A. B. C. F. M., meeting of, 92.
Aborigines of India, article on, 129.
Abstract thought, disinclination of
D. C. S. for, 112, 124.
Accountability of Christians, 230.
Activity of D. C. S., 11; in mind, 76,
Affectionate manner of the Hindûs,
America, rebellion in, 261, 262.
Amused, habit of being, 109.
Ancestry, 1, 2.
Bloomfield, N. J., 88, 89, 90.
Boden Professorship, 128, 133.
Books, love of, 103.
Bopp's Comparative Grammar, 134.
Box from home, 314, 318, 319.
Boyishness, 75.
Brahmans, 180, 333.
Breckenridge, J. H., letter of, to C.
Scudder, 387; letter to, from C.
Scudder, 390.
Brethren, Christian, Society of, 78,
79, 101, 113, 116.
Andipatti, tour through, 280, 293, Buck, Henry, letter to, 352.
338; last visit to, 376.
Andover, 72, 73, 82.
Animals, friendship of D. C. S. for,
14, 15.
Appearance of D. C. S. on entering
college, 21, 24, 25.
Arcot Mission, 200.
Arnold, Thomas, influence of, on
D. C. S., 104.
Ashes, rubbing of sacred, 181, 196,
235, 236.
Ballantyne, Dr., 128, 132.
Bullock driving, 212, 219, 220, 275.
Bungalow, description of a, 204.
Bunsen, Chevalier, 134, 135.
Burial services, 382-384.
Burnell, Rev. T. T., letter to, 178;
reference to, 242, 243, 244, 246,
274.
Caldwell's, Dr., Comparative Gram-
mar, 129; History of Tinnevelly
Mission, 276.
Cameron, Ill., adventures at, 150-
153.
Bandy, a, 176; description of, 195, Cape Cod, birthplace of D. C. S.'s
202; travelling in, 203, 275.
father, 1; visit to, 12, 13.
Capron, Rev. W. B., 102; letter to,
117; reference to, 221.
Cares of missionary life, 367.
Caste, 243, 340.
Bazaar, a native, 182, 183; preach- Catamaran, a, 173, 193.
ing in, 348.
Beach, Madras, 182.
Beasts, wild, on the Pulney Hills,
Beggars in Madras, 184, 189.
Belleville, N. J., 90.
Benevolent spirit among Hindû
Christians, 224–226, 245.
Bible colportage, 86; purpose of, 87.
Bibliotheca Sacra, essays in, 129,
132.
Birth of D. C. S., 1.
Birthday in India, 244.
Catechist, a, at work, 190; account
of D. C. S. by a, 378.
Catholics, Roman, 89, 196.
Cattle, disease among, 297.
Câvery river, 210.
Ceylon, 173.
Character of D. C. S. as missionary,
392, 393.
Chatham, 12.
Child, birth of, to D. C. S., 260, 261.
Children, affection of, for D. C. S.,
142, 377; in India, 179, 180, 185,
186, 194, 236; missionary educa-
tion of, 8, 117, 140; talks to, 99, Earnestness, moral, 119.
100, 139-142.
Economical expedients of D. C. S.,
30, 31.
Christians, native, character of, 227, Electra of Sophocles, 53.
College-life, letter concerning, 323;
return to, 47; reluctance to end, 70.
College-mates, 27, 28; efforts in be-
half of, by D. C. S., 44, 59, 60;
feeling for, 69, 70.
Como, Ill., visit to, 150.
Composition, difficulty of D. C. S. in,
38, 52; new character of, 80.
Congregation, a Hindû, 190, 267, 280;
additions to, 282.
Congregational Church, division in,
3; adaptation to missionary enter-
prise, 139.
Conversation with D. C. S., 121, 122.
Cook, petition of, 266.
Cromlechs, on the Pulneys, 358-361;
at Mâna Madura, 362; in Peria-
kulam, 363-366.
Crows in India, 194.
Dance of natives, 237.
Dark side of missionary experience,
374.
Day, a, on shipboard, 164, 165; at
Madura, 258; at Periakulam, 333–
338.
Dean, Rev. S. C., letters to, 102,
117, 118, 221.
Death, of D. C. S., 380; thoughts of
D. C. S. on, 158, 189, 394.
Defender of the gospel, a, 191.
Degradation of Hindûs, 230, 254,
255, 256, 292, 372.
Despondency, 325.
Devotional habits of D. C. S., 330.
Dhorey, a, 173.
Diary of D. C. S., 88-92; character
of, 88.
Dindigal, 207, 212, 218; rock at, 147,
Discipline, church, among the Hin-
dûs, 375; self, of D. C. S., 43.
Donkeys, impounding of, 262, 263.
Dress of Hindûs, 194, 195.
Duff, Dr., quoted, 91.
Embarkation of missionaries, 161-
163.
Energy of D. C. S., 144.
Enthusiasm in face of obstacles, 217,
222.
Essex Street, early home of D. C. S.
in, 5.
Examination as missionary, 227, 228,
273.
Exhortation, direct, 91.
Fair at Andipatti, 344.
Faith in God, 326, 373, 394.
Farm, at work on a, 19, 106.
Farmer-life, inclination of D. C. S.
for a, 14, 19, 34.
Farming in India, 352–354.
Feast-day at Madura, 263.
Figurative language of the Hindûs,
216.
Fishing in India, 238, 239.
Fisk, Rev. D. T., letter to, 246.
Foster, John, 54, 104.
Gardeners, Hindû, 335.
Genius, D. C. S. a man of, 108.
Germany, letter to a classmate in,
135.
Girls, names of, in India, 268.
Girls' Boarding-School in Madura,
268, 269.
Good-nature of D. C. S., 109.
Graduation of D. C. S. from college,
69.
Hannibal, Mo., 152, 155.
Hat, pith, 187.
Health-retreat of the mission, 297,
303.
Heat of India, 262, 298, 304, 329.
Heathenism, feelings in presence of,
229, 230, 322; hopeless element of,
257.
Herrick, Rev. George F., letters to,
125, 126, 351.
High Street, 93, 94.
Hindû character, 217, 247, 276; in-
fluence upon, 387.
Hindû literature, papers on, 125, 126;
philosophy, sketch of, 129; studies
in, 113, 123, 130-133, 213, 351.
Dutton, George D., 161; letter to, Hinduism, character of, 130, 131,
132; studies in, 113, 123, 124, 126,
130.
Hoisington, Rev. H. R., 65, 82, 113, | Marriage of D. C. S., 161.
Masullah boats, 145, 174.
Maternal Association, 7.
Mathematics, distaste of D. C. S. for
16, 32, 51.
Matthews, Capt. George, 164.
Melûr, 273.
Memorial stone, 385.
Methodical life, 39.
Mills Theological Society, 60-63.
Missionaries, visit of, to Periakulam,
Missionary, resolution of D. C. S. to
be a, 34, 35.
Missionary cause in Boston, 7.
Missionary education, of children, 8;
of D. C. S., 64.
Missionary purpose, growth of, in
D. C. S., 60.
Missionary spirit, effort of D. C. S. to
increase, 63, 114, 115, 116, 117;
character of, 171, 172.
Missionary work, anticipation of, 169,
170-172, 173; compared with pas-
toral labor, 320, 321; discourage-
ments of, 217, 247, 248, 322; inter-
est in, 345; manner of performing,
392; plans of, 277, 281, 347.
Mistakes in use of Tamil, 186, 187.
Mohammedan boy, 205, 206; conver-
sation with a, 348; religion in In-
dia, 188.
Monkeys, 313.
Monthly concert, 101; in Madras, 186.
Morbidness of feeling, 42, 55-58, 119,
325; correction of, 59.
Mother, letters of D. C. S. to his, 39,
347.
Mountain climbing, 22, 23.
Mount Road, Madras, 184.
Muir's Sanskrit Texts, 133.
Mullens, Rev. Joseph, 128, 132.
Müller, Max, 128, 133, 134.
Nâmkal, letter from, 204.
"National Eagle," 164.
Naturalness of religious expression
in D. C. S., 36, 37.
Nature, influence of, on D. C. S., 15,
21, 23, 26, 105.
Nature in India, 238, 254, 255.
Neighborhood meetings, 98, 99.
Nephew, letter of D. C. S. to his, 323.
Newark, 92.
Newman, Rev. Charles, letter from,
75; reference to, 102; letter to, 254.
New Year's day at Madura, 264,
Mar Yohannan, visit of, in Boston, 11. | 265.
Niagara Falls, 148, 149.
Niece, letter to a, 233.
Noyes, Rev. Mr., 227.
Objections to the gospel by Hindûs,
Oddness of manner in D. C. S., 45,
46.
Oppert's Grammar, 128, 134.
Orange, town of, 88, 89, 90.
Ordination of D. C. S. as mission-
ary, 161.
Orthodox, sect of, 3; social limita-
tions of the, 3.
Out-door life of D. C. S., 15, 21, 23,
24, 76, 77.
Outness of life of D. C. S., 16, 17, 31,
36, 45.
Palanquin, or palkee, 181, 182, 203;
bearers, 187.
Palmer, Rev. Charles Ray, letter
from, 107–112, 114–116; letter to,
Parents, letter of D. C. S. to his, 36.
Paul's Epistles, study of, 170.
Peddler, Polish, 91.
Periakulam, appointment to, 275;
description of, 278, 279; descrip-
tion of house at, 284-288; removal
to, 283.
Perkins, Dr. Justin, 11, 127.
Personal appeal, value of, 120.
Phillips Academy, 73, 120.
Philosophy, Hindû, studies in, 113,
123, 130-133, 213, 351.
Philosophy of History, 134, 135.
Pilliyar, temple of, 181, 197, 206,
209, 229.
Poor children, love of D. C. S. for, 97.
Popham's Broadway, Madras, 145,
146, 181.
Prayer, for missions, 218; meetings
for, 100; morning, at Periakulam,
336.
Preaching, character of, 137; object
in, 139; on shipboard, 165; in Ma-
dras, 185; to natives, 205, 206, 216,
239-242; plan for, 349, 350.
Presidential election, 92.
Pulney Hills, 279, 289, 298, 303, 321;
leaving the, 328.
Punkah, 185, 201.
Puritan origin, 1, 2.
Purpose, intensity of, 44, 45.
Quarrel among native Christians,
374.
Rank of D. C. S. in college, 43.
Reading, taste of D. C. S. in, 54, 80,
103.
Recorder, Boston, papers in, 126.
Religion, conventional phraseology
of, 40, 41; struggle of D. C. S. in
deciding question of personal, 32–
34; zeal in, 43.
Religious awakening of D. C. S. the
beginning of intellectual activity,
36; education of D. C. S., 18, 26,
32; feeling, 120, 121; feeling, vari-
ability of, 42, 43.
Rendall, Rev. Mr., 220.
Rhetoric, sacred, 111.
Rhododendron-tree, over grave, 383,
River, coming down of the, 252, 368,
370; mode of crossing the Câvery,
210; crossing the Vaikai, 369, 371,
372, 379.
Rock Cottage, 309, 393.
Roxbury, removal of family to, 13;
life at, 14-16; recollections of, 105.
Royapuram, 189.
Sailors, interest of D. C. S. in, 165–
167.
St. Hilaire, Barthelemy, 133.
St. Joseph, Mo., 154.
Salem, India, 200, 202.
Salutation, mode of, in India, 184.
Sanskrit language and literature,
128, 133, 134, 164–166, 169, 346.
Saturday at home, 119.
Savarimuttu, 219, 265.
Scanning verse, 51.
Scenery about Periakulam, 289.
Scholarship of D. C. S., 386, 388.
School, education of D. C. S. at, 6,
16; comrades, 17; in India, 183,
184, 344.
School-girls, in India, 268, 272.
School-houses, in India, 242, 269.
Schools, mission, scheme of support-
ing, 140, 191.
Schools, Sunday, letters to, 192-199,
241-246, 267-272.
Scudder, Charles, father of D. C. S.,
1; business life of, 2; church con-
nection of, 3; character of, 4; hos-
pitality of, to missionaries, 9; in-
fluence of, over D. C. S., 28; let-
ters of, to D. C. S., 28, 29, 83, 84;
failure of, in business, 34; inter-
course of D. C. S. with, 100; part-
ing of, with son, 163; remembrance
of, by D. C. S., 250; letters to,
from D. C. S., 251, 324; letter to,
from J. H. Breckenridge, 387; let-
ter of, to same, 390; death of, 396.
Scudder, Charles W., letter to, 372.
Scudder, Charles W., Mrs., letter to,
290.
Scudder, D. C., Mrs., 380, 381, 386.
Scudder, Rev. Evarts, 161; letters to,
189, 259.
Scudder, Horace E., letters to, 228,
238, 275, 319, 333, 345, 367.
Scudder, Dr. John, connection of,
with family of D. C. S., 9; ad-
dresses of, to children, 9, 10; per-
sonal influence of, over D. C. S.,
10, 35, 142; death of, 35.
Scudder, Rev. John, 164, 166, 175,
176.
Scudder, Samuel H., letters to, 238,
250, 332.
Scudder, Silas, 201.
Scudder family, origin, 1; residence,
5; home life, 5, 6.
Search for remains of D. C. S., 380,
381.
Self-examination, 40.
Self-reproach, 325, 332.
Senior year at Williams College, 67.
Sermon, missionary, 137, 138.
Servants, 267, 284, 327.
Seymour, Pastor, 285; letter from,
391.
Short, Charles, 16.
"Tales about the Heathen," 143.
Tamil language, study of, 65, 66,
101, 113, 124, 126, 127; first exper-
iments in use of, 174, 176, 177,
180, 186; mistakes in use of, 186,
187.
Tamil lyrics, 190, 227, 254.
Tamil story, 259, 260.
Tank, water, 252, 265, 266.
Taylor, Isaac, writings of, 104,
105.
Temperament, variable, of D. C. S.,
42, 87, 109, 110.
Temple, heathen, 197, 198, 205, 206,
229, 230-233, 235, 245, 255.
Temple Place, 5.
Theological Seminary, entrance of,
72; life in, 77, 78, 81; classes of
students in, 115; notice of D. C. S.
in, 395.
Theology, study of, 111.
Thinking, systematic efforts of D. C.
S. at, 38, 52.
Thompson, Rev. A. L., 138, 157, 158,
Sister, letters from D. C. S. to his, Union Church, 3, 6.
82, 168, 250, 276, 293, 321.
Siva, three marks of, 174, 209.
Society, aversion of D. C. S. from
formal, 74.
Society of Inquiry, 114.
Solavanthan, recovery of remains
from, 382.
Song, funeral, of Christians, 384.
Soothsayer, a, 243.
Sophomore year at college, 52, 54.
Storm on Pulneys, 315, 361.
Street-life of D. C. S., 11, 12.
Street-preaching, 239, 240, 241.
Study, habits of, 31, 51, 110; on ship-
board, 172, 173.
Sturtevant, Rev. J. M., Jr., letter
from, 119-122; letters to, 137-139,
164.
Style of life among missionaries, 327,
328.
Sunday on shipboard, 165, 166.
Swedish Bible-class, 97, 98, 118.
Swimming-basin, 274.
Swings for heathen gods, 198.
Vacation in college, 46-48, 54.
Vegetation, Indian, 290-292; on the
Pulneys, 310.
Vellore Mission, 200.
Vessels found in cromlechs, 362,
365.
View from Pulneys, 311.
Village in India, 193.
Voyage to Madras, length of, 164,
192.
War between England and Amer-
ica, rumors of a, 263.
Washburn, Rev. Geo. T., 124, 125;
letters to, 127, 128, 130-135, 143,
145-147, 160; letter from, 382.
Webb, Rev. Edward, 124, 161, 164,
200, 205, 209, 215.
Well, an Indian, 286; drawing water
from, 335.
West, journey to the, 147-157.
Western aspects, 157.
Wethersfield, Conn., 19, 106.
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