Miller, James, lieutenant-colonel of Fourth U. S. Infantry, at Detroit, vi. 326, 328; appointed colonel of the Twenty-first Infantry, viii. 36; at Lundy’s Lane, captures the British guns, 54, 55, 60; promoted to brigadier, takes command of Scott’s brigade, 87; carries British battery in sortie from Fort Erie, 87, 88. Miller, John, colonel of Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, leads sortie at Fort Meigs, vii. 107. Miller, Morris S., member of Congress from New York, on the States taking care of themselves in 1814, viii. 276. Miller, Samuel, captain of marines, at Bladensburg, viii. 143. Minor of Natchez, iii. 224, 225, 315. Mint, opposition to, i. 299; ii. 77. Miranda, Francesco de, his plans to revolutionize Colombia, iii. 189 _et seq._; distrusted by Burr, 189, 238; visits Washington, 190; his letter to Madison, 191; sails, 191; defeated by the Spaniards, 209; returns to New York, 238. Mirò, Governor, iii. 269. Mississippi, district of, created, ii. 257. Mississippi militia, with Jackson at Mobile, viii. 328; at New Orleans, 333, 337, 344–346. Mississippi River, British right of navigating, under the treaty of 1783, ix. 44–46, 52. Mississippi Territory, admitted into the Union, ix. 119. Mitchell, D. B., Governor of Georgia, vi. 242. Mitchill, Dr. Samuel L., i. 69, 93, 110; in the Seventh Congress, 264; in the Eighth Congress, ii. 153, 218, 238; senator from New York, iii. 126, 139, 430, 431. Mobile, intended to be seized at the outbreak of the war, vii. 206, 207; Congress authorizes seizure of, 208, 209; Gallatin’s remonstrance against seizure of, 211–213; Armstrong orders seizure of, 213, 214; Wilkinson takes possession of, 217; Vice-Admiral Cochrane recommends expedition to, viii. 311; Andrew Jackson arrives at, Aug. 15, 1814, 319, 320; Jackson waits at, 320–331; Jackson leaves for New Orleans, Nov. 22, 1814, 331–333. Mobile Act, annexing Mobile to the Union, ii. 255, 257, 260–263, 291, 293, 304, 380; vi. 236; criticised by Cevallos, iii. 25; explained by Jefferson, 56; Randolph’s explanation of, 163. “Modern Chivalry,” i. 125. “Mohawk,” British sloop-of-war, vii. 266. Mollien, Nicholas François, appointed Minister of the Treasury by Napoleon, iii. 371. Money, Captain, of the British ship “Trave,” commands sailors at the battle of Jan. 8, 1815, wounded, viii. 379.