illnesses, 99–100, 176
immigrants, on careful choice of, 116–117
James family, visit with in Monrovia, 306–307
John and Jesse, arrangements for, 90, 151–152, 216–218
King Freeman, negotiations with for land, 81–82
language study as window into Grebo life, 102
letter to sister about slavery, 282–283
love for home, 128, 284, 285–286
Margaret Strobel, disappointment in, 102–103
as mediator between Freeman and Russwurm, 139
Mpongwe, admiration for, 242
Mpongwe alphabet, development of, 246
Mpongwe language, study of, 236, 254–255
on Mpongwe traditions, 294
odyssey of, xi
Portuguese slaver, encounter with, 174
printing of Grebo dictionary, grammar, and primer, 101–102
printing of Mpongwe tracts, 236
promotion of mission cause, 284, 285, 286
racial assumptions of, 153
reconciling to deaths of Whites, 132–133
rescue of dying child, 250–251
role of memory and place on, 137, 234
Russwurm, relationship with, 141–144, 146, 177, 194
sassy wood ordeal and, 111–112
on slave mentality, 85–86, 117
slave trade, opposition to, 85, 127, 141, 146, 174, 224–225, 301
slavery, influence of on character, 118
Snetter, defense of, 115–116
Teddah, visit to, 124–127
Toko, friendship with, 225–227
translation of Gospel of John, 298–299
Waterwitch, trip on, 228–235
whites, on role of in African history, 127
as witness to Spaniard’s cruelty to slaves, 224
Wilson, John Leighton, in United States
African intelligence, defense of, 310, 324
Alice Johnson, adoption of, 353
American Indian missions, work with, 339
avoidance of war, hope for, 326, 330–331
Brazil, visit to missions in, 361–362
Charleston and Savannah, visit to, 285
Columbia, S.C., delivery of supplies for refugees in, 345
completion of Western Africa: Its History, Condition, and Prospect, 314–316
Confederate Army, work with, 342
Cornelia DeHeer, adoption of, 318
death of, 372
emancipation, conversations about, 310–311
end of missionary life, 312
funeral, 372–373
gardening with John, 343
ill health, 311
international slave trade, on reopening of, 324–325
on liberty, 216, 327
love of home, 334–337, 371–372
missions, commitment to, 338
native American tribes, interest in, 313
on patriotism, 334
photo, illustration A
Pine Grove, visit to, 282–284, 285–286
Pine Grove house, purchase of, 348
at Presbyterian General Assembly, 332–333
rebuilding churches, 354
resignation from Presbyterian Board of Missions, 333
on return to South, 330, 333–337
reunion with family and friends, 307–309
role of memory and place on, 357–358, 371
secession, correspondence with Hodge on, 328–330
as secretary of Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 311–314, 369
as secretary of Southern Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 363, 369–370
on separate churches for Freedpeople, 354–356
slavery, opposition to, 283–284
on voting rights for black men, 353
white missionaries in Africa, role of, 315–316
Wilson, Joseph R., 339
Wilson, Leighton Bayard, 342
Wilson, Mary Martha, 36, 50
Wilson, Mrs. Dr., 186, 187, 197, 208, 241
Wilson, Robert, 372
Wilson, Samuel, 36, 342
Wilson, Sarah, 36, 54, 282–283, 284, 348, 370
Wilson, William, 36, 43, 50, 90, 307
Wilson, William, Jr., 36
Wilson, Woodrow, 339
Wisner, B. B., 254, 277
Wisner, Benjamin, 58
Wood, Anthony, 121, 305
Woodrow, James, 339
Wyman, Jeffries, 281
Wynkoop, Stephen, 64, 71–72, 74, 84–86, 88
Yanaway, 222, illustration 11
Yellow Will, King (Weah Bolio), 81, 163, 197, 376
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