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Ament, Dr. William, 116–117 American legation, 33–34, 79, 87, 108, 117, 124, 128, 139, 143, 144, 149, 154, 164, 181, 212, 265, 273 Astor, John Jacob, 110 Autumn Moon Festival, 216–217 Backhouse, Sir Edmund Trelawny, 207 Bainbridge, W. E., 34, 97, 115 Battle of Chickamauga, 10 Beihe River, 166 Beijing, 21, 22, 23, 29, 20–31, 74–75, 111,126,130,132,165,181–182, 185, 196, 232, 256 Hanlin Library, 143, 171 Imperial Carriage Park, 134 Imperial College, 122 Imperial Observatory, 9, 77–78, 89, 190 Lama Temple (Yonghegong), 249, 277 Prospect Hill (Qingshan), 33, 189 Qianmen Gate (Zhengyangmen), 127, 137, 145, 172, 183, 194 Qihuamen Gate, 169 Tartar City, 121, 122, 127, 137, 190, 198 Temple of Agriculture, 269 Temple of Guanyin, 197 Temple of Heaven, 185, 190 Temple of Longevity (Wanshousi), 81 Temple of the God of War, 197 Tomb of the Princess, 80 Xinhuamen Gate, 60 Beijing Olympics, 2 Beijing Opera, 108 Beitang Cathedral, 120, 123, 124, 188 Bell Temple, 81–82 Index 318 Index Bengal Lancers, 167 Beresford, Lord Charles, 54 Berlin, 158, 190 Bland, John Otway Percy, 207 Bowring, Sir John, 21 Boxer Uprising, 10, 22, 33, 57, 85, 90, 93, 96, 103, 106, 159, 160, 166, 183, 196, 215, 263, 265, 269 Chinese Christians in, 113–114, 124, 152, 156, 170–171, 176 looting during, 150, 178, 184–187, 268–271 origins of, 108–109 British legation, 134–135, 136, 137, 138, 143, 149, 156, 157, 170, 176 Bruce, James, Lord Elgin, 21 Buchan, Lieut. Fred, 198, 225, 267 Buck, Pearl S., 2, 251 Buddha, 70, 178, 216–217 Burridge, Laura, 7, 8 Butler, Smedley, 185 Campbell, Maurine, 235, 251, 253, 270 Carl, Capt. Augustus, 231 Carl,Katherine Augusta,2,226,227–229, 231,232,234,242–243,245–246, 257, 273, 277 as painter of Cixi’s portrait, 228–229, 231–234 criticism of portrait, 246–247 graduate of Académie Julian, 231, 242 Carles, W. R., 172 Cawnpore Massacre (1857), 140 Chaffee, General Adna, 160, 175, 189, 264 Changping (formerly Changpingchou), 49 Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 8 Chentung Liangcheng, Sir, 214, 247 Cherry Grove, Illinois, 9 Cheshire, F. D., 34, 120, 121, 132, 154 Chiang Kai-shek, 277 Ching-chang, minister to France, 171 Chirol, Valentine, 65 Chongzhen Emperor (Youjian), 33 Christmas, 67, 69–70, 216 Cian, Empress Dowager, 23–24, 83, 94 Civil War, 8, 10, 172, 212, 250 Cixi, Empress Dowager, 1, 96–97, 108, 118, 122, 123, 165, 271, 275, 278 ancestry of, 20 appearance of, 61–62, 204, 232–233 as devout Buddhist, 40 birth and childhood of,18,19–20,35 death of, 275–276 declaration of war on foreign powers, 137 distrust of foreigners, 89 education of, 20 embrace of foreign ways, 227 explanation of her dealings with Boxers, 191–196 first Western portrait of, 272 flight to Xian, 191–196 gives first audience to foreign ladies, 59–63 influence of Boxers on, 129–130 interest in photography, 89 New Testament presented to, 39–41, 83, overtures to Americans during Boxer siege, 128–129 Pewter Lane (Xila hutong), 19 return to Beijing, 181 rumors about, 90–91 Sarah Conger’s influence on, 209– 210 temper of, 192, 230 [3.137.192.3] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 12:49 GMT) 319 Index Clark, Rev. Francis E., 68 Cleveland, President Grover, 84 Cologan, Marquis Don Bernardo de, 34, 146 Coltman, Dr. Robert, 103–106, 107, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 124–125, 131, 141–142, 144, 145, 151, 156, 157, 160, 172 Confucius, 9, 11, 67, 251 Conger, Dr. E. L., 263 Conger, Edwin Hurd, 35, 36, 53, 57, 107, 112, 113–114, 118, 121, 127, 147, 157–158, 161–163, 170, 174, 175, 182, 188, 198, 201, 212, 222, 240, 244, 260, 279 appointed minister to Brazil, 13 appointed minister to China, 18 as defender during Boxer Uprising, 145 as private in Company I, 102nd Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 10 awarded Order of the Double Dragon, 257 birth of, 9 brevetted major, 10 death of, 264–265 elected congressman, 12 feminism of, 203 financial difficulties of, 265–266, 269 offered ambassadorship to Mexico, 256 offers shelter to Chinese Christians, 136 reports on Boxers, 95 resignation as US minister to China, 255–256 rumors of death of, 158 Conger, Hannah, 9 Conger,Laura,15,57,106,110,115–116, 117, 118, 144, 150–151, 177, 182, 188, 198, 207, 210, 213, 214, 218, 221, 225, 234, 235, 240, 252, 254...
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