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."
