Legations: Boxer outrages, 7 _et seq._; arrival of the marines, 15; weakness of the American, 18, 31; waiting for the relief party, 21, 27; attempts to burn, 25 _et seq._; alarming state of, 31; rescue of Chinese Christians, 35 _et seq._; Chinese offer an escort to the coast, 42, 159; murder of Baron von Ketteler, 45, 194; strength of the British Legation, 48, 72; American women and children transferred to the British, 48, 50; American missionaries brought in, 49; life in, 50 _et seq._, 119 _et seq._; evacuation and burning of the Belgian, 56; attempt on the Dutch, 57; supply of food, 58 _et seq._, 86, 108 _et seq._, 160; in great danger, 61 _et seq._; evacuation of Austrian and fright of the French, 63; general panic, 64; fighting the fire, 65 _et seq._; the crowded hospital, 74, 90, 91, 102, 103, 105, 116, 142, 143; a sortie, 75; murder of Dr. James, 76; armistice, 78; renewed attacks on, 80 _et seq._; attack on German, 92 _et seq._; an unsuccessful sortie, 95; racial friendships and animosities, 95, 96, 121, 122, 135; Japanese valour, 97; boldness of the Chinese, 98; successful charge down the wall, 99, 100; funerals, 102 _et seq._; discovery and successful use of an old cannon, 115, 116; plague of flies, 123, 124; Captain Strouts mortally wounded, 125; a bad day, 125 _et seq._, wave of despondency, 129 _et seq._; a missionary becomes insane, 131; communications with the Yamen, 132-134, 136, 145, 151, 159, 163, 169; Chinese send in food, 138; news of the relief force, 140; a chicken episode, 146; messenger sent to Tien-tsin, 149; description of the barricades, 151 _et seq._; letters from Tien-tsin, 157; food running short, 160; more severe attacks, 165, 168, 171; good news, 167; arrival of the relief force, 171 _et seq._; the question of loot, 191; the state of the German Legation, 193; discovery of mines, 193 Li Hung Chang, 163; and the Empress of China, 164, 165; purchase of guns, 171 Linqua Su, temple of, description of, 2; defence of, 9, 10 Lippitt, Dr., 34; wounded, 91, 142; typhoid fever, 186 M^cCalla, Captain, in command of the Japanese marines, 15; returns to Tien-tsin, 16; and the relief party, 21, 34 Macdonald, Sir Claude, British Minister at Peking, elected Commander-in-Chief, 120, 121; and Von Rostand, 122; Communications from the Yamen, 132, 133; and the relief force, 173, 179, 186 Macdonald, Lady, and her children, 17; and Baroness von Ketteler, 46; lodges the American missionaries in the chapel 50; food-supply, 85, 160 McKinley, President of the United States, forbids looting, 191 Magi-poo, rioting at, 14 Mallory, Colonel, sends news to the besieged, 158 Marines, the, arrival at Peking, 15; on the sick-list, 34; sorties, 35, 41, 99; death of Captain Strouts, 126; the relieving force, 179, 187