ACQUISITION OF PACIFIC IS-
LANDS; evolution of the
American policy as to, 12, 70,
119, 126, 127-128, 130, 137, 141,
151; guano islands, 69.
Aleutian Islands, 59, 70.
Alliance, American policy as
to, 52, 68; Anglo-American,
proposed, 90, 95, 97, 98, 100.
American maritime enterprise,
early, 13.

Anglo-American interests in the
Far East, cooperation, 14, 98,
104, 107; proposed alliance.
[See "Alliance."]
Astoria, 30.

Colonial establishments, distant
-feared by the Senate, 52;
suggested, 61; the Bonin

Island colony, 60 et seq.; fav-
ored by Perry, 65, 67.
Colonies, marine, 54.

Corea, 111-113; need of reforms
in, 112.

Corsairs, Peruvian, 10, 25.

Deserters, 39, 40, 42, 48, 64.
Discipline of crews, necessity
for strict, 29, 37.

Discovery, of islands by Ingra-
ham, 19; expeditions of, 24,
55, 58.

Eastern and Far Eastern ques-
tions, 155.
Expansion to California and
Oregon, effect on the Ameri-
can policy in the Pacific, 76,
78, 89, 90.

Exploring Expedition, U. S.,
suggested, 24, 50; petitions
for, 50; discussed in Congress,
51 et seq.; opposed by Sen-
ate, 52; authorized, 53; pur-
poses of, 53-55; delay, causes
of, 54; organized, 55; work of,
56, 58; results, 58.

Far East, earliest American ne-
gotiations for ports in, II, 48;
increase of American concern
in the, 91; Anglo-American
interests in, 14, 90; American
opportunity and duty in, 12,
IIO, 159, 160, 162; and the
Eastern questions, 155, 156;
recent changes in, 155; Rus-
sian plans as to, 159.
Fiji Islands, 24, 43, 45, 53, 55,
57, 69.

Fisheries, as a school for Amer-
ican seamen, 13.

to

ery of islands, 19; trade, 20.
Intervention, suggested as to
Japan, 77; suggested as
China, 95.
Isolation policy, favored, 52,
138; opposed, 90, 162.
Isthmian transit routes, need of,
40.

Japan, foreign policy of, 72 et

seq.; early American voyages
to, 73 et seq.; American de-
termination to secure inter-
course with, 76; Perry's ex-
pedition to, 78 et seq.; nego-
tiation of treaties with, 81, 82,
84.

Lobos Islands, 24, 69.

Loo Choo Islands, proposed oc-
cupation of, 65, 78; Perry at,
80.

Madison Island (Nukuhiva),
discovered by Ingraham, 19;
occupation by Capt. Porter,
26; American intervention in,
27; visited by the Vincennes,

41.

Natives of islands, character of,
18, 19, 28, 44, 47, 53.
Naval and coaling stations, 66,
70, 77, 125, 137, 139, 150.
Navy, operations in the Pacific.
10, 11, 25, 39-42, 47, 55, 59, 76,
79, 98, 107, III, 129, 130, 136,
143, 150; need of increase, 54,
59.
Northwest coast, early com-
mercial enterprise between
China and, 13; Jefferson's in-
terest in, 14. 30; the Colum-
bia at Nootka, 16; conflict-
ing national claims on, 20, 31.
"Pacific Coast."]
[See

Open door," 66, 91, 110, 160.
Orient, unlocking the, 72 et
seq.; American duty in, 12,
110, 159, 160, 162.

Pacific, the; early European
voyages to, 9; early American
voyages to, 10; beginning of
the American navy in, 10, II;
Wilkes' expedition to, II, 55;
increase of American interests
in, 32; need of a larger navy
in, 54, 59; policy as to acquir-
ing islands in, 12, 70. 119. 126.
127-128, 130, 137, 141, 151;
guano islands of, 69.
Pacific coast, the; increase of
American interest on, 30;
proposed plan for settlement
of, 32; desire to acquire ports
on, 35; and the Monroe doc-
trine, 35; acquisition of Cali-
fornia, 36. [See "North-
west coast."]

Peel Island colony, 61 et seq.

Peruvian Corsairs, 10, 25.
Philippines, 10, 56, 149-155; and
American opportunity in the
Far East, 110, 155-164; early
American interest in, 149; oc-
cupation, 151; cession by
Spain, 152; American respon-
sibility and policy in, 153-155,
163-164.

Pioneers in trade and discov-
ery, 13 et seq.

Piracy, 23, 40, 109.

Russia, claims in the North Pa-
cific, 31, 33; American trea-
ties with, 34; settlements of
early American trade with, 22,
33; and British rivalry in
Asia, 157; expansion policy
of, 158.

an-

Samoa, 46, 55, 57; strategic po-
sition of, 136; proposed
American protection or
nexation of, 137, 140; inter-
nal troubles, 138, 140, 142,
145; treaty with, 139; inter-
national complications in, 142,
147; tripartite arrangement
for, 140, 143; partition of, 148.
Sandwich Islands, early Ameri-

can vessels at, 16, 40, 41, 42,
43; early traffic with, 17; In-
graham at, 19, 21; native wars
in, 19; a resort for traders
and whalers, 22; and Astoria
settlement, 31; Russian de-
signs in, 32; a depot for sup-
plies, 39; treaty with, 40; im-
portance to American inter-

ests, 40; difficulties of mis-

Chinese-North-

Tahiti, 41, 56.
Trade, direct
west; American control of,
21; influence, 22.

Voyages, (special); of the Em-
press of China, 13; of the Co-
lumbia, etc., 15; of the Hope,
17 et seq.; of the Betsey, 23;
of the Aspasia, 23; of the Es-
sex, 25; of the Dolphin, 39; of
the Vincennes, 41; of the Ant-
arctic, 43; of the Margaret Oak-
ley, 44; of the Potomac, 47.

Wake Island, 24, 69.
Washington Island, Ingraham
at, 20.

Whalers, early relations with
the natives, 37 et seq.
Whaling interests, American,
10, 22, 50; protection by Capt.
Porter, 10, 26.

World Power, United States as
a, 12, 110, 159, 162.