WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
The Life of Gordon, Volume II cover

The Life of Gordon, Volume II

Chapter 21: INDEX.
Open in WeRead

About This Book

The narrative follows the late career and campaigns of Major‑General Charles Gordon, focusing on his reluctant return to the Sudan after negotiating terms that placed him in a broadly independent Governor‑Generalship under the Khedive. It describes his administrative aims, notably the suppression of slavery and the improvement of communications, and reviews the negotiations and appointments that shaped his authority. The account traces his missions to the Equatorial provinces, the Red Sea coast, and Darfur, and details operational difficulties such as limited reinforcements, dispersed detachments, and local resistance. It also surveys related smaller missions to colonial stations and concludes with the final Nile expedition and the events at Khartoum.

INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  • Abbas, steamer, ii. 144;
  • Abd-el-Kader, ii. 100, 102, 119.
  • Abdulgassin, ii. 32.
  • Abdullah, the present Khalifa, ii. 98, 102.
  • Abdurrahman, ii. 45, 68.
  • Abou Hamid, ii. 144.
  • Abou Klea, ii. 163;
    • battle of, 164;
    • loss at, ibid., 166.
  • Abouna, an, ii. 33.
  • Abou Kru, ii. 164;
  • Abou Sammat, ii. 29.
  • Abou Saoud, i. 149.
  • Abyssinia, the expedition to, i. 131; ii. 5, 32, 35, 70 passim.
  • Academy, Royal Military, i. 5, 6, 7.
  • Adye, Sir John, i. 137.
  • Afghanistan, ii. 45, 68, 69, 70.
  • Alagos, i. 40.
  • Albert Lake, i. 155, 156.
  • Alexandropol, i. 35.
  • Alla-ed-Din, ii. 102.
  • Alma, i. 8, 16.
  • Amoy, i. 72.
  • Anderson, W. C., i. 41.
  • Anfina, i. 158.
  • Ani, i. 37, 38.
  • Arabi Pasha, ii. 97.
  • Arabs as soldiers, i. 150.
  • Ararat, Mount, i. 38, 39.
  • Aras, i. 33.
  • Arendrup, ii. 5.
  • Arokol Bey, ii. 5.
  • Army and Navy Gazette, ii. 70.
  • Ashantee Expedition, i. 138.
  • Assiout, ii. 133.
  • Assouan, ii. 153.
  • Athens, i. 15.
  • Ayoob, ii. 68.
  • Danube, i. 136-7.
  • Dara, ii. 10-12, 14, 27, 104.
  • Dar Djumna, ii. 145.
  • Dardanelles, i. 15.
  • Darfour, i. 143-4; ii. 9-11, 17, 30-31, 113.
  • Davidson, Capt., i. 85.
  • De Norman, i. 45.
  • Debbeh, ii. 161.
  • Debra Tabor, ii. 34.
  • Dem Idris, ii. 27.
  • Dem Suleiman, ii. 28.
  • Dent, Mr H., i. 108.
  • Derby, Earl of, ii. 23.
  • Devonshire, Duke of, first moves to render Gordon assistance, ii. 156;
    • his preparations for an expedition, ii. 156-7.
  • Dilke, Sir C., ii. 96, 117, 121.
  • Dongola, ii. 98, 139, 157, 159, 160, 161.
  • Donnelly, General J., i. 22; ii. 66.
  • Dubaga, i. 160.
  • Duem, i. 103.
  • Duncan, Colonel, ii. 143-4.
  • Durand, Sir M., ii. 47.
  • Earle, Major-General, ii. 158-9.
  • Eastern Question, the, ii. 40-42.
  • Eden, Garden of, ii. 74.
  • Egerton, Mr, ii. 147, 155.
  • El Obeid, ii. 101, 103.
  • Elphinstone, Sir Howard, ii. 72.
  • Empress-Regents, the, i. 123, 133.
  • Enderby, Elizabeth, Gordon's mot 3-4.
    • See also Mrs Gordon.
  • Enderby, Mr George, i. 94.
  • England, her hesitating policy, ii. 8;
    • power of, 73.
  • Equator, the, ii. 140, 147.
  • Equatorial Province, the, i. 147, 151.
  • Eristaw, Prince, i. 42.
  • Erivan, i. 38.
  • Erzeroum, i. 34.
  • Etchmiazin, i. 40.
  • Ever-Victorious Army, i. 56, 58-60.
  • Expedition, the Relief, ii. 157-8.
  • Eyre, General, i. 24.
  • Fascher, ii. 10-11.
  • Fashoda, i. 148.
  • Ferratch Pasha, ii. 148.
  • Firefly, the, i. 113.
  • Fisher, Corporal, i. 39-40.
  • Forrester, Colonel, i. 57.
  • Forster, Rt. Hon. W. E., ii, 115.
  • Foweira, i. 156.
  • France, i. 62.
  • Franco-Chinese, the, i. 92, 102.
  • French soldiers, Gordon's opinion of, i. 17-8.
  • Fusaiquan, i. 97.
  • Fusham, i. 80-81, 116.
  • Gagarin, Prince, i. 42.
  • Galatz, i. 32, 136-8.
  • Gandamak, i. 45.
  • Gara, ii. 30.
  • Gebra, i. 103.
  • Geographical Society, Royal, i. 156.
  • Gessi Romulus, i. 148, 155-7; ii. 26-31.
  • Gezireh, i. 111.
  • Giegler Pasha, ii. 143.
  • Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., ii. 94, 122;
    • Gladstone and his Government, ii. 151;
    • how they came to employ Gordon, ii. 151-2;
    • undeceived as to Gordon's views, ii. 152-3;
    • their indecision, ii. 153;
    • statement in House, ii. 154;
    • dismayed by Gordon's boldness, ii. 155;
    • their radical fault, ii. 156;
    • degree of responsibility, ii. 170;
    • acquittal of personal abandonment of Gordon, ii. 171.
  • Golden Fleece, the, i. 15.
  • Gondar, ii. 34.
  • Gondokoro, i. 146, 147, 155.
  • Gordon, derivation of name, i. 1, 2.
  • Gordon, Charles George:
    • birth, i. 1;
    • family history, 1-4;
    • childhood, 4;
    • enters Woolwich Academy, 5;
    • early escapades, 5-6;
    • put back six months and elects for Engineers, 6;
    • his spirit, 7;
    • his examinations, ibid.;
    • gets commission, ibid.;
    • his work at Pembroke, 8;
    • his brothers, 9;
    • his sisters, 10;
    • his brother-in-law, Dr Moffitt, ibid.;
    • personal appearance of, 11-14;
    • his height, 11;
    • his voice, 12;
    • ordered to Corfu, 14;
    • changed to Crimea, ibid.;
    • passes Constantinople, 15;
    • views on the Dardanelles' forts, ibid.;
    • reaches Balaclava, 16;
    • opinion of French soldiers, 17, 18;
    • his first night in the trenches, 18-19;
    • his topographical knowledge, 19;
    • his special aptitude for war, ibid.;
    • account of the capture of the Quarries, 21-22;
    • of the first assault on Redan, 22-24;
    • Kinglake's opinion of, 25;
    • on the second assault on Redan, 26-28;
    • praises the Russians, 28;
    • joins Kimburn expedition, ibid.;
    • destroying Sebastopol, 29-31;
    • his warlike instincts, 31;
    • appointed to Bessarabian Commission, 32;
    • his letters on the delimitation work, 33;
    • ordered to Armenia, ibid.;
    • journey from Trebizonde, 34;
    • describes Kars, 34-35;
    • his other letters from Armenia, 35-39;
    • ascends Ararat, 39-40;
    • returns home, 41;
    • again ordered to the Caucasus, 41, 42;
    • some personal idiosyncrasies, 43, 44;
    • gazetted captain, 45;
    • appointment at Chatham, 45;
    • sails for China, ibid.;
    • too late for fighting, ibid.;
    • describes sack of Summer Palace, 46;
    • buys the Chinese throne, ibid.;
    • his work at Tientsin, 47;
    • a trip to the Great Wall, 47-49;
    • arrives at Shanghai, 49;
    • distinguishes himself in the field, 50;
    • his daring, 51;
    • gets his coat spoiled, 52;
    • raised to rank of major, ibid.;
    • surveys country round Shanghai, 52, 53;
    • describes Taepings, 53;
    • nominated for Chinese service, 54;
    • reaches Sungkiang, 60;
    • qualifications for the command, 78;
    • describes his force, 79;
    • inspects it, ibid.;
    • first action, 79, 80;
    • impresses Chinese, 80;
    • described by Li Hung Chang, ibid.;
    • made Tsungping, ibid.;
    • forbids plunder, 81;
    • his flotilla, ibid.;
    • his strategy, ibid.;
    • captures Taitsan, 82;
    • difficulty with his officers, 83;
    • besieges Quinsan, ibid.;
    • reconnoitres it, 84;
    • attacks and takes it, 85-87;
    • removes to Quinsan, 87;
    • deals with a mutiny, 88;
    • incident with General Ching, 89;
    • resigns and withdraws resignation, ibid.;
    • contends with greater difficulties, 90;
    • undertakes siege of Soochow, 91;
    • negotiates with Burgevine, 92, 93;
    • relieves garrison, 94;
    • great victory, ibid.;
    • describes the position round Soochow, 95;
    • his hands tied by the Chinese, 96;
    • his main plan of campaign, 97;
    • his first repulse, ibid.;
    • captures the stockades, 98;
    • his officers, 99;
    • his share in negotiations with Taepings, ibid.;
    • difficulty about pay, 100;
    • resigns command, ibid.;
    • guards Li Hung Chang's tent, ibid.;
    • enters Soochow, 101;
    • scene with Ching, ibid.;
    • asks Dr Macartney to go to Lar Wang, ibid.;
    • questions interpreter, ibid.;
    • detained by Taepings, ibid.;
    • and then by Imperialists, 102;
    • scene with Ching, ibid.;
    • identifies the bodies of the Wangs, ibid.;
    • what he would have done, ibid.;
    • the fresh evidence relating to the Wangs, 103 et seq.;
    • conversation with Ching, 103;
    • and Macartney, ibid.;
    • relations with Macartney, 103, 104;
    • offers him succession to command, 104, 105;
    • letter to Li Hung Chang, 106;
    • Li sends Macartney to Gordon, ibid.;
    • contents of Gordon's letter, 107;
    • possesses the head of the Lar Wang, 107, 108;
    • frenzied state of, 108;
    • scene with Macartney at Quinsan, 108, 109;
    • his threats, 109;
    • his grave reflection on Macartney, 109, 110;
    • writes to Macartney, 111;
    • makes public retractation, 111;
    • other expressions of regret, 112;
    • refuses Chinese presents, ibid.;
    • suspension in active command, ibid.;
    • retakes the field, 113;
    • "the destiny of China in his hands," ibid.;
    • attacks places west of Taiho Lake, 114-5;
    • enrolls Taepings, 115;
    • severely wounded, 116;
    • second reverse, ibid.;
    • receives bad news, ibid.;
    • alters his plans, ibid.;
    • his force severely defeated, 117;
    • retrieves misfortune, ibid.;
    • describes the rebellion, 118;
    • made Lieut.-Colonel, ibid.;
    • his further successes, 119;
    • another reverse, ibid.;
    • his final victory, 120;
    • what he thought he had done, ibid.;
    • visits Nanking, ibid.;
    • drills Chinese troops, 121;
    • appointed Ti-Tu and Yellow Jacket Order, 122;
    • his mandarin dresses, 123;
    • his relations with Li Hung Chang, ibid.;
    • the Gold Medal, ibid.;
    • his diary destroyed, 124;
    • returns home, ibid.;
    • view of his achievements, 125-6;
    • a quiet six months, 128;
    • his excessive modesty, ibid.;
    • pride in his profession, 129;
    • appointment at Gravesend, ibid.;
    • his view of the Thames Forts, 130;
    • his work there, ibid.;
    • his mode of living, 131;
    • supposed angina pectoris, ibid.;
    • wish to join Abyssinian Expedition, 132;
    • described as a modern Jesus Christ, ibid.;
    • his mission work, 132-3;
    • his boys, 133;
    • sends his medal to Lancashire fund, ibid.;
    • his love for boys, 134;
    • his kings, ibid.;
    • some incidents, ibid.;
    • his pensioners, 135;
    • his coat stolen, ibid.;
    • his walks, 136;
    • the Snake flags, ibid.;
    • leaves Gravesend, ibid.;
    • at Galatz, 137;
    • no place like England, ibid.;
    • goes to Crimea, 138;
    • attends Napoleon's funeral, ibid.;
    • casual meeting with Nubar, and its important consequences, 139-40;
    • "Gold and Silver Idols," 140;
    • appointed Governor of the Equatorial Province, 145;
    • reasons for it, ibid.;
    • leaves Cairo, 146;
    • describes the "sudd," ibid.;
    • his steamers, 147;
    • his facetiousness, ibid.;
    • reaches Gondokoro, ibid.;
    • his firman, ibid.;
    • his staff, 148;
    • his energy, ibid.;
    • establishes line of forts, ibid.;
    • collapse of his staff, 149;
    • his Botany Bay, ibid.;
    • his policy and justice, 150;
    • his poor troops, ibid.;
    • organises a black corps, 151;
    • his sound finance, ibid.;
    • deals with slave trade, 152;
    • incidents with slaves, ibid.;
    • makes friends everywhere, 153;
    • his goodness a tradition, 153-4;
    • his character misrepresented, 154;
    • his line of forts, 155;
    • the ulterior objects of his task, ibid.;
    • the control of the Nile, 156;
    • shrinks from notoriety, ibid.;
    • describes the Lakes, 157;
    • the question with Uganda, 157 et seq.;
    • proceeds against Kaba Rega, 158-60;
    • his extraordinary energy, 161;
    • does his own work, 161;
    • incident of his courage, 161-2;
    • views of Khedive, 163;
    • returns to Cairo, 163;
    • and home, ibid.

    • Decision about Egyptian employment, ii. 1;
    • receives letter from Khedive, 2;
    • consults Duke of Cambridge, ibid.;
    • returns to Cairo, ibid.;
    • appointed Governor-General of the Soudan, 2-3;
    • appointed Muchir, or Marshal, etc., 3;
    • sums up his work, 4;
    • his first treatment of Abyssinian Question, 5-6;
    • his entry into Khartoum, 6;
    • public address, 7;
    • first acts of Administration, ibid.;
    • proposes Slavery Regulations, 7;
    • receives contradictory orders on subject, 8;
    • his decision about them, 8-9;
    • disbands the Bashi-Bazouks, 9;
    • goes to Darfour, ibid.;
    • relieves garrisons, 10-11;
    • enters Fascher, 11;
    • recalled by alarming news in his rear, ibid.;
    • his camel described, ibid.;
    • reaches Dara without troops, 12;
    • his interview with Suleiman, ibid.;
    • Slatin's account of scene, 12-13;
    • his views on the Slave Question, 13;
    • follows Suleiman to Shaka, 14;
    • indignant letter of, 15;
    • his decision about capital punishment, ibid.;
    • his views thereupon, 16;
    • some characteristic incidents, ibid.;
    • what the people thought of him, ibid.;
    • "Send us another Governor like Gordon," ibid.;
    • his regular payments, 17;
    • his thoughtfulness, ibid.;
    • summoned to Cairo, ibid.;
    • appointed President of Financial Inquiry, 18;
    • his views of money, ibid.;
    • acts with Lesseps, 19;
    • meets with foreign opposition, 20;
    • scene with Lesseps, 21;
    • scene with Major Evelyn Baring, ibid.;
    • Gordon's financial proposal, 22;
    • last scenes with Khedive, 23;
    • Gordon's bold offer, ibid.;
    • financial episode cost Gordon £800, 24;
    • his way of living, ibid.;
    • leaves Cairo and visits Harrar, 25;
    • his finance in the Soudan, 25-6;
    • deals with Suleiman, 26 et seq.;
    • takes the field in person, 30;
    • clears out Shaka, 31;
    • again summoned to Cairo, ibid.;
    • proclaims Tewfik, ibid.;
    • returns to Cairo, 32;
    • entrusted with mission to Abyssinia, ibid.;
    • receives letter from King John, 33;
    • called "Sultan of the Soudan," ibid.;
    • enters Abyssinia, 34;
    • goes to Debra Tabor, ibid.;
    • interview with King John, ibid.;
    • prevented returning to Soudan, 35;
    • his opinion of Abyssinia, ibid.;
    • Khedive's neglect of, 36;
    • called "mad," ibid.;
    • his work in the Soudan, 36-7;
    • goes to Switzerland, 38;
    • his opinion of wives, 38;
    • first meeting with King of the Belgians, 39;
    • offered Cape command, 40;
    • his memorandum on Eastern Question, 40-2;
    • accepts Private Secretaryship to Lord Ripon, 42;
    • regrets it, 43;
    • interview with Prince of Wales, ibid.;
    • his letters about it, 44;
    • views on Indian topics, ibid.;
    • sudden resignation, ibid.;
    • the Yakoob Khan incident, 45-8;
    • invited to China, 49;
    • full history of that invitation, 49-50;
    • letter from Li Hung Chang, 49;
    • his telegrams to War Office, 50-1;
    • leaves for China, 51;
    • announces his intentions, 52;
    • what he discovered on arrival in China, 53;
    • ignores British Minister, ibid.;
    • stays with Li Hung Chang, 55;
    • his reply to German Minister, 56;
    • his letter on Li, 57;
    • his advice to China, 58-61;
    • baffles intrigues and secures peace, 59;
    • further passages with War Office, 60;
    • on the Franco-Chinese war, 61, 62;
    • on the Opium Question, 63-4;
    • arrives at Aden, 65;
    • his Central African letters, ibid.;
    • visits Ireland, 65-6;
    • letter on Irish Question in Times, 66-7;
    • letter on Candahar, 68-70;
    • opinion of Abyssinians, 70;
    • his article on irregular warfare, 70-1;
    • offers Cape Government his services for Basutoland, 71;
    • takes Sir Howard Elphinstone's place in the Mauritius, 72;
    • his work there, 72-3;
    • views of England's power, 73;
    • views on coaling stations, ibid.;
    • visits Seychelles, 74;
    • views on Malta and Mediterranean, 74-5;
    • attains rank of Major-General, 75;
    • summoned to the Cape, ibid.;
    • leaves in a sailing ship, 76;
    • financial arrangement with Cape Government, ibid.;
    • his pecuniary loss by Cape employment, ibid.;
    • his memorandum on Basutoland, 77-9;
    • accepts temporarily post of Commandant-General, 80;
    • drafts a Basuto Convention, 80-1;
    • requested by Mr Sauer to go to Basutoland, 82;
    • relations with Masupha, ibid.;
    • visits Masupha, 83;
    • betrayed by Sauer, ibid.;
    • peril of, ibid.;
    • his account of the affair, 84-5;
    • memorandum on the Native Question, 85-7;
    • his project of military reform, 88;
    • his resignation of Cape command, ibid.;
    • corresponds with King of the Belgians, 89;
    • goes to the Holy Land, ibid.;
    • his view of Russian Convent at Jerusalem, 90;
    • advocates Palestine Canal, 90-1;
    • summoned to Belgium, 91;
    • telegraphs for leave, 92;
    • the mistake in the telegram, ibid.;
    • decides to retire, ibid.;
    • King Leopold's arrangement, ibid.;
    • his plans on the Congo, 93-4;
    • public opinion aroused by his Soudan policy, 93-5;
    • visit to War Office, 94;
    • makes his will, ibid.;
    • goes to Brussels, ibid.;
    • Soudan not the Congo, 95;
    • leaves Charing Cross, 95;
    • final letters to his sister, 95-6;
    • interview with ministers, 96;
    • loses clothes and orders, ibid.;
    • his predictions about the Soudan, 97-8;
    • the task imposed on him, 106;
    • why he accepted it, 106-7;
    • memorandum on Egyptian affairs, 107-9;
    • opinions on Hicks's Expedition, 109;
    • on English policy, 110;
    • on the Mahdi, ibid.;
    • his interview with Mr Stead of Pall Mall Gazette, 111-5;
    • his eagerness to go to the Soudan, 115;
    • suggestions by the Press of his fitness for the post, 116-7;
    • "generally considered to be mad," 117;
    • Sir Charles Dilke puts his name forward, ibid.;
    • Lord Granville's despatch, ibid.;
    • Lord Cromer opposes his appointment, 118, et seq.;
    • consequences of that opposition, and the delay it caused, 118-21;
    • the arrangement with King Leopold, 121;
    • went to Soudan at request of Government, 122;
    • his departure, ibid.;
    • his instructions, 123-4;
    • doubts about them, 124;
    • his views about Zebehr, 124 et seq.;
    • suggests his being sent to Cyprus, 125;
    • change in his route, ibid.;
    • goes to Cairo, ibid.;
    • changed view towards Zebehr, 126;
    • his memorandum on their relations, 126-8;
    • wishes to take him, 128;
    • a "mystic feeling," ibid.;
    • interview with Zebehr, ibid.;
    • final demands for Zebehr, 129-30;
    • leaves Cairo, 133;
    • the task before him, 134-5;
    • hastens to Khartoum, 136;
    • reception by inhabitants, ibid.;
    • his first steps of defence, ibid.;
    • his conclusion that "Mahdi must be smashed up," 137;
    • his demands, 138;
    • on our "dog in the manger" policy, 139;
    • "caught in Khartoum," ibid.;
    • appeal to philanthropists, ibid.;
    • "you will eventually be forced to smash up the Mahdi," 140;
    • his lost diary, 141;
    • his first fight, ibid.;
    • bad conduct of his troops, 141-2;
    • lays down three lines of mines, 142;
    • his steamers, ibid.;
    • their value, ibid.;
    • force at his disposal, ibid.;
    • loses a steamer, 143;
    • sends down 2600 refugees, ibid.;
    • his care for them, 143-4;
    • Soudan Question must be
    • settled by November, 144;
    • sends down Abbas, 145;
    • full history of that incident, 144-6;
    • left alone at Khartoum, 146;
    • sends away his steamers to help the Expedition, 146-7;
    • hampered by indecision of Government, 147;
    • his telegrams never published, ibid.;
    • position at Khartoum, ibid.;
    • his point of observation, 148;
    • cut off from Omdurman, ibid.;
    • anxiety for his steamers, 149;
    • "To-day I expected one of the Expedition here," ibid.;
    • the confidence felt in Gordon, ibid.;
    • his defiance of the Mahdi, 150;
    • his position, 150-1;
    • his last Journal, 151;
    • views on Soudan Question, 152-3;
    • his relations with the Government, 152-6;
    • effect of silence from Khartoum, 156;
    • his view of the Relief Expedition, 159;
    • his shrewdness, ibid.;
    • his last messages, 160;
    • situation desperate, ibid.;
    • "the town may fall in ten days," 165;
    • "quite happy, and, like Lawrence, have tried to do my duty," ibid.;
    • "spilt milk," ibid.;
    • his last message of all, 168;
    • death of, 169;
    • details supplied by Slatin, 169-70;
    • a great national loss, 173;
    • his example, 173.
  • Gordon, David, i. 2.
  • Gordon, General Enderby, i. 8, 9.
  • Gordon, Fred, i. 5, 138.
  • Gordon, Sir Henry W., i. 4-6, 8-10, 60, 102, 134; ii. 19, 43, 91, 92, 95, 132.
  • Gordon, Miss Mary Augusta, i. 10; ii. 130;
    • correspondence with Zebehr, 130-2, 143.
  • Gordon, General Peter, i. 2.
  • Gordon, William Augustus, i. 3.
  • Gordon, William Augustus, junior, i. 5.
  • Gordon, Mrs, mother of Charles Gordon, i. 127, 128;
    • death of, 138.
  • Gordon, William Henry, Lieut.-General, i. 3, 4.
  • Gordon, Sir William, i. 131.
  • Gordon, Sir William, of Park, i. 2.
  • Goschen, Mr, ii. 19, 23.
  • Graham, Sir G., i. 12, 13, 22, 24, 25; ii. 125, 128, 129, 153, 156, 165.
  • Grand Canal, the, i. 69.
  • Grant, Colonel, ii. 51.
  • Granville, Earl, ii. 96, 117-123, 155.
  • Gravesend, i. 129, 132, 136.
  • Gresswell, Mr, ii. 83.
  • Griffin, Sir Lepel, ii. 45.
  • Gubat, see Abou Kru, ii. 164.
  • Gura, ii. 34.
  • Gura plateau, ii. 5.
  • Guyon, General, i. 34.
  • Jaalin tribe, ii. 164.
  • Jaffa, ii. 89.
  • Jakdul, ii. 161-3;
    • splendid force at, 163, 172.
  • James, Sir H., i. 32.
  • Jebel Gedir, ii. 100.
  • Jebel Masa, ii. 100.
  • Jefferies, Mr, i. 4.
  • Jerusalem, ii. 89.
  • John, King of Abyssinia, ii. 5-6, 32, 33-4.
  • Jones, Captain, i. 92.
  • Jones, Sir Harry, i. 31.
  • Joubert, M., ii. 19.
  • Journal, the, ii. 165.
  • Kaba Rega, i. 155, 157-9, 162.
  • Kabbabish tribe, the, ii. 104.
  • Kachiaou, i. 56.
  • Kahding, i. 50-2.
  • Kahpoo, i. 91.
  • Kaifong, i. 69.
  • Kajow, the, i. 90-2, 94.
  • Kalgan, i. 48.
  • Kanghi, i. 122.
  • Kars, i. 34, 36.
  • Kassala, ii. 105, 134, 151.
  • Katamori, i. 32.
  • Kawa, i. 98.
  • Kemp, Mr, i. 148.
  • Kemp Terrace, i. 1.
  • Khalifa Abdullah, ii. 169.
  • Khartoum, advantageous position of, i. 141-2; ii. 6, 101-3, 105;
    • panic at, ii. 119;
    • position at, ii. 134-5;
    • scene at, ii. 136;
    • distance from Cairo, ii. 136, 140;
    • position of, 147-8;
    • the only relieving force to, ii. 150;
    • anxiety in England about, ii. 156.
  • Kherson, i. 28.
  • Kimberley, Earl of, ii. 75, 80-1.
  • Kimburn, i. 28.
  • King William's Town, ii. 82.
  • Kinglake, i. 9, 20, 22, 24;
    • opinion of Gordon, i. 25.
  • Kintang, i. 115-6.
  • Kirkham, Major, i. 94.
  • Kitchener, Sir H., Gordon's opinion of, ii. 158;
    • his suggestion, ibid.
  • Kiukiang, i. 68-9.
  • Kolkol, ii. 11.
  • Kongyin, i. 116-8.
  • Kordofan, i. 99, 102.
  • Korosko Desert, i. 154; ii. 143, 155.
  • Korti, ii. 158, 161-3.
  • Kuldja, ii. 50.
  • Kung Prince, i. 123.
  • Kurds, the, i. 36.
  • Kuyukdere, i. 34, 36.
  • Kweiling, i. 66.
  • Laguerre, Admiral, i. 72.
  • Laing, Mr Samuel, ii. 22.
  • Lar Wang, i. 98-9-100-2, 105, 108.
  • Lardo, i. 155.
  • Lausanne, ii. 38-39.
  • Lazes, the, i. 37.
  • Leeku, i. 97.
  • Leopard tribe, ii. 11.
  • Leopold, King of the Belgians, ii. 39, 89, 91, 92;
    • agrees to compensate Gordon, ibid.; 93-95, 121.
  • Lerothodi, ii. 77, 83-85.
  • Lesseps, M. de, ii. 19-23.
  • Letsea, ii. 77, 82, 83, 85.
  • Li Hung Chang, i. 57, 58;
    • admires Gordon, 80;
    • reconnoitres Quinsan, 84;
    • opposes Burgevine, 89;
    • relations with Macartney, 89, 90;
    • energy of, 95;
    • statement about Gordon, 99;
    • withholds pay, 100;
    • protected by Gordon, ibid.;
    • seeks shelter in Macartney's camp, 106;
    • exonerates Gordon, 107;
    • sends Macartney as envoy to Quinsan, 107;
    • gives a breakfast to Gordon and Macartney, 111;
    • summons Gordon to return, 116;
    • solicitude for Gordon, ibid.;
    • supports Gordon, 119;
    • lays wreath on Gordon's monument, 123; ii. 50, 53-59, 61, 63.
  • Lilley, Mr W. E., i. 13, 135.
  • Limming Pass, i. 70.
  • Linant, M., i. 147, 150.
  • Liprandi, General, i. 17.
  • Livadia, ii. 50.
  • Liyang, i. 114-116, 119.
  • Long, Colonel, i. 147, 157.
  • Loring, Colonel, ii. 5, 6.
  • Low Mun, the, i. 97, 98.
  • Lucknow Residency, resemblance between its siege and Khartoum, ii. 161, 172.
  • Lupton Bey, ii. 105.
  • Lytton, Lord, ii. 45.
  • Macartney, Sir Halliday: sent to Gordon on a mission, i. 88-9;
    • his work described by Gordon, 89-90;
    • with Gordon on the wall of Soochow, 101;
    • scene there, 103;
    • requested by Gordon to go to Lar Wang's palace, ibid.;
    • his earlier relation with Gordon, 104;
    • offered and accepts succession to command of army, 104-5;
    • what he learnt at the palace, 105;
    • tries to find Gordon, 106;
    • and Li Hung Chang, ibid.;
    • discovers latter in his own camp, ibid.;
    • declines to translate Gordon's letter, ibid.;
    • sent to Quinsan by Li, 107;
    • Gordon shows him the head of Lar Wang, ibid.;
    • scene at the breakfast-table, 108;
    • his advice, 108-9;
    • hastens back to Soochow, 109;
    • Gordon's libel on, 110;
    • explains facts to Sir Harry Parkes and Sir F. Bruce, 110-11;
    • receives letter from Gordon, 111;
    • Gordon's public apology and retractation, 111-12;
    • a full amende, 112;
    • happy termination of incident, 113; ii. 43.
  • Mackinnon, Sir W., ii. 65, 89, 91, 92.
  • Macmahon, Marshal, ii. 137.
  • Magungo, i. 156, 157.
  • Mahdi, the (or Mahomed Ahmed), ii. 98;
    • his first appearance, ibid.;
    • defies Egyptian Government, 99;
    • meaning of name, ibid.;
    • his first victory, 100;
    • defeats Rashed, ibid.;
    • further victories, 101;
    • captures El Obeid, 102;
    • annihilates Hicks's expedition, 104;
    • height of his power, 105;
    • basis of his influence, 105-6;
    • Zebehr on, 130, 135;
    • salaams Gordon, 136;
    • basis of his power, 137;
    • learns of loss of Abbas, 146;
    • arrives before Khartoum, 149;
    • knowledge as to state of Khartoum, 150;
    • exaggerated fear of, 161;
    • aroused by Stewart's advance, 163;
    • sends his best warriors to Bayuda, 164;
    • captures Khartoum, 167;
    • mode of that capture, 169.
  • Mahe, i. 74.
  • Mahmoud Khalifa, ii. 162.
  • Maida, i. 3.
  • Maiwand, ii. 45, 68.
  • Majuba Hill, ii. 70.
  • Malakoff, the, i. 21-23, 26.
  • Malta, ii. 74.
  • Mamelon, the, i. 21, 22.
  • Mansourah, ii. 147.
  • Markham, Mr, i. 80.
  • Marseilles, i. 14, 15.
  • Masindi, i. 157, 159.
  • Massowah, ii. 25, 32-35.
  • Masupha, ii. 77, 80, 82;
  • Mauritius, the, ii. 72-75.
  • Mediterranean, the, ii. 74.
  • Medjidieh Order, i. 160; ii. 3.
  • Mehemet Ali, conquers Soudan, i. 141, 154.
  • Menelik, ii. 6, 32.
  • Merowe, ii. 160.
  • Merriman, Mr, ii. 84, 85, 87, 88.
  • Metemmah, ii. 17, 161-166;
  • Moffitt, Dr Andrew, i. 10.
  • Moffitt, Mrs, i. 10.
  • Molappo, i. 77, 82.
  • Mombasa, i. 155.
  • Monding, i. 94.
  • Mow Wang, i. 75, 90, 93, 98-100.
  • Mrooli, i. 158.
  • Mtesa, i. 155, 157-60, 162.
  • Muchir or Marshal, ii. 3.
  • Munzinger Bey, ii. 5.
  • Murchison Falls, i. 157.
  • Najao, i. 51.
  • Nanking, i. 49, 58, 68, 69, 72, 76, 120;
    • capture of, 121.
  • Nanning, i. 64.
  • Napier of Magdala, Lord, i. 132.
  • Naval Brigade, the, ii. 164.
  • Negus, the, ii. 32.
  • Nelson, references to, ii. 162, 172.
  • New York Herald, ii. 62.
  • Niam Niam, i. 151.
  • Nile, the, ii. 142;
  • "not a bad Nile," 157.
  • Nineteenth Century, The, i. 14; ii. 129.
  • Ningpo, i. 74, 81.
  • Northbrook, Earl of, ii. 96, 132.
  • North China Herald, the, i. 111.
  • North Fort, the, ii. 147.
  • Nubar Pasha, i. 139, 140, 145; ii. 109, 120, 128, 139.
  • Nuehr Agha, i. 158, 159.
  • Rabi, ii. 29, 32.
  • Raglan, Lord, i. 22, 23, 25.
  • Ragouf Pasha, i. 147.
  • Raouf Bey, i. 149.
  • Raouf Pasha, ii. 25, 98-100.
  • Ras Alula, ii. 33, 34.
  • Ras Arya, ii. 34.
  • Rashed Bey, ii. 100.
  • Ratib Pasha, ii. 5, 6.
  • Redan, the, i. 21-2;
  • Redout, Kaleh, i. 41.
  • Revenue, the, of Soudan, ii. 25-26.
  • Riaz Pasha, ii. 108.
  • Rionga, i. 157-158.
  • Ripon, Marquis of, ii. 42-44, 47-49, 68.
  • Rivers Wilson, Mr, now Sir Charles, ii. 19, 107.
  • Roberts, Lord, ii. 68.
  • Robinson, Sir Hercules, ii. 75, 87.
  • Rockstone Place, i. 127.
  • Rogers, Mr, i. 4.
  • Russia, i. 54-55, 62.
  • Russian Army, Gordon's opinion of, i. 28.
  • Russian Convent at Jerusalem, ii. 90.
  • Said Pasha, ii. 102.
  • San Diego, ii. 74.
  • San Tajin, i. 81-82, 95-97, 113, 116.
  • Sankolinsin, i. 70.
  • Santals, the, ii. 147-148.
  • Saphia, ii. 147.
  • Saubat, i. 148.
  • Sauer, Mr, ii. 82;
    • betrays Gordon, 83;
    • his treachery, ibid.;
    • his misrepresentation, 84-85.
  • Scanlan, Mr T., ii. 81-82, 88.
  • Schweinfurth, Dr, i. 142-143, 156.
  • Scotia, ii. 76.
  • Sebastopol, i. 16-17, 28-30.
  • Sennaar, ii. 134, 151.
  • Seton, Sir Bruce, ii. 43.
  • Seward, Mr, i. 93.
  • Seychelles, ii. 72, 74.
  • Shabloka, ii. 167.
  • Shaka, ii. 12, 14, 27, 31.
  • Shanghai, i. 49-50-55;
    • Triad rising at, i. 72;
    • loss of Chinese city, i. 73.
  • Shekan, ii. 104.
  • Shendy, ii. 17, 143, 145-147, 158.
  • Shereef Said Hakim, ii. 6.
  • Siaon Edin, i. 85-86.
  • Simmons, Sir Lintorn, i. 33, 41.
  • Siuen-hoa, i. 48.
  • Slatin Pasha, i. 162; ii. 12-13, 16, 104-105, 166, 168-169;
    • his epitaph on Gordon, ii. 170.
  • Slave Trade, i. 148-149, 152-153;
    • proposed regulations, ii. 7;
    • Convention, ii. 8.
  • Smith, Sir Harry, ii. 86.
  • Snake flags, the, i. 136.
  • Soady, Captain, i. 5.
  • Soochow, i. 74-75, 78, 84-87, 91, 94-98, 100-102.
  • Souakim, i. 146; ii. 25, 153.
  • Soudan, meaning of name, i. 141;
    • easily conquered, i. 142;
    • slave trade in, ibid.;
    • situation in, ii. 97;
    • the, Gordon's views on, ii. 111, et seq. passim;
    • people of, ii. 114.
  • Southampton, i. 127;
    • the home at, ii. 93.
  • Speke, Captain, i. 142.
  • Stanley, Mr H. M., ii. 93.
  • Stannard, Mr Arthur, i. 14, 129-130.
  • Stanton, Colonel, i. 32-33; ii. 21.
  • Staveley, Sir Charles, i. 19, 50-52, 54, 56, 58-60, 78, 132.
  • Stead, Mr W. T., ii. 111.
  • Steamers, the penny, ii. 142;
  • Stewart, Colonel Donald, ii. 122, 125, 137, 141, 144;
    • leaves on Abbas, ibid.;
    • fate of, ii. 144-146;
    • should not have left Gordon, ii. 146.
  • Stewart, Sir Herbert, ii. 162;
    • trammelled by his instructions, ibid.;
    • returns to Jakdul, 163;
    • wounded, 164;
    • death of, 165;
    • his intention, 166.
  • Stokes, Colonel, ii. 19.
  • Strangeways, General, i. 9.
  • "Sudd," the, i. 146.
  • Suders, General, i. 31.
  • Suleiman, Zebehr's son, ii. 10-14, 25-29;
  • Sulina, i. 137.
  • Sultan, proposal to surrender Soudan to the, ii. 119, 121.
  • Sultan Idris, ii. 29.
  • Summer Palace at Peking, i. 45-46.
  • Sungkiang, i. 54-55, 60, 78-80, 83, 88, 90, 121.
  • Sussex Regiment, the, ii. 164.
  • Wadelai, i. 155.
  • Wade, Sir Thomas, ii. 53-55.
  • Wady Halfa, i. 144; ii. 138-139, 154, 159, 161.
  • Waiquaidong, i. 85-86, 95.
  • Waisso, i. 117, 119.
  • Walad el Michael, ii. 5, 6, 33.
  • Wales, Prince of, ii. 43.
  • Wales, Princess of, ii. 43.
  • Wall, the Great, i. 47-9.
  • Wangchi, i. 101.
  • Wangs, the, i. 65.
  • Wangs, execution of, i. 102.
  • Wanti, i. 95.
  • War Office, ii. 92, 93 passim.
  • Ward, i. 54-57.
  • Watson, Colonel Charles, i. 148; ii. 96, 128-30, 165.
  • Watson, Mrs, ii. 96, 165.
  • Willes, Capt., i. 51, 52.
  • Wilson, Sir Charles, succeeds to the command, ii. 165;
    • his book "Korti to Khartoum," ibid.;
    • not to be made a scapegoat, 166;
    • the letter in his charge, ibid.;
    • sails for Khartoum, 167;
    • under hot fire, ibid.;
    • wrecked, ibid.;
    • rescued by Lord C. Beresford, ibid.;
    • the letter in his charge, ibid.;
    • comparatively small measure of his responsibility, 172.
  • Wittgenstein, Prince F. von, i. 102.
  • Wokong, i. 94.
  • Wolseley, Lord, ii. 95, 96, 121, 125, 138;
    • receives message from Gordon, 151;
    • his letter of 24th July, 157;
    • largely responsible for Khartoum mission, ibid.;
    • his address to the soldiers, 158;
    • his view of the expedition, 159;
    • receives full news of Gordon's desperate situation, 160;
    • his grand and deliberate plan, 161;
    • perfect but for--Time, ibid.;
    • will risk nothing, 162;
    • his instructions to Sir Herbert Stewart, ibid.;
    • sole responsibility of, 171;
    • ties Stewart's hands, ibid.;
    • the real person responsible for death of Gordon and failure of expedition, 172.
  • Wongepoo, i. 57.
  • Wongkadza, i. 50, 56.
  • Wood, Sir Evelyn, ii. 125.
  • Woolwich Common, i. 1.
  • Wouchang, i. 68.
  • Wou Sankwei, i. 67, 122.
  • Wuliungchow, i. 94, 95.
  • Wurantai, i. 64, 66.
  • Wusieh, i. 94, 95, 113, 116.