INDEX.
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A'ali Pasha arrives in Crete, 143, 148;
rebuilds church at Lakus, 157
Abdou, 128
Abdul Aziz, Sultan, accession, 36;
rage over Crete, 111
Abdul Medjid, Sultan, deceased, 36
Afendallos, a Moreote chieftain, 30
Agios Basilios, 126, 131, 135
Agios Roumeli, 133
Alikianu, plain of, 88, 107;
town, 156
Ali Riza Pasha, movement against Omalos, 105;
rescued, 106;
beaten at Topolia, 120
Amari, 106, 135
American Secretary of Legation at Constantinople, 116;
intrigue against Consul Stillman, 118
Anopolis, 132, 133
Apokorona district, 54, 58;
Egyptians surrender, 66;
movement against, 74, 89
Aradena, 133
"Arethusa" man-of-war, 61
Arkadi, convent of, 83;
bombardment of, 84;
butchery at, 86;
effect on European opinion, 90
"Arkadi," blockade-runner, 114
Asfendu, 132
Askyphó(Askyfó), 71, 82, 102, 132
Assembly at Murnies (1833), 33;
at Nerokouro (1858), 35, (1864), 36;
at Omalo, gathers April 12, 1865, moves to Boutzounaria and Nerokouro, 41;
games at Boutzounaria, 42;
sends a deputation of captains with a petition to the Porte, refuses to adjourn when ordered by Ismael Pasha, 43;
insists on a promise of immunity, dissolution urged by all friendly consuls, 47;
decided by Parthenius Kelaïdes and Joannides, 48;
committee retreat to the mountains, 48;
counter-proclamation to Mustapha's, 68;
provisional government, headed by Mavrocordato, 123;
appeals for Coroneos to become commander-in-chief, 151
"Assurance" sloop-of-war, 91
Baleste, a French Philhellene, 30
Barron, Mr., English chargé at Constantinople, 141
Bishop of Canéa threatened with burning, 29;
(another), heroic end, 35
Bondapoulo, 78
Boniface, Duke of Montserrat, possesses Crete, 20
Borthwick, Col., adventure at Meskla, 162
Boutakoff, commander of "Grand Admiral," 76, 96;
ordered to the Sphakian coast, 98
Boutzounaria, seat of the Assembly, 41, 42;
source of water supply of Canéa, 42;
attack on aqueduct, 121
Bulgaris, evil genius of Greece, 145;
tool of Russia, 146;
withdraws all support from Crete, 152
Campos, 78
"Canandaigua," American ship-of-war, 117
Candanos, fortress, refuge of Mussulmans, 66;
expedition for relief of, 67, 69
Candia, 106, 125
Cave-stifling at Kephalá, 79;
in Mylopotamos, 128, 137
Christians persecuted in Crete, 27, 29;
panic and exodus, 51, 52, 57;
massacres, 64, 65;
stifled in caves, 79, 128, 137
Colucci, Italian consul, advises giving an assurance to the Assembly, 45;
wins the Pasha's ill-will, 47
Comitades, pass, 102
Comoundouros, premier at Athens, 114;
prepares insurrection in Turkey, 116;
dismissal effected by Russia, 145
Consular corps summoned by Ismael Pasha, 44;
refuse him support, 46;
protest against calling in the Mussulmans, 50;
unite in preventing a Mussulman outbreak, protect Christian refugees, 57;
fortify the consulates, 59;
side with Schahin Pasha against Ismael, 62
Coroneos, Col., timely arrival, 83;
headquarters at Arkadi, 83;
unites with Zimbrakakis to defend Omalos, 89;
moves eastward, 95;
operations on Mt. Ida, 99;
at Kallikrati, 123; attacks
Omar at Margaritas, 125;
at Kallikrati, 131;
falls back on Askyfó, holds Muri, 132;
drives Reschid, 133, 135;
wanted for commander-in-chief, 151
Cretans, the best types of ancient Greeks, 13;
ancestors, 14;
present characteristics, 16, 19
Crete, climate and products, 13;
antiquities, 14, 16;
present inhabitants, 16;
language, 17, 18;
literature, 18;
music, 19;
conquered by Saracens, 19;
recovered by Byzantine emperors, 20;
transferred to Boniface, and sold to Venetian Republic, 20;
cruel government, 20-26;
conquest by Turks favored, 26;
Turkish rule, 26-37;
Sphakiote insurrection of 1770, 27;
of 1821, 29-31;
united by the allied powers to government of Mehemet Ali, Egyptian régime, 32-34;
assembly at Murnies in 1833, repression by Mustapha Pasha, 33;
insurrection of 1840, 34;
Assembly of 1858, 34;
of 1864, 36;
hardships preceding the insurrection of 1866, 36
Criaris, a Cretan chief, 105
Damasta, 127, 128
Dante's description of Crete, 26
Dendrino, Russian consul, sincere in advising against insurrection, but probably strengthened Parthenius, 48;
character, 96;
orders a frigate to the Sphakian coast, 98
Deportations, 92, 99, 140, 142
Derché, French consul, supports Ismael Pasha in everything, 44;
urges violent dispersal of the Assembly, 45;
confirms the Pasha against consular protests, 46;
labors to provoke a collision, 52;
intrigue with Schahin Pasha, 54;
refuses to ask for a man-of-war, 57;
recalled, 122
Dibaki, port, 130, 135
Dickson, English consul, humane and honest, ordered to co-operate with his French colleague, 44;
supports Ismael Pasha against the Assembly, 45;
declares an assurance unnecessary, 46;
refuses to ask for a man-of-war, 57;
reports the atrocities at Arkadi, 90;
proposes to send a ship to pick up Cretan families, 92;
dispatch on the affair at Krapi, 104;
captured by Cretans near Canéa, 150
Dimitrikarakos, an Hellenic chief, 125
Diodorus Siculus, on the first inhabitants of Crete, 14
Egyptian régime in Crete, 32;
troops in Crete, 30, 31;
under Schahin Pasha, 53;
at Vrvsis, 63, 64, 66;
as found by Mustapha, 68;
beaten at Stylos, 78;
driven to the assault of Arkadi, 85;
sufferings in the mountains, 90;
slaughter at Krapi, 104;
recalled home, 122;
losses at Sime, 130
"Ennosis" blockaded at Syra, 152
Episkopi, 84, 123;
surprised, 99
Erskine, English minister at Athens, 107
Fair at Omalo, April, 1865, 38;
turned into an Assembly, 41
Foligniaco, Venetian raid on, 25
Franco Castelli port, 102, 130
Gaiduropolis, 132
Geissler (Dilaver Pasha), Turkish chief of Artillery, 124;
death, 134
Gnossus, 128
Goldsborough, Rear-Admiral, 101, 116
Grabusa, captured by Kalergis, 32
"Grand Admiral," Russian frigate, 76;
ordered to assist in deportation, 96
Greek Government and the insurrection, 63, 112, 114;
under Russian influence, 145;
ostentatious pretence of aiding the revolt, 151
Halará, 135
Hobart Pasha blockades the "Ennosis" at Syra, 152
Homer, account of Ancient Crete, 14, 15
Hostí, 105
Hussein Avni replaces Mustapha, 118;
locum tenens of Omar Pasha, ravages plains of Kissamos, 120;
block-house plan, 148
Ida, Mt., 83, 99
Ignatieff, Gen., Russian minister, 96, 99;
prevents Mr. Stillman's recall, 120
Insurrection of 1866, preparation, 42-52;
first bloodshed, 52;
overtures from Schahin Pasha, 54;
first Mussulman blood, 56;
collision at Selinos, 63, 64;
general outbreak of hostilities, 65;
Vrysis taken, 66;
engagement at Kakopetra, 70;
at Malaxa, 72;
Lakus abandoned, Zurba held, 73;
Theriso lost, 73;
stand at Stylos, 78;
Campos abandoned, 78;
Vafé lost; retreat to Askyfó; loss of confidence in Greek volunteers, 82;
revived by Coroneos, 83;
Arkadi lost, 84-87;
Kissamos besieged, Omalos defended, 89;
shut up in Sphakian Mountains, collapse imminent, 94;
revival in Eastern Sphakia, 99;
Turks shut up in Retimo, 100;
affair at Krapi, 103;
defeat of Ali Riza Pasha, 105;
of Reschid Effendi, 106;
aid from the Greek Government, 115;
defeat of Ali Riza Pasha at Topolia, 120;
of Mehmet Pasha at
Krapi, and Omar Pasha at Kallikrati, 123;
reinforcements in the east, 125;
Omar shut up at Margaritas, 126;
Reschid beaten at Lasithe, 129;
Omar attacked at Kallikrati, 131;
at Aradena, 133;
checked at Agios Roumeli, 133;
retreat to Canéa, 135;
Reschid killed, 135;
armistice, 142;
pusillanimous surrender of volunteers, 151;
collapse, 152
Ismael Gibraltar, 31;
killed, 78
Ismael Pasha, appointed governor, outwits the Assembly of 1864, 36;
hated for his extortions and cruelty, 37;
quarrels with Consul Stillman, 38;
shirks the apology ordered by the Porte, 39;
makes a present of a paste intaglio, 40;
orders the Assembly at Boutzounaria to disperse, 43;
calls a conference of the consular corps, 44;
threatens to disperse the Assembly by force, 45;
fails to get the support of the consular corps, 46;
calls in the Mussulmans to the walled cities, 50;
attacked with fever, 55;
arms his co-religionaries, 57;
superseded by Mustapha Kiritli, 58;
quarrel with Schahin Pasha, 62;
withdraws Turkish supports from him, demands a battalion of Egyptians, 63;
unnerved at Cretan successes, 66;
packed off to Constantinople, 67
Italian words in Cretan speech, 18
Janissary sway in Crete, 28
Joannides, a Greek physician, decides the Assembly not to disperse, 48
Kakopetra, ravine of, 70
Kaìergis, a Greek chief, 31
Kallikrati, pass, 123, 130
Kalyves, 78
Kares, 132
Kephalá, cave-stifling, 79
Keramia, movement against, 72, 73
Khalepa, 57
Kissamos, captured by Kalergis, 32;
besieged by volunteers, 89;
plain districts ravaged, 120
Korakas a Cretan chieftain, 99
Krapi, 78, 88, 99;
passage by the Turks, 103;
attack of Mehmet Pasha, 123
Krustogherako, pass, 90
Lakus, movement against, 72, 73, 157;
reoccupied by Cretans, 83;
abandoned, 89:
situation, 157;
church-bell strife, 158
Lasithe, 125;
attacked, 128
Lasithe Effendi mountain, 129
Lasithri district, 83
Levantine, a person of foreign ancestry, born and bred in Turkey, 44
Loutro, a port of Sphakia, 94
Lyons, Lord, 56, 97, 113
McDonald, Capt., 61
Mainote irregulars, 95, 99
Malavisi, 127
Malaxa, block-house attacked, 72
Manosouyanaki, a Cretan captain, 73
Margaritas, 126
Mathea, 129
Mavrocordato appointed president by the Cretans, 123
Mehemet Ali, awarded Crete by the allies, 32;
oppression, 33
Mehmet Ali, "the Prussian," 174
Mehmet Pasha guards Krapi, 88;
out-flanks Theriso, 89;
attack on Krapi, 123;
shut up at Kares, 132;
driven back to Vryses, 133
Melambos, 135
Melidoni, Antoni, a Cretan captain, 29;
assassinated, 30
Meskla, 159
Messara, 106, 129, 130
Mikhali, Hadji, of Lakus, 81;
reoccupies Lakus and Theriso, 83;
successes near Canéa, 83;
fights Ali Riza Pasha, 105;
character, 106, 163, 168
Morris, Hon. E. Joy, U. S. Minister at Constantinople, 97, 101, 119
Moustier, Marquis de, plan to transfer Crete to Viceroy of Egypt, 53
Murnies, 25;
Assembly at, in 1833, 33;
executions at, 34
Murray, commander of "Wizard," 62, 91;
letter to Minister Erskine, 107;
visit to Omar, 137
Music of the Cretans, 19
Mustapha Pasha (Kiritli), the "Albanian butcher," 33, 34;
made Imperial Commissioner, 58;
arrival, 67;
summons insurgents to submit, 68;
relieves Candanos, 69;
retreat harassed, 70;
return to Canéa, 71;
moves against Lakus, Theriso, and Keramia, relieves Malaxa, 72;
attacks Zurba, occupies Theriso, 73;
march on Krapi, opposed at Stylos, takes Campos, 78;
carries Vafé, 81;
tarries at Prosnero, takes Arkadi, 82-87;
return to Canéa, prepares for Theriso campaign, 88;
moves through the passes of Kissamos, 89;
ravages the valleys of Selinos, 90;
permits Dickson to ship off Cretan families, 92;
embarks at Suia, repulsed at St. Rumséli and Tripiti, returns to Selinos, 95;
removes to Askyfó, 102;
losses at Krapi, 104;
orders an attack on Omalos, 105;
slights Capt. Strong, 117;
replaced by Hussein Avni, 118
Mylopotamo, 125, 127
Navarino, result of battle on Cretan insurrection, 31
Nerokouro, seat of the Assembly of 1858, 35
Nicolaïdes, an Hellenic chief, 133
Nikephoras Phocas drives the Saracens from Crete, 20
Omalos, annual fair at, April, 1865, 38; turned into an Assembly, 41;
situation, 74, 89, 90, 105, 165;
concentration of insurgents and volunteers at, 89;
attacked by Ali Riza Pasha, 105;
expedition against, 135
Omar Pasha arrives, 121;
moves on Sphakia, 122;
attacks Kallikrati, 123;
faithlessness, lust, and cruelty, 124;
sets out for Candia, 125;
bottled up at Margaritas, 126;
rescued by Reschid Effendi, 127;
orders an attack on Lasithe, 128;
prepares for Sphakian campaign, 130;
attacked at Kallikrati, 131;
at Aradena, 133;
transports his troops to Agios Roumeli and to Canea, 133;
losses, 134;
gets the ill-will of French consul, 138;
proclamation of amnesty, 142;
return in disgrace 148
Osman Pasha, 52
Outrey, French minister at Constantinople, 141
Paget, Lord Clarence, arrives in the "Psyche," 61
"Panhellenion" blockade-runner, 74, 114
Pappadakis, Dr., see Joannides
Parthenius Kelaïdes, priest, decides the Assembly not to disperse, 48
Pashley, on the Venetian rule in Crete, 20-26;
on the rule of Mustapha Kiritli, 34
Pediada, 128, 130, 134
Pergamos, 156
Perivoglia, 42
Petropoulaki, Mainote chieftain, 99;
jealousy, 127, 133;
made head of Greek Government's expedition, 156
Platanos (Iardanos) river, 156
Porte, change of policy, 109;
proclamation, 110;
threatens to revoke Consul Stillman's exequatur, 119
Prosnero, 82
"Psyche" despatch-boat, 61
Pym, commander of "Assurance," 91;
carries Cretan families to the Peiræus, 92;
act disapproved by government, 93
Reign of terror, 57-60
Reschid Effendi drives back the insurgents, 100;
moves on Amari, 106;
ordered to join Omar, 125;
rescues him, 127;
attacks Lasithe, 128, 129;
marches from Dibaki, 131;
to Askyfó, 132;
rescues Mehmet, 132;
driven back to Kallikrati, 133;
fatally wounded at Melambos, 135
Retimo, 83, 84, 99, 100
Rhizo, 74
Rhizo Castron, 129
Rogers, E. T., Acting English Consul-General at Beyrout, 142
Romaic and Cretan speech compared, 17, 18
Russia's relations to the insurrection, 76, 77;
Russian minister at Constantinople sends a ship to aid in deportation, 96, 99;
intrigues with the Viceroy, 122;
agreement with France, 137;
encouragement to the revolt, 143;
overthrows Comoundouros ministry, 145
Russos, a Sphakiote chief, 30
Sacopoulos, Greek consul, 91
Samariá, impenetrable fortress, 27, 95, 133;
glen of, 166;
chapel, 172
Saracen conquest of Crete, 19
Sarpi, Fra Paolo, advice to Venetian senate, 23
Schahin Pasha, general-in-chief of Egyptians, 53;
intrigue with the French consul, 54;
fruitless mission to the Apokorona, 54;
approaches Consul Stillman, 55;
difference with Ismael, 62;
refuses him troops, 64
Scylax on the settlement of Crete, 14
Seliniotes, 16
Selinos shut in by insurgents, 63;
second sortie, 64;
third sortie, 66;
entered by Mustapha, 90, 135
Server Effendi sent to Crete, 109;
character, 111;
compels delegates to go to Constantinople, 113
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
Vrysis, 55, 123, 132, 133;
held by Egyptians, 63;
threatened by Cretans, 64;
taken, 66;
effect on Greek Government, 68
White Mountains, 73
"Wizard" gunboat, 62, 66;
ordered to Malta, 91
Xyloscala, 166
Yennissarli, a Greek chief, 95
Yerakari, 106
Zebeques, dance of, 168
Zimbrakaki, commander of volunteers, 81;
joins Coroneos, 89;
attacked by Ali Riza Pasha, 105;
inertness, 106, 133;
at Krapi, 123;
pursued by Omar, 132
Zurba, attacked, 73, 149