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MY LIFE IN CHINA AND AMERICA

284 INDEX quarters at Ham Ha Lau, 52. Wen Seang, prime minister of China, 171; death of mother and period of mourning, 175; his death {1S6H), 176. West Lake, or Si-Hoo, Hang- ohau, 80. West Point Military Academy, Chinese students refused ad- mission, 207. Wha Yuh Ting, 143. Whang Wen Shiu, president of Tsung Li Yamun, (Foreign Affairs), 220. Whipple, Capt., of ship Eureka, 43. Whitworth's machine shop, Lon- don, 156. Williams, S. Wells, work on dictionary, 114. Willow trees at Auburn, N. Y., planted by S. R. Brown, 22. Wong Foon, decision to pursue further course of study re- ferred to patrons in Hong Kong, 31; graduates from Monson Academy and enters University of Edinburgh, 32; return to China {1857), 33; death (187.9), 33; also 13, 18, 20, 28, 31. Wong Kai Keh, assistant com- missioner at St. Louis Ex- position, 232. Wong Shing, scholar in Mor- rison school, 13, 18, 20, 28, 31. Woo-Sik, Chinese city, 79. Woo-Sik-Kwei, Chinese boat, 79, 80. Woo Tsze Tung, comes to U. S. in retinue of Chin Lan Pin (1876), 200; member of Chi- nese Educational Commission (187G), 201; attitude toward work of the Commission, 204; instrumental in recalling stu- dents (1881), 210, 219. Wuhu, treaty port, 83, 126. Wuhu River, 126. Yang Liu Tung, tea district, 91. Yangtze-Kiang River, 84, 89, 91. Yeh Ming Hsin, Viceroy, dras- tic measures to suppress re- bellion in Kwang Tung province, 53; appointed viceroy (18.5^), 55; capture and banishment, 56. Yeh Shu Tung, teacher for Chinese Educational Commis- sion, 183; coolie question in Cuba, 197, 206; appointed secretary to Chinese Lega- tion, 198. Yellow River, Inundation of, 75. Ying Wong, Chin's opinion of, 104. Young, John R., protest against breaking up of Chinese Edu- cational Commission, 211, Yuh-Shan, city, 83, 86. Yung Wing, birth {1828), 1; early school life, 2; death of father {18-'f0), 8; helps to- ward family income, 8 ; works in rice fields, 9; printing of- fice, 11; hospital, 11; enters Morrison school {18^1), 13; departure for U. S. (18-^7), 18, 21; benefactors, 19, 36; incidents of voyage, 22; ar- rival in New York, 23; Chi- nese Education scheme, 23; enters Monson Academy, 27; studies during first year, 28; placed under care of Mrs. Phoebe H.Brown, 29; literary taste influenced by Dr. Charles Hammond, 31; de- cision to pursue further course of study referred to patrons in Hong Kong, 31; refuses Edinburgh offer, 32; graduates from Monson Academy, 32 ; enters Yale, 33, 37; problem of support, 34; applies for assistance from contingent fund, 34; grounds for refusal, 35; inadequate preparation and hard work, 37; prizes, 38; stewardship, 38; assistant librarian of "Brothers in Unity," 39; first Chinaman to graduate