Norton, Prof. William Augustus, of Sheffield Scientific School,42.Occidental civilization, Superiority of, demonstrated,216.Olyphant Brothers, contribute toward support of Yung Wing at Yale,39;also20,43.Opium war, First (1840),8,15;Second (1864),7.Ou Ngoh Liang, member of Chinese Educational Commission,197,200.Oyama, Marshal,242.Palmer and New London railroad,37.Parker, Dr. Peter,58,59.Parkes, The Misses,7,8.Parkes, Harry,7.Parsons on Contracts, parts translated by Yung Wing,167.Partitionment of China threatened,73.Peacock’s feather, conferred only by Imperial sanction,154;given to Yung Wing,167;see alsoRank.Pearl River, Canton,52.Pedro Island,1,6.Peking, Paying official calls in (1882),219;also58.Perit, Pelatiah, of Messrs. Goodhue and Co.,42.Persecution resorted to by Chinese government to quell religious fanaticism,118.Peru, Coolie labor in,192.Po Yang Lake, Kiangsi,86.Poppy cultivation, early plan for extinction,220.Population in interior of China,93.Porter, Noah, president of Yale, protest against breaking up of Chinese Educational Commission,211.Putnam Machine Company, Fitchburg, Mass., execute first order for machinery for China,156;see alsoMachinery.Railroad between Tsientsin and Chinkiang, unsuccessful plan for,237.Rank, Second in, Red Button grade,272;third in, Blue Button grade,271;see alsoMandarin; Peacock’s feather.Rebellions, significance in Chinese history,113;see alsoKwang Tung rebellion; Taiping rebellion.“Red Hair Men,”9.Revolutions,seeRebellions.Rights of Chinese, to be more fully recognized in future,73.Ritchie, A. A.,20.Road, Macadamized, between Sheong Shan and Yuh-Shan,83,84.Roberts, Rev. Icabod J., American missionary,114;acquaintance with Hung Siu Chune and its results,115;disappearanceat fall of Nanking (1864),115;also107.Roman Catholic Church, its part in Tsientsin massacre,177.Russell and Co., Messrs.,155.St. Helena,21,22.San Kow, village,127.Sandlotism, Spirit of,208.Sandy Hook to Hong Kong in1854,18.Savannah, Ga., Ladies’ Association of, render financial assistance to Yung Wing,36.School, Mechanical, annexed to Kiang Nan Arsenal,168.School, Preparatory, established at Shanghai (1871),185;see alsoChinese Educational Commission; Gutzlaff, Mrs.; Morrison school.Seal of official rank offered to Yung Wing by Kan Wong,110.Seelye, Leuranus Clarke, president of Smith College, protest against breaking up of Chinese Educational Commission,211.“Seven Dragons,” on Tsientang River,85.Shan Hing, city,94.Shanghai, city,51,67.Shanghai Mail,76.Sheffield Scientific School,42.Shemonashiki, Treaty of,244.Sheong Shan, city,83.Shing Sun Whei, head of Chinese Telegraphic Company,235;responsible for defeat of National Banking project,235.Shing Taoti,seeShing Sun Whei.Shortrede, Andrew,20,48,59.Si-Hoo, or West Lake,80.Siang Tan, city, overland transport trade with Canton,97.Silk, Yellow,88,90,94.Siu Tsai, degree,50.Soldiery and the people in time of war,103.Springfield, Mass., home of Dr. A. S. McClean,28;Yung Wing’s headquarters (1872),29;center of location for students under Chinese Educational Commission,189.Students, in preparatory school, Shanghai,185;first installment under Chinese Educational Commission leave for U. S. (1872),188;distributed through New England,189;last installment (1875),197;see alsoChinese Educational Commission; School.Suchau, captured by Taiping rebels,97;under martial law,98.Sung Dynasty,81.Sung-Kiang route to Suchau,96.Szechuen Road, Shanghai,67.Szechwan, province,84.Ta Tung, non-treaty port,126.Tael, value of Chinese,128.Taiping government, conditions under which Yung Wing would join,109.Taiping Green Tea Expedition (1860-’61),191;see alsoTea; Yung Wing.Taiping rebellion (1850-’65), religion its vital force,113;led by Hung Siu Chune,117;Chinese government resorts to persecution to quell,118;assumes political character,118;real causes of,119;false impressions concerning evangelization of China,120;first victory,120;causes of loss of prestige,121;collapse,122;indirect results,122;cost and loss of life,147;capture of Nanking (1850),164;also53,55,56;see alsoTaiping rebels.Taiping rebels, capture of Woo Chang (1856),91;and of Suchau,97;condition of surrounding country,100;their considerate conduct,101;Doxology,99,102;views of Christianity,101;and of soldiery,103;defeated before Nanking (1860),104;statement by Chin regarding their disposition,105;quantities of green tea held by,124;also86,90;see alsoTaiping Green Tea Expedition; Rebellions.Taotai, official of fourth rank,167.Tea, Chinese and Indian compared,92;drank as thank-offering,103;quantities held by Taiping rebels,124;expeditions to purchase, headed by Yung Wing,125;also85,90,191.Tien Wong, Hung Siu Chune called,108.Tientsin massacre (1870), cause,177;Chung Hou held responsible for,178;indemnity,178;Imperial commissioners,178;also268.Ting Yi Tcheang,seeTing Yih Chang.Ting Yih Chang, taotai of Shanghai,167;sympathy with educational plans of Yung Wing,170;governor of Kiang Su and Imperial commissioner for settlement of Tsientsin massacre,179.Tonquin, tributary state,178.Treaty Powers,58.Trident, sailing ship,14.Tsai Sik Yung, secretary to viceroy of Hunan and Hupeh (1894),225.Tsang Kee Foo, standing,76;introduces Yung Wing to Li Jen Shu,76.Tsang Kwoh Fan, viceroy,137;defeated by Taiping rebels (1862),138;his plans for Yung Wing,139;drills army and brings to extinction Taiping rebellion,141,147;supreme power of China,142;personal characteristics,142,145,146;interview with Yung Wing,143;created duke by Dowager Empress,147;plans for introducing Western machinery into China,149,153;commissions Yung Wing to make first purchase,154;capture of Nanking,164;makes Chu Chow headquarters,164;Nienfi rebellion ended (1867),168;visits Kiang Nan Arsenal,168;Imperial commissioner for settlement of Tsientsin massacre,178,180;furthers Yung Wing’s educational scheme,180,183;returns to headquarters at Nanking (1870),182;death (1871),186,273;summing up of character and comparison with Li Hung Chang,187;Chang Chi Tung compared with,228,230;also76,77,104.Tsang Tai Sun, interpreter for Chinese Educational Commission,183,197;also96.Tsang Mew, friend of Yung Wing,125.Tsientang River, its periodical bore,81.Tung Ting Lake,89.Twichell, Rev. Joseph H., accompanies Yung Wing to Peru,194;protest against breaking up of Chinese Educational Commission,211;also227.Ung Tung Hwo, tutor to Emperor Kwang Su,233;champions Yung Wing’s banking scheme,234;collusion with Shing Sun Whei and system of graft,235.Union Chapel, Shanghai,66.U. S. government, timely intervention to prevent partitionment,73.Urh Woo, Chinese boat,82.Victoria Colony,15.Vrooman, Rev. ——, headquartersat Ham Ha Lau,52.Wen Seang, prime minister of China,171;death of mother and period of mourning,175;his death (1868),170.West Lake, or Si-Hoo, Hangchau,80.West Point Military Academy, Chinese students refused admission,207.Wha Yuh Ting,143.Whang Wen Shiu, president of Tsung Li Yamun, (Foreign Affairs),220.Whipple, Capt., of shipEureka,43.Whitworth’s machine shop, London,156.Williams, S. Wells, work on dictionary,114.Willow trees at Auburn, N. Y., planted by S. R. Brown,22.Wong Foon, decision to pursue further course of study referred to patrons in Hong Kong,31;graduates from Monson Academy and enters University of Edinburgh,32;return to China (1857),33;death (1879),33;also13,18,20,28,31.Wong Kai Keh, assistant commissioner at St. Louis Exposition,232.Wong Shing, scholar in Morrison school,13,18,20,28,31.Woo-Sik, Chinese city,79.Woo-Sik-Kwei, Chinese boat,79,80.Woo Tsze Tung, comes to U. S. in retinue of Chin Lan Pin (1876),200;member of Chinese Educational Commission (1876),201;attitude toward work of the Commission,204;instrumental in recalling students (1881),210,219.Wuhu, treaty port,83,126.Wuhu River,126.Yang Liu Tung, tea district,91.Yangtze-Kiang River,84,89,91.Yeh Ming Hsin, Viceroy, drastic measures to suppress rebellion in Kwang Tung province,53;appointed viceroy (1854),55;capture and banishment,56.Yeh Shu Tung, teacher for Chinese Educational Commission,183;coolie question in Cuba,197,206;appointed secretary to Chinese Legation,198.Yellow River, Inundation of,75.Ying Wong, Chin’s opinion of,104.Young, John R., protest against breaking up of Chinese Educational Commission,211.Yuh-Shan, city,83,86.Yung Wing, birth (1828),1;early school life,2;death of father (1840),8;helps toward family income,8;works in rice fields,9;printing office,11;hospital,11;enters Morrison school (1841),13;departure for U. S. (1847),18,21;benefactors,19,36;incidents of voyage,22;arrival in New York,23;Chinese Education scheme,23;enters Monson Academy,27;studies during first year,28;placed under care of Mrs. Phœbe H. Brown,29;literary taste influenced by Dr. Charles Hammond,31;decision to pursue further course of study referred to patrons in Hong Kong,31;refuses Edinburgh offer,32;graduates from Monson Academy,32;enters Yale,33,37;problem of support,34;applies for assistance from contingent fund,34;grounds for refusal,35;inadequate preparation and hard work,37;prizes,38;stewardship,38;assistant librarian of “Brothers in Unity,”39;first Chinaman to graduatefrom American college,18,39,49;popularity,40;determination to carry Western education into China,41;abandons scientific course and returns to China,42;story of voyage (1854-’55),43;meeting with his mother,48;college degree,50;mother’s death (1858),51;residence in Canton, regaining the language,52;revolting consequences of Kwang Tung rebellion,53;sympathies stirred,56;private secretary to Dr. Peter Parker,59;interpreter in Hong Kong Supreme Court,59;studies law,59;apprentice to attorney,60;opposition of British colony,60;resignation,62;passage from Shanghai to Hong Kong in shipFlorence,62;position in Imperial Customs,63;system of graft leading to resignation,63;mercantile life,67;night encounter with men from shipEureka,67;and other personal insults,70;reputation as translator,74;draws up petition for relief of sufferers in Yellow River inundation,75;introduced to Li Jen Shu,76;ground for declining position as comprador,77;packing tea,78;goes to Hangchau,80;ascends Tsientang River,82,85;takes trip to hunt after yellow silk,88;return to Nih Kia Shi,90;learns process of preparing tea for foreign market,91;first journey in interior of China,93;silk business,94;with missionaries to Nanking (1859),96;experiencesen route,98;arrival at Tan Yang and conversation with Commandant,101;courteous treatment,105;gates of Ku Yung closed against them,106;Nanking reached,106;introduction to I. C. Roberts,107;renews acquaintance with Hung Jin,108;points suggested by journey,109;conditions of joining Taiping government,109;interview with Kan Wong resulting in offer of title of fourth official rank,110;refusal,111;passport granted and return journey to Shanghai made,112;attention turned to money-making,123;interview with tea-merchants at Shanghai,124;expedition to Taiping to buy tea,125;routes chosen and particulars of journey,126;escorts treasure on succeeding expeditions,128;midnight adventure with marauding horde,130;ill health and relinquishment of tea business,135;invited to call on Viceroy Tsang Kwoh Fan (1863),137;enters service of state government (1863),140;arrival at Ngan Khing and interview with Viceroy,143,150;temporary abode at military headquarters,148;suggestions for establishing machine shop,149;empowered to purchase machinery,152;commission received (1863),154;fifth official rank conferred,154;route from Shanghai to New York,155;class re-union at Yale,156;order for machinery executed at Fitchburg, Mass.,156;offers himself to U. S. government as volunteer,157;return to China,160;report on purchase of machinery,165;created mandarin (1865),166;government interpreter and translator,166;Colton’s Geographyand parts ofParsons on Contractstranslated,167;school of engineering suggested to Viceroy,166;secures co-operationof Ting Yih Chang in educational scheme,170;proposals drawn up,171;hindrances to their presentation to the government,175;Tsientsin massacre furthers plans,177;memorial for adoption of proposals signed,180;Chin Lan Pin’s co-operation,181;memorial sanctioned,182;invited to Nanking to confer with Viceroy,183;Educational Commission appointed,183;preparatory school established (1871),185;English government schools visited,186;precedes first installment of students to U. S. (1872),188;headquarters at Hartford, Conn.,189;gatling gun introduced into China (1873),191;interview with Peruvian commissioner on coolie traffic,192;relates horrors and refuses to further treaty,193;commissioned to investigate conditions in Peru,194;report of mission,195;attitude of Peruvian commissioner,195;results,196;appointed joint Chinese minister to Washington,198,207;disagreement with Chin Lan Pin,202,205;letter to Viceroy regarding Woo Tsze Tung,205;violation of Burlingame Treaty,208;last official act as Commissioner (1877),209;reports at Peking upon expiration of term of office (1881),217;interview with Li Hung Chang on subject of recall of students (1881),218;paying official calls,219;Indian opium trade and poppy culture,220;return to U. S. (1883),220;illness and death of wife (1886),221;j oy in sons,223;formulates plans for prosecuting war of1894-’95,224;partial acceptance of plan and commission to negotiate loan,224;failure caused by personal animosity,226;recalled to China (1895),226;provision for sons during absence,227;presents plans to Chang Chi Tung,228;appointed secretary of Foreign Affairs for Kiang Nan,231;resigns,232;begins translation of National Banking Act,232;defeat of plans for National Bank of China,234;unsuccessful attempt to secure railroad concession,237;headquarters at Pekingrendez-vousof reformers of1898,241;flight to Shanghai and organization of “Deliberative Association of China,”241;in Hong Kong (1900-’02),241;returns to U. S. (1902),242;visit to Formosa and threatened arrest,242;furnished with bodyguard,245;meeting with Dr. Horace Bushnell,256;