Chaffee, General: arrival at Tien-tsin, 158; the relief of Peking, 177, 181, 199; a funeral incident, 184; the convoy to Tien-tsin, 187, 197 Chamot, Swiss proprietor of the Peking Hotel, provides food for the besieged, 114 Cheshire, Mr., American Legation, waiting for the relief troops, 15, 21; his bravery, 77 Ch’ien Men Gate, burning of, 25; firing of cannon from, 69; arrival of the relief force, 179 China, Empress of, and Prince Ching, 132; and Li Hung Chang, 163, 164 Ching, Prince, head of the Tsung-li Yamen, 69, 92; correspondence with the besieged, 132, 137, 138 Christians, Chinese, outrages on, 35, 38; located at the Fu, 75, 132; their want of food, 161 Churchill, Colonel, British Military Attaché to Japan, 180, 196 Cologan, Señor, Spanish Minister at Peking, 43; his illness, 120 Coltman, Dr. and Mrs., American physician at Peking, 20, 52, 79 Conger, Mr. and Mrs., American Minister at Peking, 52, 62, 120; message from the Yamen, 136; a funeral incident, 184; his naïveness, 198 Dana Collection, the, 14 Dosio, Père, the Superior of Nan-t’ang, his loss of mind, 131; Chinese outrage on, 176 Dutch Legation. See Legations Favier, Archbishop, the Superior of Pei-t’ang, 37, 194 Feng-tai railway-station, 4; burning of, 8 Fisher, a marine, death of, 125 Food-supply during the siege, 58, 73, 85, 106, 108, 109; an amusing incident, 146 French Legation. See Legations Fu, the, Chinese Christians located at, 72, 132, 161 Fukushima, General, commander of the Japanese relief forces, 167 Gamewell, Rev., a missionary, a mainstay to the besieged, 112, 193 Gaselee, General, commander of British relief forces, 149, 167, 176 German Legation. See Legations Giers, M. de, Russian Minister at Peking, 43, 120; message from the Yamen, 136; and the Americans, 186 Giers, Madame de, her wonderful help in nursing, 143 Hanlin Library, the, 107, 116 Hart, Sir Robert, Inspector-General of Customs, 13, 18, 50; death of Oliphant, 105; letters from the Yamen, 139, 151 Ha Ta Men Gate, defence of, 22, 33, 92 Hsu Ching Cheng, Director of Imperial University, 156 “International” cannon, the, 116 Italian Legation. See Legations James, Dr. H., 75; murder of, 76 Japanese Legation. See Legations Joostens, M., Belgian Minister, 141, 142 Jung Lu, communications with the besieged, 132, 134, 159 Kempff, Admiral, 14, 16, 17 Ketteler, Baron von, German Minister at Peking: Boxer incident, 24, 25; murder of, 45; discovery of body, 194 Kettles, Mr., the Belgian Consul, 141 Knobel, M., Dutch Minister at Peking, 43, 120; the chicken episode, 146, 147 Kroupensky, Mr., Russian Secretary, 23