Mishawaka
a city of St. Joseph co., Ind., and the county-seat, situated on the St. Joseph river and the Grand Trunk and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroads. The city is an industrial center with good waterpower, and its products include rubber goods, plows, cement blocks, machine shop products, automobiles and supplies, cigars, and leather goods. It contains an orphans' home, a hospital, a public library, brary, several parks, ks, and a high school. Pop. (1910) 11,886; (1920) 15,195.
Vol. VI-Cyc-Q A MISIONES MISIONES (mē-se-ō'nes), an Argentine territory; lying between the Uruguay and the Paraná; bounded on all sides but the S. W. by Brazil and Paraguay; area 23,932 square miles; pop. (1918) 57,544. The greater portion of the surface is covered with forest, producing building and dye-woods, oranges, medicinal herbs, and the yerba maté.
Maize is largely grown and sugar-cane.