Modlin

See Novogeorgevitch.

Modon

See Sea Porcupine.

Moesia (In Greek Mysia)

Moesia (In Greek Mysia), an ancient coun-trv of eastern Europe, bounded N. by the Savus (Save) and Ister (Danube), E. by the Euxine, 8. by the Ihemus (Balkan) and Scardus ranges, and'W. by the Drinus river (Drin). It was divided bv the Romans, who conquered it in the early period of the empire, into Mcesia Inferior or E. Mcesia. the present Bulgaria, and Mcesia Superior or W. Mcesia, the present Servia, divided by the little river Ciabrus (Tzibritza). The original inhabitants were chiefly Thracians, among them the Triballi. Under Aurelian the Dacian colonies were removed there, when the middle part of the province also received the name of Dacia Aureliani. It was occupied by the Goths in the 4th century, who were called Mceso-Goths, and who surrendered the territory to the emperor Theodosius I. Slavs settled here in the 6th and 7th centuries.

Moghilev, Or Mogilev

See Mohilev.

Moguls

Moguls, a corruption of the term Mongols, used in Hindostan to designate the Tartars who repeatedly invaded that country in the middle ages, and who made themselves masters of Delhi in 1520, and placed their leader Baber, a descendant of Tamerlane, on the throne. His successors are known as the Mogul emperors, of whom the most eminent were Akbar (1550-1005), Jehangheer (1605-'27), and Aurungzebe (1058-1707). During these reigns the Mogul empire comprised nearly the whole of Hindostan, and in Europe the emperor was called the Great Mogul. His authority gradually dwindled till it became merely nominal; the English supremacy was formally established in 1803, and in 1827 the Great Mogul became a titled pensioner of the British crown. The last of the Mogul dynasty, Mohammed Baha-door, being implicated in the sepoy mutiny, was deprived of his title and transported in December, 1858.

Mohammed All

See Mehemet All.

Mohawk

Mohawk, a river of New York, which rises in Oneida co., about 20 m. N. of Rome, from which place it flows S. E. and E. through Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, and Saratoga counties, falling into the Hudson at Water-ford, 10 m. above Albany; length, 135 m. At Little Falls, Herkimer co., and "The Noses," Montgomery co., the river has forced its way through mountain barriers, and flows through deep, rocky ravines; and at Cohoes, 1 m. from its mouth, it falls over a precipice 70 ft. in perpendicular height, During its course it supplies valuable water power. The Erie canal and the New York Central railroad follow its banks as far as Rome. Rome, Utica, Little Falls, Schenectady, Cohoes, and Waterford are the principal towns on its banks.

Mohawks #1

See Agmegvk.

Moint Saint Elias

See Alaska.

Mointraille

Mointraille, a N. W. county of Dakota, bordering on British America, and bounded S. TV. by the Missouri river, recently formed, and not included in the census of 1870; area, about 3,200 sq. m. It is drained by White Earth and Little Knife rivers, affluents of the Missouri, and by a fork of Mouse river. The surface is elevated, being occupied by the Plateau du Coteau du Missouri.