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Rh ing their progress, they returned to Guiana, and oniy five reached Europe, the others having died from want and exhaustion during the journey. When tlie French settled again in Cayenne in 1048, Millet accompanied the expedition, and, a few years later, undertook a second journey for the dis- covery of the El Dorado. He met with no better success and returned to the colony, where his knowledge of the Indian dialects secured him em- ployment. The troubles that ruined the colony decided him to leave, as he had made a small for- tune in his tradings with the Galibis, and he re- turned to his native town. He published " Voy- age de I'ile de Cayenne, entrepris par des Frangais en 1G43," which contains a vocabulary of the Gali- bi dialect (Malines, 1049) ; " Relation de I'expedi- tion entreprise par les Prangais au Bresil en 1613 " (1650) ; and " Voyages a la decouverte de I'Eldorado et du lac d'or de Parime " (1651).

MILLET, Francis Davis, artist, b. in Matta- poisett, Mass., S Nov., 1846. He was graduated at Harvard in 1869, and then studied art in Antwerp under Van Lerius and De Keyser, winning silver and gold medals of honor in 1872 and 1873. In the latter year he was appointed secretary of the Massachusetts commission to the World's fair in Vienna, and was also a juror at that exhibition. Mr. Millet was correspondent of the London " Daily News " during the war between Turkey and Russia in 1877-'8, and received the Roumanian iron cross in 1877, and the war medals of Russia and Roumania in 1878, also the orders of chevalier of St. Anne and of St. Stanislas from the Russian government in 1877. He was juror of fine arts in the World's fair in Paris in 1878, in 1885 received a medal at New Orleans, and in 1887 one from the American art association. His literary work in- cludes contributions to the daily journals as corre- spondent, various critical articles and short sto- ries in magazines, and a translation of Leo Tol- stoi's " Sebastopol " (New York, 1887). He de- signed the costumes for the representation of the " QEdipus Tyrannus" of Sophocles that was given in Cambridge by Harvard students in 1880. Among his paintings are portraits of Charles Fran- cis Adams, Jr., and of Samuel L. Clemens, exhib- ited at the National academy in New York in 1877^ also " Bashi Bazouk " (1878) ; " The Window-Slat " (1884) ; and " A Difficult Duet " (1886).

MILLET, Pierre, French missionary, b. in France in 1631: d. in Quebec, Canada, 11 Jan., 1711. He came to this country in 1667, and was soon afterward sent to establish a mission in Onon- daga, laboring there and in Oneida till 1684, and making some converts. In 1688 he returned to Oneida, but was not successful on account of Eng- lish influence. He served as chaplain at Fort Frontenac in 1690, and while there was made cap- tive by the Indians. The Christian Oneidas claimed him, and he was sent to them and finally adopted into the tribe. Efforts were made to induce the Oneidas to give him up, but they refused, and he remained with them till October, 1694, to the an- noyance of the New York authorities, who endeav- ored to effect his release, while those of Canada did their best to prevent it. His account of his cap- tivity has been published (New York, 1865).

MILLICAN, Robert, educator, b. in County Tyrone, Ireland, 25 July, 1814 ; d. in Lexington, Ky., 20 March, 1875. He came to the United States in 1818 with his parents, who settled in Trumbull county, Ohio. After spending several years in teaching, he was graduated at Washing- ton college in 1840, where he then held the chair of English literature until 1850, and that of chemistry for two years longer. In 1852 he was called to the professorship of mathematics at Indiana university, and in 1853 he was transferred to that of natural philosophy and chemistry, after which, in 1854-'9, he held the chair of mathematics and astronomy at Bethany college. He then accepted the presidency of Kentucky university, with the professorship of biblical literature and mental philosophy, while it was situated at Harrodsburg, W. Va., in 1859-'65, and after its removal to Lex- ington, Ky., and its successful inauguration in the new locality, he retired from the general manage- ment and took the presidency of its theological department, known as the College of the Bible, with the chair of sacred literature. President Milligan was a member of the Christian denomi- nation, and in 1844 entered its ministry, preaching with regularity, although he regarded his special vocation as that of an educator. In addition to the duties of his chair while at Bethany, he was associate editor of the " Millennial Harbinger," of which Alexander Campbell was the founder and chief editor. He published " A Brief Treatise on Prayer" (Cincinnati, 1863); "Reason and Revela- tion " (1867) ; " The Scheme of Redemption " (1868) ; " The Great Commission " (Lexington, 1871) ; "Analysis of the New Testament " (Cincin- nati, 1874) ; and " Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews " (1875).

MILLS, Abraham, educator, b. in Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1796 ; d. in New York city, 8 July, 1867. He received an academic education,- came to New York city, and studied law, but adopted teaching as a profession. He established a classical and mathematical school in Warren street, but was soon called to the chair of mathe- matics and philosophy in the Baptist literary and theological institute in New York city. This pro- fessorship he held until 1823, when the institute was transferred to Hamilton, N. Y., and there be- came Madison university, while Prof. Mills re- mained in New York as a teacher of rhetoric and literature in various schools. Meanwhile he also turned his attention to editing, and published American revisions of " Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful" (New York, 1829); Blair's "Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres " (1829); "Alison on Taste" (1830j; and Lord Karnes's " Elements of Criticism " (1838). These editions became popu- lar at once, and were widely adopted as text-books. Subsequently he published " Literature and Lit- erary Men of Great Britain and Ireland " (2 vols,. New York, 1851) ; " Outlines of Rhetoric and Belles- Lettres " (1854) ; " Poets and Poetry of the Ancient Greeks " (Boston, 1854) ; and a " Compendium of the History of the Ancient Hebrews " (1856).

MILLS, Clark, sculptor, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., 1 Dec, 1815; d. in Washington, D. C, 12 Jan., 1883. He was left an orplian at the age of five years, and then lived with a maternal uncle, but, becoming dissatisfied with his home, ran away in 1828. After a hard experience working on a farm, cutting cedar posts in a swamp, and learning the millwright's trade, he reached New Orleans, La., where he stayed a year and then went to Charleston, S. C. Here he learned the stucco business, which he followed until 1835, when he discovered a new method of taking a cast from the living face, which enabled him to make busts so cheaply that he soon had as much work as he could do. He then resolved to try cutting in marble, and began a bust of John C. Calhoun, for which he was awarded a gold medal by the city council of Charleston, and it was placed by them in the city hall. Subsequently he executed busts