=Siberia=, Jewish prisoners in Russo-Polish War deported to (1654), I 245 "Judaizing" sectarians deported to, I 402 ff Jewish juvenile recruits, or cantonists, sent to, II 24 failure of Courland Jews to leave province punished by deportation to, II 34 colonization of Jews in, started by Government (1836); and stopped (1837), II 71 swamps of, considered for Jewish settlement (1882), II 285 accusers of Jews, in ritual murder trial of Velizh, deported to (1835), II 82 accused Jews of Novoya Ushitza (Podolia) deported to (1836) II 85 Jewish printers of Slavuta (Volhynia) deported to, II 123 revolutionaries exiled to, II 243 Jewish revolutionaries exiled to, II 224 governors granted right of deportation to, II 246 criminals sentenced to deportation to, placed in transportation prisons, II 403 "aliens" (semi-savage tribes) in, placed on level with Jews, II 367 Jews of, denied right of movement, III 21 f Jewish recruits dispatched to, III 94 =Sicilist=, vulgar pronunciation for Socialist, III 116 =Sigismund= (_Polish_, Zygmynt), I., king of Poland and duke of Lithuania (1606-1648), favorable to Jews, I 71 f appoints Jewish tax-farmers in Lithuania, I 72 warns authorities of Posen to respect Jewish privileges, I 74 forbids Jews of Posen to keep stores on market-place, I 74; and restricts Jews of Posen to separate quarters, I 75 restricts Jews of Lemberg in pursuit of commerce, I 75 prevents anti-Jewish riot in Cracow, I 76 wife of, accepts bribes from Jews, I 76 appoints commission to investigate charges against Jews of Lithuania, I 80 exonerates Lithuanian Jews, I 81 places Jews on estates under jurisdiction of nobles, I 84 appoints Michael Yosefovich "senior," or chief rabbi of Lithuanian Jews, I 72 f, 104 confirms election of other chief rabbis, I 104 f, 122 confers large powers on rabbis, I 73, 104 f rabbinical conferences meet during reign of, I 109 f kindness of, to Jews commented upon by Polish writer, II 98