The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material (1919) (14804840933)

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Title: The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material

Year: 1919 (1910s)

Authors: Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin), 1846-1935

Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Publisher: Chicago, Ralph Durham Co.

Contributing Library: Internet Archive

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mned, so areportraits, both painted and carved. Charity,honesty in all transactions, truthfulness (ex-cept in a few cases) and modesty are indis-pensable virtues. After Mohammeds deathAbu Bekr, his father-in-law, became his suc-cessor. Disputes then arose, a faction hold-ing that Ali, the son-in-law of Mohammed,was by right entitled to be the prophetssuccessor. This led to the division of theMohammedans into the two sects known asShiites and Sunnites. The former, the be-lievers in the right of Ali to be consideredthe first successor, constitute at present themajority of the Mussulmans of Persia andIndia; the latter, considered as the orthodoxMohammedans, are dominant in the OttomanEmpire, Arabia, Turkestan and Africa. Thetotal number of Mohammedans to-day is es-timated to be 220,000,000. MOHAVE, mo liahvay, a tribe of Indiansnoted for their strength and fine physicalproportions. They live on a reservationalong the lower Colorado River in NorthernArizona, where they build log houses of

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MOHAWK 2378 MOLE brushwood covered Avitli sand, and raise corn,pumpkins, melons and beans. They makefine pottery and excellent baskets. The Mo-haves are a reticent, slow, contented tribe,adhering closely to their old manners andcustoms. They tattoo themselves and cre-mate their dead. MOHAWK, the chief tribe of the FiveNations, or Iroquoian confederacy, whichformerly lived in the lower valley of theMohawk River. They were among the earli-est Indians to meet the Dutch and Frenchsettlers and soon secured firearms from theformer. Armed with these weapons, theybecame a tremendous power in the confed-eracy, but their position brought them quick-ly into conflict with the whites, by whomthey were repeatedly defeated in battle.During the Revolution they sided with theBritish until, under Brant, they were driveninto Canada, where they now live principallyas farmers in Ontario. See Five Nations,The; Iroquoian Indians. MOHAWK, a river of the United States,the principal tributary of the Hudson in

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