parentage, 19-20;
childhood, 20-28;
conversion, 27-28;
Bingham School, 29-31;
teaching, 31-32;
Presbytery of Orange, 32-34;
Princeton Seminary (1853-1856), 35-38;
pastorate, 38-41;
ordination, 42;
voyage, 43-45;
Bangkok (1858-1861), 45-52;
marriage (1860), 52;
Pechaburī, 53ff;
first acquaintance with the Lāo, 57-58;
tour of exploration to Chiengmai, 59-65;
charter of the Lāo mission, 66-70;
removal to Chiengmai (1867), 71-76;
pioneer experiences, 77-83;
ceremony of Dam Hūa, 84-86;
non-professional medicine and surgery, 88-91, 95, 120, 147-148, 158,
190, 195-196, 322, 362;
visit from Dr. House, 92;
First Church organized, 93;
first-fruits, 95-101;
the gathering storm, 102-105;
it breaks (Sep. 1869), 106;
terrifying suspense, 107, 118-119;
alarm in Bangkok, 111-113;
the martyrs, 114-117;
Siamese Royal Commission, 121;
a stormy audience and its results, 122-129;
death of Kāwilōrot, 133-135;
visit from Dr. and Mrs. Cushing, 138-139;
the new rulers, 137-144;
building, 140-142;
arrival of a missionary physician, 149;
First Tour (1872, with Dr. Vrooman)—exploration north and east,
150-159;
visit to Lakawn and Nān, 161-168;
first furlough (1873-1875), 159-168;
Second Tour (1876)—exploration northwestward, 170-177;
conversation with the Princess, 180-187;
shrine on Doi Sutēp, 188-189;
firmer Siamese policy—the Resident High Commissioner, 191-194;
the deaf Prayā, 199-201;
struggle with demonism:—Pā Sêng Bun, 203-206;
Christian marriage defeated, 207-209;
appeal unto Cæsar, 210-212;
Edict of Religious Toleration (1878), 213-220;
teachers for the Girls’ School, 221-222;
the harvest of twelve years, 225;
the nine years’ wanderer, 225-228;
voyage to Hongkong, 228-230;
Rahêng, 230-232;
churches organized, 233;
second furlough (1881-1882)—reinforcements and losses, 236-243;
a surveying expedition (1884), 244-254;
equipment for touring, 249-251;
semi-monthly mail to Maulmein, 255-256;
death of Princess Tipa Kēsawn, 257;
Presbytery of North Laos and the training of native evangelists,
257-262;
station established at Lakawn, 263-265;
struggle with demonism renewed—Bān Pên, 266-270;
work among the villages, 270-274;
Third Tour (1886, with Mr. Martin)—Christian communities in the
north, 276-283;
reinforcements, 283-284;
river trip with Mr. Dodd, 285-286;
Fourth Tour (1887), 286-287;
Fifth Tour (1888, with Dr. Peoples and Mr. Dodd):—church organized in
Chieng Sên, 289-291;
serious illness, 291;
marriage of his daughter—the Prince and the charades, 293;
foothold secured in Lampūn, 294-296;
trip to Bangkok, 297;
week at Bān Pên, 297-298;
a marvellous recovery, 298;
the “prisoner of Jesus Christ,” 300-304;
tax-rebellion, 305-306;
Dr. McKean, and a continuous medical mission at last, 306-307;
Sixth Tour (1890, with Miss McGilvary):—Lakawn, Prê, Nān, 308-310;
the lost elephant, 311;
Chieng Kawng and the “Teacher’s Road,” 313-314;
Chieng Sên and Chieng Rāi, 314-315;
elephant runaways, 317-318;
Buddhist sacred days to be observed by Christians, 318-319;
Seventh Tour (1891, with Mr. Phraner), 320-336:—first meeting with
the Mūsôs, 322-327;
Mûang Len, 327-329;
Chieng Sên, 329-330;
a thrilling experience, 330-331;
Chieng Kawng and Mûang Tông, 332-333;
Mūsôs baptized, 333-336;
Eighth Tour (1892, with Dr. McKean)—among the Mūsô villages, 338-348;
tragic struggle with opium, 348;
famine, 349-352;
Ninth Tour (1893, with Mr. Irwin)—the Sipsawng Pannā, 353-368;
Mûang Yawng, 354-355;
an undiscovered peril, 358;
Chieng Rung;
ferry and ford of the Mê Kōng, 359-360;
dysentery and heroic treatment, 362;
Mûang Sing, 363-366;
Mūsôs east of the Mê Kōng, 367-368;
third furlough (1893-1894), 370-376;
Mr. Arthington of Leeds, 373-376;
Presbytery and a native ministry, 377-380;
Tenth Tour (1896, with Dr. Denman)—Chieng Rāi chosen for a station,
382-384;
evangelists sent forth, 384;
Mūsôs, 385;
Eleventh Tour (1897, with Dr. Peoples)—the “regions beyond”: Lūang
Prabāng, 388ff.;
courtesy of French officials, 388-390, 395, 398, 400;
Mûang Sai, 390-394;
Mûang Āi, 394-395;
wedding feast, 395;
surprise party, 396-397;
Mûang Sing, 398, 399;
Twelfth Tour (1898)—the closed door, 402-412;
summoned to the U. S. by illness of Mrs. McGilvary (1905), 426-427;
Golden Wedding, 427-429;
appreciation by Dr. Arthur J. Brown, D.D., 1-7.
Observations and criticisms: Continuity in mission policy, 416-417;
Converts with more than one wife, 231-232;
Exclusion of the Lāo mission from the Lāo-speaking peoples of the
north, 157, 332, 368-369, 404, 411-412;
Girls’ Schools as Christianizing agencies, 178, 203, 280, 284, 287,
418-419;
Heresy trials, 371-372;
Language problem, 222-225, 420-422;
Native evangelists and ministers, 257-262, 377-380, 414-416;
Parliament of religions, 370-371;
Obedient to constituted authority and law, 208, 301, 393, 400, 406;
Outlying Christian communities—their claim on the missionary,
329-330;
Rulers—importance of cultivating their acquaintance, 90, 144, 161,
170-171,330.
Religious teachings and conversations, 97-98, 161-162, 174-176,
180-188, 199-200, 342-343, 365.
McGilvary, Mrs. Sophia Bradley, marriage, 52;
wins first Lāo convert, 79, 100;
life in a bamboo shack, 140;
furlough after twenty-three years in Siam, 159-160;
river journey Without escort, 164;
opens first Lāo school, 177;
sole assistant in the mission, 195-197;
translates first Gospel into Lāo, 288, 320;
visits to the U. S., 158, 229, 238, 426-427;
Golden Wedding, 427-428.
Medical Mission, summary, 422-423.
Merit-making, 64, 133, 134, 147, 180, 257.
Mission, American Baptist, of Burma, 138, 143, 254, 368, 383, 418.
Mūsô tribe, 276, 322-327, 334-336, 338-348.
Nevius, Rev. Dr., 378-379.
Opium, 136, 335, 346-348, 357, 399.
Presbytery:
of, Siam, 47, 59, 71;
of North Laos, 257-260, 377-380.
Princess:
Tipa Kēsawn, 55, 90, 108-109, 145, 178, 180-187, 209, 222, 257;
the younger, 55, 63-64, 105, 114, 115, 119, 136.
Printing-press, and Lāo type, 224, 320, 338, 353, 384.
Posts and telegraphs, 91, 121, 255-256, 296, 320.
Rapids:
Mê Ping, 71-75;
Mê Kōng, 154-155.
Regent of Siam, 112, 132.
Robbers and brigandage, 91, 164, 233, 329, 358;
bandit chieftain, 84, 96, 146, 147.
Toleration, Edict of, chapter xix.
Warfare of depopulation, 218, 353-354, 355, 357, 363.
White ants, 179.
Wild game;
deer, 253, 339;
cattle, 253, 313;
tigers, 72, 152, 153, 311, 386-387.
Wilson, Rev. Jonathan, D.D., 36, 38, 43, 51, 65, 67, 92, 95, 113, 140,
148, 169, 221, 233, 263, 291, 381, 423, 428.
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