gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 211 
Mitchells; peak in North Carolina, named for Elisha Mil. hell, who lost his life 
while making a survey of it. 
Mitchellville; town in Polk County, Iowa, named for Thomas Mitchell. 
Mitchigami; lake in northern Wisconsin. An Indian won! meaning "large lake." 
Mobeetie; town in Wheeler County, Texas. From a Comanche Indian word mean- 
ing "walnut." 
Moberly; city in Randolph County, Missouri, named for Col. William E. Moberly, 
of Brunswick. 
Mobile; county, city in same county, river, and hay in Alabama, named from 
Maubila, an ancient Indian town upon the river. 
Mobjack; bay in Maryland. The name is supposed to be a corruption of an Indian 
word. 
Moccasin; village in Effingham County, Illinois. The Indian name for a shoe or 
covering for the foot. 
Mocksville; town in Davie County, North Carolina, named for the former owner .if 
the land. 
Modena; villages in Stark County, Illinois, and lister County, New York, named 
from the city in Italy. 
Modesto; city in Stanislaus County, California. A Spanish word meaning "mod- 
est." 
Modoc; county in California, and towns in Randolph County, Indiana, and Edge- 
field County, South Carolina, and nine other places, so called from the Modoc 
Indians of California. Their name in its original form signifies "southerners." 
Moffat; town in Saguache County, Colorado, named for D. H. Moffat, late president 
of the Denver and Eio Grande Railroad. 
Mog-ollon; plateau in Arizona and range of mountains in New Mexico. A Spanish 
word meaning "hanger-on," "parasite." 
Mohave; county in Arizona, desert below sea level in southeastern California, and 
town in Kern County, California, named from a tribe of Indians named 
Hamunkh-habi, meaning "three hills." 
Mohawk; river, township, and village in Herkimer County, New York, named 
from the Mohawk tribe, the name signifying "eater of live meat," referring to a 
bear. 
Mohican; town and river in Ashland County, Ohio, named for the Indian tribe, 
the word meaning "wolf." 
Moira; town in Franklin County, New York, named for the Earl of Moira. 
Mokane; village in Callaway County, Missouri, on the Missouri, Kansas, and Eastern 
Railroad, the name being a combination of portions of these names. 
Mokelumne; river in California. A corruption of the Indian Wakalumni, the name 
of a river. 
Mokena; village in Will County, Illinois. An Indian word meaning "turtle." 
Moline; township, and city in Rock Island County, Illinois, and many othei places. 
A Spanish word, sometimes written molino, meaning "mill." 
Molunkus, river and plantation in Aroostock Comity, Maine. An Indian word 
meaning "short stretch of high land on a small stream." 
Monadnock; mountain in New Hampshire. From the Indian m'an, meaning "sur- 
passing," adn, "mountain," and ock, "place" — place of the surpassing (unex- 
celled) mountain. 
Monaghan; township in York County, Pennsylvania, named from the comity in 
Ireland. 
Mondamin; town in Harrison County, Iowa. An Indian word meaning "corn." 
Monee; village in Will County, Illinois, named for the wife of an Indian trader, 
Joseph Bailes, the name being the Indian corruption of the English baptismal 
name of Mary. 
