlin in 1916.
Olympic games were held in Brussels in Elis, in Greece, on the right bank of the Alpheus, and the seat of the Olympic games. The Sacred Grove (called the Elis, in Greece, on the right bank of the Alpheus, and the seat of the Olympic about 4,000 feet long, nearly 2,000 containing both the spot appropriated to the games and the sanctuaries connected etc. The king crowned the victors with 000 broad, with them. It was finely wooded, and in containing both the spot appropriated to the games and the sanctuaries connected with them. It was finely wooded, and in a road called the "Pompic Way," along which all the processions passed. The most celebrated building was the Olympieium, or Olympium, dedicated to Olympian Zeus. It was designed by the architect Libon of Elis in the 6th century B. c., but was not completed for more than a century. It contained a colossal statue of the god, the masterpiece ma of the sculptor Phidias. Americans again