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Rh He was arrested and imprisoned at Fort Yuma on n charge of disloyalty, but established his inno- cence. He went to England subsequently for his health, and died there. He wrote on subjects con- nected with the far west in magazines and other periodicals, and published " The Geography and Resources of Arizona and Sonora" (3d ed., enlarged, New York. 1864).

MOYA DE CONTRERAS, Pedro (mo -yah). Mexican archbishop, b. in Cordova, Spain, about 1520; d. in Madrid in December, 1591. He studied in the University of Salamanca, where he was graduated as doctor of theology and appointed canon of the cathedral of the Canary islands. Afterward he was for some time inquisitor of Murcia, and in 1570 he was sent as first inquisi- tor to Mexico, where he established his tribunal in 1571. He was nominated archbishop on 15 June, 1573, and installed, 8 Dec, 1574. In 1583 he was appointed visitor of New Spain, and after the death of the viceroy, the Count of Coruna, he was in charge of the executive from 25 Sept., 1584, imtil 17 Oct., 1585, when he delivered the govern- ment to the new viceroy, the Marquis of Villa- manrique. During this time he convened and pre- sided over the third council of the bishops of Mexico. In 1590 he was appointed president of the council of the Indies, and returned to Madrid, tak- ing possession of his office, 8 Jan., 1591, but died shortly afterward. He wrote " Annotationes ad librosDoctoris Francisci Hernandez, de Christiana methodo que loca explicant pauio difficiliora," which were printed in the fifth volume of the work of that naturalist (Madrid, 1790).

MOYLAN, Stephen, soldier, b. in Ireland in 1734: d. in Philadelphia, 11 April, 1811. He re- ceived a good education, afterward resided in Eng- land, and then came to America, where he travelled extensively, and finally settled as a meichant in Philadelphia. He was among the earliest to enlist in the cause of the colonies, and huiTied to join the army before Boston in 1775, when, upon the recommendation of John Dickinson, he was placed in the commissariat department. His face and manner attracted the attention of Gen. Washing- ton, who, in March, 1776, appointed him one of his aides-de-camp. In June of the same year, on the recommendation of Washington, he was chosen by •congress quartermaster - general, which office he resigned in the following October. He then raised the 1st Pennsylvania regiment of cavalry, an inde- pendent organization, with which he was, in the winter of 1777-'8, at Valley Forge, in 1779 on Hudson river and in Connecticut, in 1780 accom- panied Wayne on the expedition to Bull's Ferry, and subsequently was in the southern campaign. He served until the close of the war, and before his retirement was commissioned brigadier-gen- eral. He resumed mercantile business at Phila- delphia, where for several years prior to his death he held the office of U. S. commissioner of loans. He was one of the organizers of the Friendly sons of St. Patrick in Philadelphia in 1771, and its first president. One of his bi-others was Roman Catho- lic bishop of Cork, Ireland, another, Jasper, was a lawyer in Philadelphia, and another, John, a merchant of that city, was U. S. clothier-general during the Revolution. See the Marquis de Chas- tellux's " Travels in America" (Paris, 1786).

MOYSE, Charles Ebenezer, Canadian educator, b. in Torquay, Devonshire, England, 9 March, 1852. He was educated at the Independent college, Taunton, and at University college, London, and graduated at the University of London in 1874. He taught in various schools in P]ngland until 1878. when he was appointed professor of history and associate professor of the English language and literature in McGill imiversity, Montreal. This chair he relinquished in 1886 to become professor of the English language and literature and lecturer in history in the same insti- tution. Prof. Moyse has contributed much to Canadian periodicals. He is the author of " The Dramatic Art of Shakespeare" (Montreal, 1879) and " Poetry as a Fine Art " (London. 1883). MOYSE,' Hyacinthe (moiz), Haytian soldier, b. in Hericourt, Santo Domingo, in 1769; d. in Port au Prince. 25 Dec, 1801. He was a negro slave, the nephew of Toussaint L'Ouverture (q. v.), and among the first negroes who rebelled in 1790, joining one of those bands that, under Lempereur (q. v.) and Jean Frangois, committed depredations through- out the country. He soon became a chief, and his courage won him many followers. On 28 March, 1792, he attacked at La Croix du Bouquet the whites under Breton de la Villaudrie, and obliged them to re-enter Port au Prince. This success caused a general uprising in the counties in the west and south. The army of Moyse increased every day, and he was preparing to march against Port au Prince, when Gov. Blanchelande, resorting to di- plomacy to quell the insurrection, decreed the en- franchisement of all the negroes that held a com- mand in the insurgent parties, provided they should dismiss their followers. Many chiefs sent in their allegiance, but Moyse refused to disarm, and joined the forces of Jean Francois, who ap- pointed him to the command of the county of Du Dondon, where the negroes, headed by Father La Haye. had risen. Moyse took an active part in the rebellion for several years, but always showed him- self greatly superior to his followers and to most of the other negro chiefs. In 1793 he learned to read and write. In 1794 he separated from Jean Fran- 9ois, and, joining Toussaint L'Ouverture, fought for the French cause against the English invaders, whom he drove from the western counties, defeated in the battle of Vallieres in 1796, and finally com- pelled to leave the island in December, 1798. When Toussaint invaded the Spanish part of Santo Do- mingo, Moyse was appointed to the command of the right wing of the army. He defeated the Spanish on the banks of the river Nissa, and en- tered Santo Domingo with Toussaint, 2 Jan., 1801, but the latter relieved him from the government of that city, and sent him as general inspector of agriculture to northern Hayti. It has been said that Toussaint was jealous of the popularity of Moyse among the troops, and sought a pretext to disgrace him. Moyse submitted at first, but later opened negotiations with Jean Francois against Toussaint. A new rebellion began on 21 Dec, 1801. in northern Hayti, and, accusing Moyse of in- stigating it, Toussaint ordered his arrest, and con- demned him to death without a trial. Moyse was executed with twenty-three of his followers.

MOZIER, Joseph, sculptor, b. in Burlington, Vt., 22 Aug., 1812 ; d. in Faids, Switzerland, in October, 1870. In 1831 he removed to New York, where he passed some fourteen years in mercantile pursuits. He retired from Inisiness about 1845, and shortly afterward went to Europe, studying scxdpture for several years in Florence, after which he went to Rome. His principal works are " Pocahontas " (1848); "The Wept of the Wish-ton-Wish," which he repeated several times; "Truth," " Silence," both in the Mercantile library, New York (1855); "Rebecca at the Well"; "Esther"; "Indian Girl at the Grave of her Lover" ; " Jephthah's Daughter"; "The Peri"; and "Rizpah."