March, Father Estanislao, spiritual attendant of Rizal at his slaying, [307], [308].
Mercado, Francisco Rizal, father of José Rizal: his home in Calamba, [5]; character and popularity, [5]; incurs ill-will of Spanish lieutenant and of a judge, [7]; attempts to defend his wife, [11]; manner of greeting his son, [61]; sends money to him, [77] (footnote); insistence upon freedom of speech, [84]; troubles with the Dominican estate manager over turkeys, [163]; sturdy fight against oppression, [164].
Mercado, Mrs. Teodoro Realonda, mother of José Rizal: selected for punishment because of her husband’s difficulties with a Civil Guard lieutenant, [8]; arrested and ordered to imprisonment, [9]; her character, [10]; victim of Spanish system of vicarious punishment, [12]; experiences with Philippine courts, [12]–13; released through intercession of her daughter, [13]; threatened with blindness, [61]; successful operation on her eyes by José, [138]; advice to Josephine Bracken concerning an ecclesiastical marriage, [269]–270; declines a pension after the expulsion of the Spaniards, [329] (footnote).
Missionary priests, devotion and labors of, [18].
“Monte Cristo,” effect of on Rizal, [49].
Morga, de, Antonio, Spanish pioneer and author: book on the Philippines, printed in 1608, [156]–158; Rizal’s edition, [158]; cited against accusation of laziness in Filipinos, [189].
“My Last Farewell,” poem by Rizal, [Appendix A].
“My Retreat,” poem by Rizal, [Appendix A].
Names, confusion of, in the Philippines, [29]–30.
“Noli Me Tangere,” Rizal’s first novel: its scope and plan, [93]; characters, [93]–96; its plot, [97]–117; origin of the title, [118].