by John Demos
western Indian Territory resettlement of, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, epl.1
white influence and decline of indigenous traditions in, 7.1, 8.1
white supporters of, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
white trade with, col3.1, col3.2, 7.1
Cherokee Phoenix, col3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
Cherokee Tragedy (Wilkins), nts.1n
Chickasaw Indians, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2
Chieftains Museum, col3.1, nts.1n
Chile, 1.1, 8.1
China, prl.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2
FMS scholars from, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2
China Trade, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1
goods exchanged in, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Hawaii as central crossroads in
outposts and targets of
regulation and protocol of
Chippewa Indians, 4.1, 7.1
Choctaw Indians, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, nts.1n
Christian conversions, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, epl.1, nts.1n
of American Indians, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, nts.1n
failed efforts in, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2
“falls” and reversions in wake of, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, epl.1
of FMS scholars, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1
FMS’s main focus on, prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2
as fundamental concern of millennialism, 3.1, 3.2
Hawaii mission’s accomplishment in
interracial marriage seen as means to, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2
of Jews, 3.1, 6.1
of Obookiah, 2.1, col1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, epl.1
renaming of “heathens” in, 6.1, nts.1n
in U.S. “civilization policy” efforts, 5.1, 5.2
Christianity, Christians, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, epl.1
FMS’s instruction in, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1
“heathens” as viewed by, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, epl.1, nts.1n
missionaries of, see missionary work, missionaries
Obookiah’s religious training in, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1
Christian millennialism, 3.1, 4.1
religious conversion as fundamental concern of, 3.1, 3.2
and rise of missionary movement
Civil War, U.S., col2.1, 8.1, 8.2
Cleaveland, John
Confederate army, 8.1, 8.2
Congregationalism, Congregationalists, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, col2.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1
Congress, U.S., 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Indian removal legislation debated in
Connecticut, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, col2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1, epl.1
Connecticut General Assembly
Connecticut Journal
Cook, James, col1.1, col1.2, col1.3
Coosa River
Cornelius, Elias
Cornwall, Conn., prl.1, 2.1, col1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, col2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, col3.1, col3.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, epl.1
author’s visit to
Boudinot family in return visits to
casual encounters and friendships between scholars and people of
economic divisions in
farmland and agriculture in, 4.1, col2.1, col2.2
First Church of, see First Church
FMS public examinations/exhibitions in, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, nts.1n
geography of, 4.1, col2.1, col2.2, col2.3
Historical Society in, col2.1, 6.1, 8.1, epl.1, nts.1n
Indian residents in
Indian scholars’ long journey to, 4.1, 6.1
industries in, 4.1, col2.1, col2.2, col2.3
interracial marriage scandals in, see interracial marriage scandals
Kellogg’s General Store in, col2.1, 6.1, 6.2
local governance of
neighborhoods and layout of, 4.1, col2.1, col2.2
Obookiah’s gravesite in, 4.1, 6.1, epl.1, nts.1n, nts.2n
Obookiah’s remains removed from
population of, 4.1, col2.1
present-day vs. early 19th century, col2.1, col2.2, col2.3, col2.4
public effigy burning held in, 6.1, 6.2, epl.1
as resentful of favorable treatment of scholars, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
school opening in
as selected site for FMS, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, nts.1n
Town Hall in
Village center in
see also Foreign Mission School
Cornwall Bridge
Cornwall Center
Cornwall Hollow
Cotting, Samuel, 2.1, 2.2
Crawfish, Joseph
Creek Indians, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2
Creek War (1814)
Cross, Jason
cross-racial intimacy, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
Foreign Mission School blamed for, 6.1, 6.2
mixed-race offspring of, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1
see also interracial marriage
Daggett, Herman, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, epl.1, nts.1n
on anxiety and homesickness of new students
declining health of, 4.1, 6.1
on ethnic and cultural tensions at school
in Hawaiian mission preparations, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
home of
intermarriage scandals and, 4.1, 6.1
negative student reports filed by, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 8.1, nts.1n
principal inauguration of, 4.1, 4.2
on school’s health and illness issues, 4.1, 6.1
Dale, Thomas
Dartmouth College, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Day, Martha
Delaware Indians, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1
Dibble, Lydia
Dwight, Edwin W., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
background of
as interim principal of Foreign Mission School, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2
Obookiah’s memoirs published by, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, epl.1, nts.1n, nts.2n, nts.3n
Dwight, Henry and Abigail
Dwight, Timothy, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
Dwight Collection, n
Eastern Orthodox Church
Edes, Captain
Edwards, Jonathan, 3.1, 3.2
Eliot, John
Ellis, James
Ellis, William
Ely, James, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Emerson, Daniel
England, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
see also Great Britain
Enlightenment
Episcopalians, 3.1, 4.1
Evarts, Jeremiah, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, epl.1
on Brown’s speaking tour, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 8.1
closing of FMS and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
FMS “disposing” process and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
intermarriage scandals and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Everest, Abby Gold, 6.1, 8.1
Everest, Cornelius, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1
farming and agriculture, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1
of American Indians, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, col3.1, col3.2, col3.3, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
in China
in Cornwall, 4.1, col2.1, col2.2
at Foreign Mission School, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 6.2
in Hawaii, col1.1, col1.2, col1.3, col1.4, epl.1
“Missionary fields” in
Obookiah’s aptitude for, 2.1, 2.2, col1.1
U.S. efforts in turning Indians toward
Fayetteville, Ark., 8.1, 8.2
female societies, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 6.1, 6.2
First Church (Cornwall), 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, col2.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2
Daggett’s inauguration as schoo
l principal at
Foreign Mission School post-exhibition programs at, 4.1, nts.1n
Obookiah “homegoing” ceremony held at
scholars attendance at, 4.1, col2.1, 6.1, 6.2
First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia)
Fisk, Isaac
Fisk, Photius, 6.1, 8.1
Foreign Mission School, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, col2.1, col2.2, col2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, epl.1, epl.2, nts.1n
ABCFM in decision for closing of, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
ABCFM instituting of tighter control over
ABCFM’s sponsorship of, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1
admissions process of, 4.1, 4.2, nts.1n
American-based education at
American Indians at, prl.1, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
annual public examinations/exhibitions held by, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 6.1, nts.1n
anti-mission attitudes and criticisms for, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
buildings and layout of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, col2.1, 8.1
Campbell’s ill-fated bargain with
Christian conversion as focus of, prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2
“civilization” as focus of, prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 7.1
closing of
closure process of
constitution of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
Cornwall Historical Society’s exhibition on
Cornwall selected as site for, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, nts.1n
Cornwall townspeople as resentful of scholars favorable treatment at, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
curriculum at, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.1, 8.2
Daggett’s inauguration as principal at, 4.1, 4.2
daily routine at, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
discipline problems and misconduct at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, nts.1n
dismissals and expulsions at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, nts.1n
“disposing” process in wake of closing of
diversity of students at, prl.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1
downward spirals and defections of former scholars from, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, nts.1n
East Asian students at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, nts.1n
Edwin Dwight as interim principal at, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2
English language training at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 8.1, 8.2
enrollment numbers at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2
ethnic and cultural tensions at, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2
as failed “experiment,” 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
farmland and agricultural instruction at, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 6.2
fellowship program designed for
female societies as big supporters of, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2
first pupils at, 4.1, 4.2
fund-raising and donations for, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, col2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 8.1, nts.1n, nts.2n, nts.3n
goals of, prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 7.1
governing agents of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, col2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
growth and expansion of, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Hawaiian mission founded by, see Hawaii mission
health and illness issues at, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 8.2
homesickness and unhappiness at, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1
“intermarriage crises” at, prl.1, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Jews at, prl.1, 4.1
King Tamoree’s idol exhibited at
“Lancastrian” model used at, 2.1, 4.1
mass public interest and support for, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 8.1
memorandum to ABCFM laying out case for creation of
Obookiah’s “martyrdom” and, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, nts.1n
opening of
Pacific Islanders at, prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, col1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1, nts.1n
planning and preparations for, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
poor academic performances at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 8.1
prayer meetings at, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2
public relations campaigns of, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1
recruitment network of, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, nts.1n
religious instruction at, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1
renaming of students at, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, nts.1n
rules and restrictions at, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1
speaking tours on behalf of, 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1
staff housing at, 4.1, 4.2, col2.1, col2.2
staffing of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1
steward’s duties at, 2.1, 4.1, col2.1, col2.2, 6.1, nts.1n
success stories of former scholars from, 8.1, 8.2
as tourist attraction
townspeople’s casual encounters and friendships with scholars of
vacation calendar at, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
violence and theft at, 4.1, nts.1n
waning public support for, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1
“weakness of character” displayed in scholars at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 8.1
Foreign Mission Society of Litchfield County
Fox, Emily, n
Fox, George (A-to-kah), 4.1, 6.1, 6.2
France, 3.1, 3.2
Franklin, Benjamin
French and Indian War
French Canada
French Revolution
Freneau, Philip
Gallatin, Albert
Galludet, Thomas, 4.1, 4.2
Gambold, John, 4.1, 6.1
Garrison, William Lloyd
Georgia, 4.1, 6.1, col3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, epl.1
Indian removal measures in, col3.1, 8.1
laws banning interracial marriage in
in sovereign claim to Indian territory, col3.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
Gibbs, Adin
Gibbs, Ellen, n
Gold, Benjamin, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 8.1, 8.2, epl.1, nts.1n
house of, col2.1, nts.1n
in visit to Cherokee Nation
Gold, Catharine, 6.1, 6.2
Gold, Harriet, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, col3.1, 8.1, 8.2, epl.1, epl.2
Cherokee Nation’s acceptance of
Cherokee removal crisis and
death of, 8.1, epl.1
domestic life of, in Cherokee Nation, col3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, nts.1n
FMS board agents in standoff with
gravesite of, epl.1, epl.2, nts.1n
illness of
intermarriage scandal of, see Boudinot-Gold intermarriage scandal
physical appearance of, 6.1, epl.1
in reaction to Cornwall effigy burning, 6.1, epl.1
Gold, Mrs. (Harriet’s mother), 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Gold, Ruggles
Gold, Samuel, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, col3.1, 8.1
Gold, Stephen, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
Gold family, col2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1
Boudinot children taken in by
descendants of, 6.1, epl.1
reaction to Boudinot-Gold marriage in, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1
Golitsyn, Aleksandr
Goshen, Conn., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 8.1
Grapes of Canaan (Loomis), nts.1n
Gray, Ben, n
Great Awakening
Great Britain, 1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2
colonization by
, 3.1, 5.1
foreign missions established by
Greece, prl.1, 3.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Greek War of Independence
Greene, David, 8.1, 8.2
Grenada
Griffin, Edward Dorr
Hall, James
Hall, Moody
Harris, Walter, n
Harrison, Hannah
Hart, Henry, 4.1, 4.2
Hartford Courant
Hartford Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 4.1, 4.2
Harvey, James
Harvey, Joseph, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1
Hawaii, Hawaiian islands, prl.1, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, col1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, epl.1
author’s journey to retrace Obookiah’s childhood in
as central crossroads in China Trade
civil wars in, 2.1, col1.1, 8.1
declining native population of
destruction of “idols” on, 4.1, nts.1n
diet of, 1.1, col1.1, col1.2
export trade of
farming and agriculture in, col1.1, col1.2, col1.3, col1.4, epl.1
FMS scholars from, prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, col1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, nts.1n
gender segregation in
geography of, col1.1, col1.2, col1.3, col1.4, col1.5
indigenous religious practices of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, col1.1, col1.2, col1.3, col1.4, col1.5, col1.6, 4.1, 4.2, epl.1
Ka’u district of, 2.1, col1.1, nts.1n
Morse’s written accounts on
Obookiah’s childhood in, 2.1, col1.1, col1.2, col1.3, col1.4, epl.1
Obookiah’s departure from, 2.1, col1.1
Obookiah’s life as continuously celebrated in, 1.1, epl.1
Obookiah’s remains returned to
overturning of traditional culture and religion in, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, epl.1, nts.1n
paradise-like atmosphere of
“Prince” George’s homecoming to, 4.1, 8.1
social hierarchy in
statehood granted to
trade ships in hiring natives of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 4.1, 6.1
volcanoes in, col1.1, col1.2, col1.3, col1.4
Hawaiian Tourist Bureau
Hawaii mission, 1.1, 2.1, col1.1, col1.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, epl.1, nts.1n
curriculum at
defections of scholars from, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, nts.1n
disappointing reports on former scholars at, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2
final sendoff for staff of
first year accomplishments of, 4.1, 4.2
FMS’s plans for, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2
fund-raising and donations for, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
King Tamoree as key benefactor to, 4.1, 4.2
native culture as negatively viewed by, 4.1, nts.1n