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.
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,
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.
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-
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.
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