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Agra, tomb of Etmad-od-Doulah at, view and description of 151-156
Almorah, flight to 282
Aristocracy of India, habits and life of 55
Astronomy of the Hindoos 82
Azeemoolah Khan, agent of Nana Sahib 182
———, treachery of, at Cawnpore 296, 301
 
Baboo Duckinarunjun Mookerjee, reply of, to Lord Ellenborough 360
Bahadur Khan, visit to, in prison 443
———, trial and death of 446
Bajee Rao, the Peishwa of Poonah 178
Bareilly, Dr. Butler's arrival at 221
——— and Boston, singular coincidence at 258
———, battle of 438
———, day of small things at 223
———, desperate charge of Ghazees at battle of 439
———, destruction at 257
———, Dr. Butler's return to 441
———, massacre at 246
———, Mission-house and Orphanage of 517
———, our first visitor at 221
———, preaching at, before Havelock's men 442
———, warning to flee from 234
Baugh, Major, escape of his lady from Moradabad 263
Bentinck, Lord William, abolishes Suttee 394
Bhagvat Geeta, the, a sacred book 24
———, its rules of moral perfection for Yogees 202
———, rejects the common origin of our race 24
Bowhill, Dr., communication from, before Delhi 289
Brahma, the length of his “Days” and “Nights” 77
Brahmin, portrait of a 21
———, assumptions and prerogatives of a 28
———, definition of the term 24
———, import of investing a, with the sacrificial cord 24, 31
———, legal discriminations in favor of a 33
———, oath and salutations of a 32, 34
———, person and property of a, inviolate 493
———, the four stages of life of a 31-37
———, whimsical rules of action for a 34
Brahmins, arrogant claims of the 20
Brahmins no longer the learned class of India 38
———, forms of devotion of the 27
———, the priestly caste 28
———, Vanaprastha, or hermit life of the 35
Bullubghur, Nawah of, address of, at his trial 426
Butler, Dr., arrival of, at Bareilly 221
———, arrival of, at Cawnpore 413
———, last sermon of, at Bareilly, before the flight to Nynee Tal 235
———, midnight ride through the Himalayan forest 284
———, prayer of, in the jungle 239
———, perils of, in the wilderness 283
———, preaching for Havelock's men 442
———, return of, to Bareilly 441
 
Campbell, Sir Colin, appointed Commander-in-chief 272
———, laconic reply of 273
———, meets with Havelock and Outram 353
———, starts for Lucknow 352
Campbell, the martyred, last letter of, to Dr. Butler 463
Carpenter, Miss, her patronage of the Brahmo Somaj 93
Caste, origin and divisions of 23, 30
———, exclusiveness of 30
Castes, Hindoos divided into four 23, 24
———, import of the term 23
Cawnpore, surrender at, to Nana Sahib 300
———, breaking out of rebellion at 295
———, captured one day too late 309
———, General Wheeler's preparations for the defense of 294
———, Havelock's men at the well of 310
———, situation of 294
———, the massacre of the ladies at 307
———, the “Well” at, two views of 311
———, treachery of Nana Sahib at 300
———, view of “House of Massacre” at 304
Chandalas, cruel law concerning, 32
Christ, his government of men explains the changes and overthrow of empires and religions 163
Christianity opposed to the fundamental principles of Hindooism 23, 29, 31
——— alone creates a true home 57
——— the friend of native education 38
——— woman's highest charter of rights 487 ​
Chronology of the Hindoos 76
“Chupatties,” similar to the “Feast of the Moon Loaves” in China 226
Clive, Lord, laconic note of, to General Forde 273
Cotton famine, education in India stimulated by the 222
 
Dancing, forbidden by Hindoo sentiment to virtuous women 45
Delhi, massacre at 228
———, desolation of 413-416
———, Dr. B.'s arrival in 413
——— magazine, Willoughby's gallant defense of 229
———. news of the fall of, received 408
———, siege of, by a small English force 278
———, visit to royal captives awaiting trial at 425
———, visit to the Emperor of 421
Dewanee Khass, view of the 117
———, Christian service in 427
———, scenes of blood within the walls of the 125
———, utter ruin of the 113
Dhava, Rajah, builder of the Iron Pillar 168
Duff, Rev. Dr., disastrous voyage of, to India 262
———, kind reception by 103
———, on Mohammedan intolerance 277
Duleep Singh, character and influence of 50-53
———, education and conversion of 50
———, portrait of 48
Durbin, Rev. Dr., suggestion of, in regard to a mission field 213
———. extract from letters to 245, 291
Durga-Poojah festival 400
Dwarper Yug 76
 
East India Company, misrepresentation of Christianity by 358
———, idolatry patronized by 403
———. overthrow of as a governing body 458
———, their doctrine of “neutrality” 405
Editor, Hindoo 54
Edwards, Judge, incident concerning 270
Ellenborough, Lord, folly of, in the English Parliament 359
———, nobly answered by Baboo Duckinarunjun Mookerjee 360
Emperor of Delhi, portrait of 106
———, numerous beggarly dependents of 174
England, material interest of, in India 73
——— conscious of her high trust, and moral obligation to India 75
———, enemies of, the Fakirs, Brahmins, Thugs, and criminal classes generally 373, 374, 397, 401, 420
———, the Mohammedans in India generally opposed to 177, 275-277
Eternity, Brahminical attempts to map out 77
Etmad-od-Doulah's Tomb, view of 150
 
“Fakir,” a self-torturing 196
———, import of the term 192
———, Himam Bhartee, and little babe 281
Fakirs, astonishment of Alexander and army at the sight of 92
———, expense of supporting 204
———, hold themselves superior to the claims of common decency 198
———, humorous verses on 197
———, numbers of, in India 203
———, painful pilgrimages of 198
———, portraits of 193
———, “the secret service” and postmen of the Sepoy rebellion 205
———, their appearance and influence 191
French rule deprecated by Hindoos 365
Friends of the Theological Seminary 530
Futtypore, Havelock's victory at 339
 
“Garment of Praise,” the 270
Geography of the Hindoos 80
Glossary of Indian terms 559-568
Gowan, Colonel, wonderful escape of him and his party 247
———. interview of Dr. Butler with, at Meerut 430
———, munificence of 432
Greased cartridges, terror created by 223
Grihastha, an order of Brahminhood 35
Gymnosophists, Fakirs so designated by Alexander the Great 192
 
Harem, the term defined 478
Havelock, General, and his men at the Well of Cawnpore! 309, 341
———, defeats Nana Sahib at Ahirwa 340
———, fights his way through Lucknow to the Residency 345
———, last service of, conducting the ladies out of the Residency 354
———, leaves Calcutta for Cawnpore 333
———, opportune return of, from Persia to India 273
———, portrait of 334
———, prevented advancing to Lucknow 343
——— reinforced, and on his way again 344
———, sketch of life, conversion, and military service of 335-338
———, triumphant death of 355
———, victory of, at Futtypore 339
Himalayas, journey across the 412
Hindoo mind, freedom foreign to the 429
———, portrait of a 17
Hindoos, original home of the 16
———, astronomy of the 82
———, chronology of the 76 ​
Hindoos, condition of, in the time of Alexander the Great 89
———, French rule deprecated by the 365
———, geography of the 80
———, literature of the 95-100
———, mythology of the 79
———, passion of, for display 59-62
———, portraits of four 17
———, the, an effeminate people 18
———, their methods of measuring time 78
Hindustani estimates of British rule, by Baboo Duckinarunjun Mockerjee 361
——— by Baboo Keshub Ohunder Sen 368
——— by Baboo Bholonauth Chunder 365, 369-370
———. by Satyendra Nath Tagore 366
———, by the “Som Prukash” 365
———, from “Sleeman's Recollections” 371
Home, its true sense unknown in India 56
Hunooman, the Mars of India 98
 
India, capacity for self-government wanting in 72, 429
———, civil and religious statistics of 67
———, diversity of races in 66
———, first Mohammedan conquest in 204
———, greater than Europe, leaving out Russia 69
———, habits, education, and amusements of the aristocracy of 54-58
———, languages spoken in 68
———, names of, and their significance 70
———, number of British troops in, in 1856 73
———, style of dress of gentlemen of 49
———, style of“ dress of“ a lady of 42
———, trade, railroads, telegraphs, and wealth of 70
———, value of, to England 73
Infanticide, female 470-476
———, the, in the Lucknow Court 453
Inglis, Lady, testimony of, to the soothing influence of prayer 331
Irishman, the, blown up with the Muchee Bawun fort 327
———, the, in Lucknow court 453
Iron Pillar, description of the 167
———, import of inscription on 168
———, its mystery 168
———, the palladium of Hindoo dominion 167
 
Jain Temple, in Delhi, visit to 417
Janvier, Joel T. 550
Joel, the first native helper of the M. E. Church in India 214
———, escape of, from Bareilly 259
———, joyful meeting of, with Dr. Butler, on the road to Meerut 434
———, portrait of 215
Jones, Sir William, facetious designation of Polyandry by 497
Judson, Mrs. Ann Hazeltine, grave of, at Amherst 156
Jumma Musjid, desecration of 418
Jungle, the prayer in the 239
 
Kalika Purana, the, quoted 399
Kali Yug, the 76
Kama-dera, the Hindoo Cupid, Prayers addressed to 479
Keshub Chunder Sen, representation of Vedic teaching by 92
———, opinion of missionaries of 367
Khan Bahadur, his treachery and cruelty 237, 269
———, his trial and death 446
———, visit to, in prison 443
Koh-i-noor diamond, its last possessor 50
Kootub Minar, view of the 157
———, origin and object of 161
———, peerless majesty of 159
———, the monument of a dead city and a dying faith 163
Kshotriya, caste of the 29
Kurnaul, Nawab of, noble conduct of, during the rebellion 280
 
Lady of India, portrait of a 40
Lalla Rookh, quotation from, mistake of the poet corrected 119
Lawrence, Sir John, noble conduct of during the rebellion 406
———, official paper of, issued in behalf of justice to native Christians 464
Lawrence, Sir Henry, appointed governor of Gude 319
———, disastrous defeat of, at Chinhut 321
———, injunction of—“Never to surrender!” 329
———, killed in the siege of Lucknow 327
Lucknow, arrival and reception of Dr. Butler at 207
———, Dr. Butler contemplates a mission at 212
———. efforts of Havelock to reach 343
———, Havelock fights his way through 346
———, “Jessie Brown," and her “Dinna ye hear the slogan?” 353
———, lawlessness and depravity of, in 1856 208
———, preparations for defense of 319
———, repeated attempts to storm 331
———, siege of, begun 325
———, the capital of Gude 207
———, the Muchee Bawun fort at, blown up 325
———, the relief of, view of 348
———, the “Residency,” view of 317
———, the Residency reached, and the ladies saved 349 ​
Lucknow, results of the conflict viewed from the Residency of 449
———, unequal conditions of conflict at 323
 
Mahabarata, the, a famous epic of India 99
———, the, recognizes polyandry 496
Mahadeva, temple of, in Delhi, confusion and wreck of 419
Maha Pralaya, the, or great destruction 77
Maria, martyrdom of 512
Marriage ceremonies, extravagance in connection with 60
Martel, Charles, great victory of 12
Martin, Montgomery, remarks upon the partiality of 443
Meerut, mutiny and massacre at 228
———, sad service at the post-office of 433
Menu, his system of caste a practical failure 31
Menu, Institutes of, their abundant legal provision for divorcing wives 495
———, discriminations of in favor of Brahmins 33
———, forbid a wife to eat with her husband 492
———, harsh rules of, for a widow's life 501
———, hold a widow to be bound to her husband when he is dead 502
———, hold the power of a woman's curse to be a motive of marital liberality 494
———, inflexible ordinance of, in regard to choice of a wife 484
———, on the marriageable age of girls 477
———, ordain that the person and property of a Brahmin should be inviolate 498
———, ordinances of, for selecting a wife 480, 481
———, quotation on caste 23, 29
———, quotation on Chaudalas 32
———, quotation on a Brahmin's oath 32
———, rules of, for the orders of Grihastha and Yanaprastha 35
———, rules of, for the order of Sannyasi 36
———, relax the law of female seclusion in favor of Fakirs, Brahmins, etc. 191
———, stern demand of, for a wife's subordination 487
Methodist Episcopal Church, mission field of the, in India 212
———, Christian orphanages of 506
———, first place of worship of, in India, view of 435
———, inside view of 438
———, organized its first Conference in Asia at the close of 1864 526
Missionaries better understood and more trusted than government officers 406
Missionaries of the various societies killed by the Sepoys, names of 261
———, eulogy of, by a Brahmin 372
———, by Keshub Chunder Sen 376
———, estimate of, by Duckinarunjun Mookerjee 363
Mogul Emperor, the, accepts English protection 109
———, bargain of the, with the English 171
———, Dr. B.'s interview with the last 421
———, insufficiency of the munificent provision for the 173
———, portrait of the last 106
——— the pageant of, felt to be a bore 175
———, the last, unmarked grave of 426
Mohammedan invasion of India 19, 104
——— bigotry of, illustrated in the death of Khan Bahadur 446
——— sovereigns of India; character of their rule 107
———, sovereigns, their sad record 111
Mohammedans, dress and appearance of 20, 63
Mohammedanism, repulse of, from Western Europe 12
———, its hatred of Christ and Christians 77, 451
———, the real spirit of the Moslem Creed 277
Montgomery, Sir Robert, his reception of the first missionary in Lucknow 443
Moomtaj, Empress, notices of 143-147
———, the Taj built for the tomb of 144, 147
Moore, lines by, on Mohammedan brutality 104
———, mistake of, in Lalla Rookh corrected 119
———, Persian couplet over the Dewanee Khass, quoted by 119
“Mutiny baby,” the 263
Mythology of the Hindoos 79
 
Nana Sahib, a hypocrite without an equal 185
———, ambition and disappointment of 182
———, character of his palace 184
———, history of 181
———, infernal treachery of 300
———, massacre of the ladies by 307
Nana Sahib, lying and blasphemous proclamations of 275
———, portrait of 180
———, probable end of the 309
Nauch girl, portrait of 44
——— girls, character of 46
———, import of term 45
Nawab of Rampore, proffers assistance to refugees at Nynee Tal 279 ​
“Neutrality” of the East India Company not understood 189, 405
Noor Jehan, the “Daughter of the Desert,” her singular history 151
Nynee Tal, view of 243
———, Dr. Butler's first entrance into 242
———, first chapel in 434
———, joyous salute heard at 408
———, measures of defense at 266
———, panic at, and flight from 282
———, refugees at, hungry for news 269
———, singular panic of besiegers of 408
 
Orphanages of the M. E. Church in India, origin of 506
———, the need of 519
Oude, annexation of 207
———, discouragements by British officials in regard to establishing missions in 212
———, history of, presents a record of violence, perfidy, and blood 211
———, its last king, Wajid Ali Shah, portrait of 209
———, necessity for the annexation of 207
———, Queen of, protests against annexation 102
“Outcasts,” cruel law concerning 32
Outram, Sir James, magnanimously waives his right to command in favor of Havelock 344
———, interview of, with the dying Havelock 356
 
Pana, the, its value 33
Paradise, illustrated from the Dewanee Khass 120
Parisnaih, two as large as life, in Delhi 418
Parsees, (followers of Zoroaster,) number of, in India 67
Peggy, matron of our Female Orphanage, portrait of 218
Peggy's sacrifice for her Saviour 214
“Peishwa,” import of the title 178
Permissive Providence of God, instance of 231
Pierce and Humphrey, Rev. Messrs., suppose Dr. Butler dead 410
———, joyful meeting with, in the Taj Mahal 433
Poictiers, Abder Rahnum's defeat at 12
Polyandry 497
Polygamy 494
Post-office, the regular, distrusted by the Sepoy conspirators 190
Prayer, the, in the jungle 239
———, soothing effects of 331
Presbyterian Church, missionaries of, murdered 15, 261, 298, 294
Presbyterian Church, M. E. Mission indebted to, for its first native helper 214
Presbyterian missionaries did not die in vain 466, 467
Priests of Mahadeva, interview with 419
Prime, Dr., testimony of, to the improvements in India 461
Providential interpositions:—
 General Sibbald's timely absence 232
 Singular panic which fell upon the besiegers of Nynee Tal 408
 The night in the Terai 239
 The night in the Himalayan forests 283
Punjab, its preservation in the hour of trial 407
 
Rajpoots, their pride and cruelty 475
Ramayana, outline of the 95-99
Rampore, Nawab of, noble conduct of, during the rebellion 279
———, exposed to danger in consequence of aiding us 281
———, munificent liberality of, to the Woman's Missionary Society 525
Rig-Veda, the 84
Robertson, Judge, deceived by Bahadur Khan 287
———, execution of 249
Roe, Sir Thomas, in the Court of the Mogul 122
———, a changed scene in Delhi from what he witnessed 422, 424
Romanism, failure of, to improve its opportunity in India 145
Russian rule not desired by the people of India 355
 
Sacontala, the, forbids inquiry concerning the wife of another man 488
———, injunction as to the subordination of younger to elder wives 496
Sannyasi, rules of life for 36
Satya Yug, the 76
Saugor Isle, its accursed scenes 473
Sepoy Rebellion, the, originating causes of 170-190
———, causes of the failure of 427
———, criminals in the jails linked in with the 227
———, did not originate in patriotism 428
Sepoy Rebellion, growing fear of the extension of the Christian religion a cause of the 189
———, how English government in India affected by 460
———, Mohammedan monopoly of place and power a cause of the 186
———, no native Christian joined the 464 ​
Sepoy Rebellion, opened a career for Christians in India 465, 526
———, opening of, at Meerut and Delhi 228
———, position of the Delhi Emperor respecting the 170
———, probable number of English persons killed in the 260
———, promoted by false prophecies and news 225
———, promoted by the criminal classes and disaffected elements 401
———, results of, to Christianity in India 463
———, results of, to the East India Company 458
———, results of, to the Hindoo race 457
———, results of, to the Mohammedan portion of the population 451
———, results of the, to the Sepoy Army 450
———, “secret service” and post-office of, in the person of the Fakirs 205
———, encroachments of English law on peculiar institutions of India a cause of the 190
———, the annexation of Oude a cause of the 188
———, the greased cartridges made the occasion for 223
Sepoys, the native force of the English in India 72
———, blown from English guns—how and why 313-316
———, spirit they generally manifested 445
———, fidelity of some, at Lucknow 351
———, number and description of 73
———, the ruin which they dragged down on themselves and others 450
Shajehanpore, fearful massacre at 259
Shalimar, the gardens of 115
Shaster, the, on a wife's seclusion 486
———, the abominable injunction of, on a wife's subordination 487
Shraad, purpose of 476
———, blowing from guns deemed a preventive of the 313-816
Sibbald, General, undue confidence of 232
Seeta, the rape of 96
Soma-juice, the libations of the ancient Hindoos 88, 91
Suttee, view of a 375
———, abolished by Lord Bentinck 394
———, extent and motives of 384
———, instances of 387-393
———, mode of 381
———, modern Hindooism alone demands 379
———, without Vedic sanction 378
 
Taj Mahal, a mausoleum 133
———, appearance of, at sunrise and by moonlight 134
Taj Mahal, first view of 129
———, joyful meeting in, with the first Methodist missionaries 433
———, matchless grace and beauty of the 141
———, materials used in construction of 130
———, remarkable effect of music in the 139
———, the architect and cost of the 148
———, to whom erected 148
———, view of, from a distance 128
———, view of, inside the garden Frontispiece
———, view of the entrance gate to 132
Takt Taous, or Peacock Throne, of Shah Jehan 116, 422
Theological Seminary of India at Bareilly 529
Thugs, portraits of 396
———, interview with two hundred 398
———, murderers by profession 399
Treta Yug, the 76
Troup, Colonel, warns Dr. Butler to flee 234
———, General, in command of Havelock's brigade 442
Tucker, Judge, heroic death of 339
“Twice born,” import of the phrase 24
 
Vanaprastha, or hermit life, rules for 35
Vedas, collated and published by foreigners 41
———, licentiousness of the worship inculcated in the 91-93
———, a willful corruption of the, the foundation of Suttee 378
———, the common misapprehension of their character 92, 93
———, deities mentioned in the 86
———, the, do not sanction the usages of modern Hindooism 85
———, the, polytheistic character of 86
———, samples of the 90, 95
———, the, sanction beef eating 87
———, their age, number, and character 84
 
Wages of a laboring man in India 506
Wellesley, Marquis, makes infanticide a capital crime 474
Wentworth, Rev. Dr., invites Dr. Butler to join him in China 432
Wheeler, General Sir Hugh, fatal mistake of 295
Widow, re-marriage of a, forbidden 502
Widowhood in India 497-502
Willoughhy's gallant defense of the Delhi magazine 229
Woman debased by the Hindoo system 31
——— forbidden by law to eat with her husband 492
———, last hours of a, in India 504
——— of India in full dress, portrait of a 40 ​
Woman, training of a youthful Hindoo 482
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church 521
———, munificent liberality to the, by the Nawab of Rampore 525
Women of India doomed by modern Hindooism to a life of ignorance 42
——— in India at present unable to create a true home 57
——— in India, higher social position of, in the Vedic age 88
——— in India never dance unless they are prostitutes 46
———, courtship of, unknown in India 497
———, statistics of education of 42
———, widowhood of, in India 497-502
Women, wrongs of, legalized in India 469
Woodside, Rev. J. S., interview of, with the Emperor of Delhi 424
 
“Yogee,” meaning of the word 203
Yogees, or silent saints of India, portraits of 200
———, singular rules of moral perfection for, from the Bhagvat Geeta 201, 202
———, superstitious veneration for 203
 
Zeenat Mahal, last Empress of Delhi, portrait of 111
Zenana, the term defined 479
Zenana Schools, number of pupils in 42
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