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Schwenkfeld (shvenk'felt), Kaspar. Born in Silesia, 1490: died at Ulm, Germany, Dec. 10, 1561. A German Protestant mystic, persecuted by the Luther ans: founder of a sect named from him Schwenkfeldians. Schwerin (shvā-ren'). 1. A duchy in Mecklen Scogan They were a Royalist stronghold in the civil war, and were reduced by Blake in 1651. Area, 10 square miles. Population (1891), 1,911. Scinde. See Sind. Scindia. See Sindhia . Scio (si'ō or shē ́ō). An island in the Ægean Sea belonging to Turkey, situated west of Asia Mi nor, in lat. 38° 20′ N., long. 26° E.: the ancient Chios and Turkish Saki-Adasi. Capital, Scio. The surface is hilly and rocky. The island has been noted in ancient and modern times for wine and fruit. The inhabitants are mostly Greeks. It was settled by Ionians; pa ed under Persian rule in the 6th century B. C.; was a member of the Confederacy of Delos until 412 B. C.; was a center of art and literature, and particularly noted for its school of epic poets; has been claimed as the birthplace of Homer; formed part of the Maced on i an, Roman, and other dominions; was taken by the Genoese in the 14th century; was conquered by the Turks in 1566; was the scene of a terrible ma acre by the Turks in 1822; and was ravaged by earthquakes in 1881-82. Length, 30 miles. Population, about 36,000. Scioto (sī-ōtō). A river in Ohio. It flows east and then generally south to the Ohio, which it joins at Portsmouth. Length, about 250 miles; navigable about 130 miles. Le Sage's novel of that name. burg-Schwerin, forming the circle of Mecklen- Scipio (sip'i-o). The secretary of Gil Blas in burg.-2. A former principality and imperial bishopric, now in the grand duchy of Mecklen- burg-Schwerin.-3. The capital of the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, situated on the Schwerinersee in lat. 53° 38′ N., long. 11° 25 E. The principal buildings are the grand-ducal palace, and the Pointed cathedral of the 15th Henry the Lion in 1161. Population (1890), 33,643, century. An ancient Wendish place, it was captured by Schwering