Minisink, N.Y. 41N. 74W. Attack on and massacre by Mohawk Indians under Joseph Brant, and defeat of volunteer force in pursuit of, 1779 (monument at Goshen).
[Minnesota], U.S. 46N. 94W. French explorers in, 1659; St. Paul f. by Americans, 1846; organised as a territory, 1849; admitted to Union, 1858; war with Sioux Indians under Little Crow, 1862-3.
Miraflores, Peru. 12N. 77W. Peruvians defeated by Chilians, 1881.
Missionary Ridge, see [Chattanooga].
[Mississippi], U.S. 32N. 89W. De Soto in, 1540; La Salle, 1682; the latter took formal possession of the country in name of Louis XIV.; French settlements at Biloxi and Natchez, 1712, 1716; created a territory, 1798; admitted to Union, 1817; seceded, 1861; readmitted to Union, 1870.
[Mississippi River]. 33N. 91W. Estuary of discovered by Pineda, who named it Espiritu Santo, 1519; crossed by Cabeza de Vaca during his years of wandering, which ended 1536; by De Soto, 1541, who died on its banks; partly explored by Joliet and Marquette, 1673; by Hennepin, 1680; La Salle, who named the river Colbert, descended it to the Gulf of Mexico, 1682; further explored by Le Sueur, 1700.
Missouri, U.S. 38N. 92W. Formerly part of Upper Louisiana; Fort Orleans f., 1719; St. Genevieve f., 1755; St. Louis, 1764; sold to U.S., 1803; 'Missouri Compromise' concerning slave holders, 1820; admitted to Union, 1821; divided in allegiance during Civil W.; World's Fair at St. Louis, 1904.
[Missouri River], U.S. 40N. 95W. Explored by Du Tisné, 1719; by Lewis and Clarke, 1804-6.
[Mitla], Mexico. 16N. 96W. Ruins of ancient tombs and other remains.
[Mobile], cap. of county, Alabama, U.S. 30N. 88W. F. by French, 1702; ceded to English by Treaty of Paris, 1763; taken by Spain, 1780; evacuated by Spaniards and entered by Wilkinson and U.S. troops, 1813; besieged, and evacuated by Confederates, 1865 (Civil W.).