Arrangements were hurriedly made for the journey to Tuskegee. No one believed that he would reach there alive. One of the doctors had said that it was “uncanny to see a man up and about who ought, by all the laws of nature, to be dead.” When they reached the railway station in New York a rolling chair had been provided for Washington, but he refused to use it and walked to the train leaning on the arms of his friends. As the train pulled out and headed for his beloved Southland, his spirits began to revive, and he seemed much stronger. He was determined to beat death in this race. As they journeyed on, he would ask the names of the stations. When he was told that they were passing Greensboro, a triumphant look came into his eyes. Charlotte, Greenville, Atlanta—he was winning! Finally they came to Chehaw, the little station five miles from Tuskegee, the junction point of the railroad from Tuskegee to the main line. A few more minutes, and he saw the familiar and much loved scenes of his own Tuskegee. He had won! But his victory was a short one. For when the sun came up on the next morning, the fourteenth day of November, 1915, Booker Washington was dead. INDEX Alabama Hall, 69–70. Alabama Legislature, 45, 75. Armstrong, Gen. S. C., accompanies Washington on tour, 70; founder of Hampton, 23–24; invites Washington as commencement speaker, 32, 77; sends Washington to Tuskegee, 45; sketch of, 22. _Atlanta Constitution_, 81. Atlanta Speech, 79–81. Baldwin, William H. Jr., President of Board of Trustees, Tuskegee Institute, 73, 138. Belgium, Washington’s visit to, 122. Books, written by Washington, 108. Buildings, first at Tuskegee, 50–51, 58. Bulloch, Gov., of Ga., 81. Business League, National Negro, 109. Cabbages, an oration on, 96. Cabin, description of a, 3. Capital, campaign for removal, W. Va., 37. Carnegie, Andrew, 71, 73, 111. Carney, Sergeant William H., 85. Chicago Peace Convention, 106. “Chopping bee,” 52. Coal mine, 12–13. Coat, sale of, 28. Commencement exercises at Tuskegee, 93–95. Copenhagen, Washington’s visit to, 127. Corner stone, first building at Tuskegee, 59–60. Cotton States Exposition, 78. Creelman, James, 79. Davidson, Olivia, 49, 66. Denmark, Washington’s visit to, 127. Douglass, Frederick, 76, 82, 105. Education of negro, effect of, 90–91; future of, 104; negro education after Civil War, 22; Washington’s idea of, 91–93, 98, 103. Eliot, President C. W., 67. “Emancipation Proclamation,” 8. “Entitles,” 9. Europe, Washington’s trips to, 119–128. Extension work of Tuskegee, 100. Farm, purchase of, 50–51. “Festivals,” 54. Freedmen’s Bureau, 90. Gifts to Tuskegee, 54, 74–75. Hales’ Ford, Washington’s birthplace, 3. Hampton Institute, 15, 17, 20, 22–23, 26–27, 29–30, 32, 34. Harvard University, 82. Holland, Washington’s visit to, 122.