A Half Century Among the Siamese and the Lāo: An Autobiography

by Daniel McGilvary

INDEX

• Arthington, Robert, [373]-[376], [386].
• Bradley, Rev. Dan Beach, M.D., [45], [52], [54]-[57], [67]-[70], [131]-[132], [164], [199].
• Buddhist shrines, [172]-[173], [188], [252]-[253].
• Ceremonies and Festivals:
  • Dam Hūa, [84]-[86];
  • cremation, [145]-[147];
  • dedication of a shrine, [188]-[189];
  • rice-harvest, [274];
  • fairs, [327], [356], [366];
  • “kin waw,” [323], [343];
  • sacred days, [318]-[319];
  • wedding feast, [395];
  • New Year, [396]-[397].
• Chulalongkorn, King of Siam, [211]-[213], [382], [426].
• Commission, Royal, [112], [121]-[131].
• Commissioners, High:
  • Prayā Tēp Worachun, [193]-[194], [205], [206], [208], [210], [213]-[215], [222], [300];
  • Commissioner not named, [300]-[304];
  • Chow Prayā Surasīh, [419].
• Cushing, Rev. J. N., DD, [138]-[139], [244], [247], [250], [373].
• Demonism and witchcraft, [75]-[76], [91], [93]-[94], [173], [194], [203]-[208], [214], [266]-[270], [278], [321], [324], [331], [340].
• Diseases:
  • cholera, [51];
  • fever, [88], [190], [195], [205], [242];
  • goitre, [88];
  • smallpox (vaccination), [57], [89]-[91], [243], [250];
  • scurvy, [196];
  • mortality of re-peopled districts, [202], [282].
• Education:
  • Girls’ School, [177]-[178], [221]-[223], [274], [284], [287], [292], [418]-[419];
  • Boys’ School, [284], [291], [300], [419], [424]-[426];
  • Phraner Memorial, [377], [418];
  • parochial, [418];
  • government, [419]-[420];
  • educational policy as regards language, [222]-[225], [420]-[422].
• Elephants:
  • saddle, [62], [151]-[152], [157], [246], [249]-[250], [311]-[312], [317]-[318], [330]-[331], [355], [359]-[360], [382]-[383];
  • wild, [156], [253], [311];
  • baby-elephants, [246]-[247], [309].
• Evangelists and ministers, native, [257]-[263], [377]-[380], [414]-[416].
• Famine, [335], [346], [349]-[352].
• French Indo-China, [332], [354], [358], [384], and chapters [xxxiii], [xxxiv].
• Hallett, Holt S. (railroad survey), [244]-[254].
• House, Rev. S. R., M.D., [37]-[38], [45], [53], [67], [92]-[93], [110]-[112].
• Intanon, Prince of Chiengmai, [81], [90], [108]-[109], [132], [137], [142], [145], [187], [193]-[194], [209], [245], [262], [293], [300].
• Kamu tribe, [368], [393]-[394], [400], [403], [405], [407], [411].
• Karens, [89], [143]-[144].
• Kāwilōrot, Prince of Chiengmai (1855-1870), [57], [67], [69]-[70], [85]-[86], [90], [95], [102]-[106], [121]-[129], [133]-[138], [146]-[147].
• Lāo:
  • the name, [13]-[14], [57]-[58];
  • spelling of Lāo words, [12]-[13];
  • people, [58], [156];
  • states, [130], [191]-[192], [218]-[219], [262];
  • language, [357], [358], [420]-[422], see also [Education];
  • women, [144]-[145].
• Lāo Mission:
  • planted, [77];
  • Rev. J. Wilson arrives, [92];
  • first church organized, [93];
  • a gift of land, [95];
  • first native members received, [96]-[101];
  • persecution, [106]-[117];
  • mission supposedly abandoned, [126];
  • intervention, [130]-[132];
  • new régime, [137]-[144];
  • permanent buildings, [140]-[142];
  • first physician, [149];
  • Girls’ School, [177];
  • teachers arrive, [221]-[222];
  • reinforcement, [242];
  • Presbytery organized, [257];
  • printing-press, [320];
  • Christian Endeavor, [381];
  • summaries, [217]-[218], [225], [287]-[288], [299], [304], [401];
  • general review, [413]-[423].
  • Later Missionaries:
    • Briggs, Rev. W. A., M.D., [10], [319], [336]-[337], [351]-[352], [401];
    • Campbell, Rev. Howard, [376], [411], [414];
    • Mrs. Campbell, [418];
    • Campbell, Miss Mary, [177], [221]-[222], [234], [236]-[237], [240];
    • Cary, A. M., M.D., [283]-[284], [296], [298];
    • Cheek, M. A., M.D., [166], [169], [178], [190], [195], [212], [233], [236]-[237], [283], [292];
    • Mrs. Cheek, [169], [242], [293];
    • Cole, Miss Edna E., [177], [221]-[222], [233], [240], [284], [387];
    • Collins, Rev. D. G., [283], [284], [296], [301];
    • Curtis, Rev. L. W., [376];
    • Mrs. Curtis, [9];
    • Denman, C. H., M.D., [376], [381], [382]-[385];
    • Dodd, Rev. W. C., D.D., [283], [284]-[286], [289], [291], [296], [301], [358], [377]-[378], [382], [384], [401];
    • Mrs. Dodd (Miss B. Eakin), [292], [293], [303];
    • Fleeson, Miss, [292], [293], [299];
    • Freeman, Rev. J. H., [9], [296];
    • Griffin, Miss I. A., [240], [243], [284], [292], [299];
    • Hearst, Rev. J. H., [239], [243];
    • Irwin, Rev. Robert, [319], [353], [362], [367], [401];
    • Martin, Rev. Chalmers, [239], [250], [252], [268], [270], [271]-[273], [276], [283];
    • McGilvary, Cornelia H. (Mrs. William Harris), [199], [306], [308]-[316], [427];
    • McGilvary, Rev. Evander B., [337], [371];
    • McGilvary, Margaret A. (Mrs. Roderick Gillies), [197], [337];
    • McKean, J. W., M.D., [306], [316], [320], [338], [341], [422]-[423], [427];
    • Peoples, Rev. S. C., M.D., [239], [250], [257], [263]-[265], [289]-[291], [300], [319], [387];
    • Mrs. Peoples, [240];
    • Phraner, Rev. Stanley K., [319], [320], [326]-[329], [376]-[377], [418];
    • Mrs. Phraner (Lizzie Westervelt), [238], [274], [284];
    • Taylor, Rev. Hugh, [299], [308]-[309];
    • Vrooman, C. W., M.D., [149]-[159], [166].
  • Native Converts:
    • Āi Tū (Prayā Pakdī), [277], [280], [287];
    • Cha Pū Kaw and Cha Waw, see under Mūsô;
    • Chao Borirak, [158], [163], [197];
    • Lung In, [168], [170], [202];
    • Nān Chai, [100]-[101], [114]-[117];
    • Nān Chaiwana, [266]-[270];
    • Nān Inta, [96]-[99], [149], [161], [163], [207], [208], [210], [233], [243], [257], [258];
    • Nān Tā, [225]-[228], [234], [243], [248], [258], [272], [276], [277], [283], [299], [301];
    • Nān Sī Wichai, [199], [243];
    • Nān Suwan, [197]-[198], [233], [248], [257], [280], [287], [327], [330], [333], [341], [359];
    • Noi Intachak, [230], [257], [260];
    • Noi Siri, [301]-[304], [333];
    • Noi Sunya, [99]-[100], [114]-[117];
    • Noi Tāliya, [278]-[279], [290], [334];
    • Pā Sêng Bun, [205]-[206];
    • Prayā Sīhanāt, [199]-[201], [232]-[233];
    • Sên Utamā, [230], [232];
    • Sên Yā Wichai, [79], [100], [105], [203], [281], [291].
• Mahā Mongkut, King of Siam, [37], [47]-[48], [70].
• Mahā Vajiravudh, King of Siam, [425]-[426].
• Mattoon, Rev. S., D.D., [39], [45], [67], [165]-[166].
• McDonald, Rev. N. A., D.D., [53], [68], [103]-[104], [121]ff.
• McFarland, Rev. S. G., D.D., [53], [70]-[71].
• McGilvary, Rev. Daniel, D.D., birth (1828), [20];
  • 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, [53]ff;
  • 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, [388]ff.;
  • 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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