Seward, Hon. Wm. H., instructions to Consul Stillman, 101; despatch to Minister Morris, 119; decides to recall Stillman, 120, 144 _Sime_, 130 Simon, French Admiral, ordered to Cretan coast, 141 _Sitia_, 143 Skoulas, a Cretan chieftain, 106, 127 Smolenski, an Hellenic chief, 133 Soliotis, an Hellenic officer, 89; at Krapi, 123, 132 Sphakian mountains, 73 Sphakiotes, 16; insurrection of 1770, 27 Spratt, on the geology of Crete, 14 _St. Irene_ pass surprised, 90 _St. Roumeli_ river, 172 _St. Rumséli_, entrance to Samariá, 95 ST. THOMAS, 107, 130 Stanley, Lord, 141, 142 Steedman, Commodore, 62 Stillman, William J., U. S. consul, arrives in Crete in summer of 1865, 36; plans a journey to Sphakia _via_ Omalos, opposed by Ismael Pasha, consulate violated, broil with the Pasha, 38; checkmates him at Constantinople, 39; and in Canéa, 40; returns a spurious gem, 40; abandons the journey to Sphakia, 41; protests against using violence towards the Assembly, 46; remonstrates against the conduct of a dervish, 52; approached by Schahin Pasha, 55; besieged in his home, 59; advises Schahin Pasha to disobey Ismael, 63; warns Mustapha of the result of his successes, 75; hopes after Arkadi, 88; urges European intervention, Turkish espionage, 97; news agency, pressure on the Russian Consul, 98; asks for an American ship-of-war, 101; rude treatment from officers of the "Canandaigua," 117; sends his family to Syra, lives on yacht "Kestrel," 118; anxious to leave the island, 119; recall determined on at Washington, trip to Cerigotto, 120; to Candia, 129; sends first news to Constantinople, 130; excites Tricou against Omar, 138; favors acceptance of A'ali Pasha's terms, 144; scorbutic illness, 149; witnesses a skirmish between Zurba and Lakus, 159; leaves Crete under medical orders, 150; death of Mrs. Stillman, 154; deposed by Secretary Fish, revisits Crete after the war, 154; trip to Omalos, 155; mission to Constantinople, 175 Strong, captain of ship "Canandaigua," 117 _Stylos_, 78 _Suda Bay_, 61 _Suia_, of Selinos, 92, 95 _Temenos_, 127 _Theriso_, movement against, 72, 73; occupied, 74; reoccupied by Cretans, 83, 83, 89 "Ticonderoga," corvette, 61 Tombasis, a Hydriote chief, 31 _Topolia_, 120 Tricou, French consul, succeeds Derché 122; refused permission to accompany Omar Pasha, 125; makes a list of atrocities, 137; despatch, 138 _Tripiti_, 95 Turkish rule in Crete, 26-37 Turkish words in Cretan speech, 17, 18 _Vafé_ 78; attacked, 81 Veloudaki, Costa, of Sphakia, 81; surprises Episkopí, 99; at Krapi, 123 Venetian Republic purchases Crete, 20; barbarous régime, 20-25 Volunteers distrusted, 82; behave badly, and are carried home, 94; Mainote reinforcements, 95; surrender, 151