tive in, 896; coal abundant in, 897; polygamy
unknown in, 462.
Japanese people, origin ofj 10; language not understood
by the Chinese, 10; alphabet, or sylla-
barium, dialects, construction of languages,
pronunciation, Kcempfer’s theory of their
origin, 11; language, its analogies to other
languages, color of the, of rank resemble Europeans
in color, 12; resemblance to the Tartar
family, 12; their claims to antiquity as a nation,
18; hereditary rank among the, priests,
rank of merchants, peasantry, leather manufacturers,
executioners, 17; government secretaries,
official espionage among the, 19;
disembowelment, 20; reason of their unchangeable
customs, interdiction of intercourse
w ith Europeans, falsehood among officials
a result of their system, 21; not common
to the people in general, 22; severity of
their laws, mode of trial, prisons, 28; religion
known as Sintoo—religion, difficulty of obtaining
information respecting, 19; liberal in
their religious views, number o f sects among,
refusal to banish Jesuits and monks, 27; proclamation
expelling the Portuguese, 88;
th eir reception of the Dutch, 85; extirpate
the native Christians, 89; officials dealing
with the D utch required to trample on the
cross, 41; intercourse with the English, license
to the E ast India Company, 48; intercourse
w ith Russia, 56; refuse to take back
their sailors shipwrecked on th e Russian
coast, 57; decline the overtures of Resanoff,
58; officials, conversation with the leaders of
the English Expedition to th at country in
1678,47; refuse intercourse with the English,
49; imprison G-olonin, 59; intercourse with the
United States—refuse to take back their sailors
shipwrecked on the United States coast,
treatment of the ships Morrison, Vincennes
and Preble, 60; refuse trade w ith any nation
b u t Holland—imprison United States seamen,
61; tabular view of the attempts at
intercourse with the, 62 ; their skill in lacquered
woodwork and carving, 63; manufacture
of glass, porcelain, paper, 64; woven
fabrics and leather by—shoes of straw, 65;
agriculture, live stock; horticulture, 66;
dwarfed trees, 67; cultivation, Lew Chew,'
191; marine navigation, vessel’s compass, 67;
their scientific knowledge, clock, 68; inge-
nuity, mermaids, 69; knowledge of medicine,
p o s t m o r tem examination not permitted,
medical works, 71; Dosia, 72; their astronomical
knowledge, similar to th at of the
Muiscas ofBogota, 78; colleges, schools, books,
music, 74; drawing, painting, wood engraving,
bas-reliefe, architecture, syakfdo, or enamel,
75; mineral wealth, 76; cedars, camphor
tree, 77; conduct to be observed towards
the, by the Expedition, 178; embassy
a t Lew Chew, 177; junks, 177; official, Lew
Chew conversation with, 188; possess fire- I
arms, spies, 185; guides, Lew Chew, 187;
cultivation, Lew Chew, 188; discovery of the
Bonin Islands, 285; account of the Bonin Islands,
226; ju n k driven into P o rt Lloyd.
228 ; wrecked on Stapleton Island, survivors
taken off by a French, ship, wreck seen by
officers of the Susquehanna, 229 ; garrison at
Napha, Lew Chew, 254; officials, conjectured
at—inform Com. Perry that they claim jurisdiction
over Lew Chew, 255; Expedition
makes the first full exploration of the coast
of the northern Lew Chew Islands, 268 ; at
Vedo, admiration of the Susquehanna by the,
265; coasting vessels, bay of Vedo, 266;
guard boats, crews, oars, flags, 267; forts, 272,
275; diplomacy, 274; soldiers, Uraga—defences,
Uraga, 275; junks, Uraga, 277; attempt
to interrupt the survey of the bay of
Uraga, 278; fond of whiskey , and brandy,
their geographical knowledge, 286; officials,
their inspection of the Susquehanna, swords,
287; internal trade, activity of, 288; official
etiquette, 290; preparations for the deception
of the letter of the President of the United
States, 291; standards, 292'; official uniform,
298; screens , of painted cloth, 292; oarsmen,
dexterity of, 298; army, appearance of the—
horses, 294; cannon—uniform, 295; concession
of the, in the reception of the letter of
the President a t Uraga, 805; friendly intercourse
with Americans of the squadron, 810;
intercourse w ith forbidden by Japanese officials,
811 ; officials carry away remnants o f a
collection in their sleeves, 810; lacquered
ware, silks, fans, pipes, 812; curiosity respecting
steam vessels, 815 ; comparison of the
with the Lew Chewans, black beards of the,
865; vocabulary compared w ith th a t of Lew
Chew, 866; harbors, provision for securing
vessels—charts, slight value of—mode of navigation,
878; courtesy and scrupulous honesty,
instance of—offers of assistance to the
Macedonian, 879; officials prevented from
boarding the American ships, 880; officials
received by Capt. Adams, 881 ; officials change
the place of delivery of Emperor’s letter, 882 ;
commissioners endeavor to prevent a survey
of the Bay of Vedo, 884 ; officials, frequent
visits of the, return naval buttons, urge removal
of the American squadron to Uraga—
officials, offer supplies as presents, 885; etiquette
respecting presents, 886; officials refuse
to receive Com. Perry except a t Kamakura,
or Uraga, 887 ; officials treat invitation
to “ bring their ladies w ith them ” to the celebration
of Washington’s birthday as a joke,
888; boats steady in a rough sea—curiosity
respecting the Americans—present remnants
of feasts to their guests, 891 ; intercourse with
Americans, crew rescued by an American
merchantman, 896; ambassadors, credentials
of, 897 ; winter—boatmen, rugged health of,
898; batteries, Bay of Vedo, 400; commissioners,
arrival of a t Yoku-hama, 402; their
personal appearance, 404 ; deference to rank,
mode of obeisance—interpreter, 405 ; reply
to. the letter of the President of the United
States, 407 ; drinking custom, respect for the
dead, 411 ; interest in the American railroad
and telegraph, 416, 488 ; curiosity respecting
American dress, taste for pictures, for sketching,
intercourse with the American squadron,
taking notes, 417 ; non-communicative, common
people more disposed than the officials
to have intercourse with the Americans, imitative
like the Chinese, 418 ; commissioners,
note of the, to Com. Perry, 420; report of
conference relative to the treaty with the
United States, 425 ; neatness, 428 ; wrestlers,
480; presents to the United States placed in
the store ship Supply, 484; officials, conviviality
of, a t the dinner given by Com. Perry,
487; .officials carry away fragments of a feast,
487; entertainment in honor of the treaty,
dinners unsubstantial, 448; commissioners,
notes of their conferences w ith Com. Perry,
447; unlike the Chinese, 450; qualifications
of the treaty, 450 ; jealousy of foreigners, 451 ;
treaty with Russia, 452; treaty with England,
452; treaty with the Dutch, 452; curiosity
respecting American women, treatment
of Americans and Russians a t Simoda, 458;
proclamation to the Americans a t Simoda,
455; tooth dye—women, 460; women rouge
their lips, 460; women work in the fields,
dress, baby,, common people, courtesy o f the
common people, 461; women good-looking,
women, social position of, 462; policy towards
the Expedition, 468; stone dressing,
boat-building yards, 465 ; buildings unpainted,
474; inclined to intercourse with the
members of the Expedition, restrained by
their officials, 488; scholars, 400 ; request to
sail with the Expedition, 486 ; confined in a
cage, 488; official inspection of a corpse, 491;
officials, insult to American officers, 492; apology
for, 498; boat, Hakodadi, 502; vessels,
Com. Perry’s account of, 520; navigation,
boats, sculling, rowing, ship models, 521;
tools, war junks, fisheries, 522; ideas of the
fox, of demoniacal influence, ca b in e ts cPai-
scmce, public, cattle, horses, roads, sedans
528 ; drainage, 524 ; dexterity in the mechanical
arts, curiosity respecting neat workmanship,
houses, carpentry, masonry, stone
cutting, coopers, barrels, 525; steel, swords
cutlery, razors, blacksmiths, bellows, 526*
cotton fabrics, silks, lacquered wares, porcelain,
art, 527 ; spectacles, drawings, drawings
of steam engine, screen painter, 528; prince,
529; sculpture, 580; architecture, books,'
knowledge of European periodicals, of America,
581; curiosity, 582; chess, cards, game
of loto, 582, 588 ; official uniform, 586 ; respect
to the dead, 587 ; officials, their interest in
the armament of the expedition, 589; embassy
respecting boundaries a t Hokodadi, official
communication, 542; respect for the dead,
544; currencies, exchange oÇ 548; commission,
Simoda, 546; knowledge of European
affairs, 547 ; coal, 552 ; mining, protend to be
ignorant of coal, 554; prices, accounts, 555;
dogs sent to the President of the United
States, 556; in the United States, 557; capital
punishments, 558; treaty with Russia,
shipwrecked seamen, energy, 588; friendliness
to Americans, anxious for trade, for
English books, 589 ; send away religious
tracts, technicalities respecting ratifications,
590.— S ee H a k o d a d i a/nd S im o d a .
Jesuits endeavor to destroy the D utch visitors to
Japan, 86.
Jewels in Japan, 76.
Johnson (Charles), visits to the Bonin islands, 280.
an early settler of the Bonin islands, 854.
Jones (Lt.), report of volcanic phenomena a t sea,
576.
Jones (Rev. Mr.), his MS. journal, iv.
observations of the zodiacal lights, 114
zodiacal observations, 157.
sketches, a plan of the fortress of Nagaguska,
195.
report on geology of Lew Chew, 210.
conducts an exploration o f the interior of Lew
Chew, 861.
reads the burial service in Japan, 412.
views on the introduction of Christianity into
Japan, 516.
observations on Japanese paintings, 529.
applies for directions respecting funeral services,
544.
conversation with Japanese on prayer, 545.
exploration for coal a t Formosa, 575.
Journal k ept by the Peeking of the exploration of
Lew Chew, 201.
Journals, MS., of the expedition, iii.
officers of the expedition invited by Com. Perry
to ■prepare, 110.
promotion of the publication of, by members of
the expedition, 111?
“ Judge ” (the), Peel island, 256.
Jungle weed, Peel island, 241.
Junks, Japanese, 177, 267, 279.
large number of in the bay of Uraga, 288.
Z
Ka-ei-silsi-neu, letter of, 897.
Kæmpfer, 8.
a writer on Japan, 4.
his theory of the derivation of the Japanese, 11.
remark on profits of Portuguese commerce
with Japan, 81.
agency of the Dutch against Japanese Christians,
89.
concessions of the Dutch in religious observances,
40.
remark on the population of Japan, 67.
account of Japanese minerals, 75.