Native American in the Land of the Shogun : Ranald Macdonald and the Opening of Japan

List of Illustrations ix Introduction xi 1 Fort Colvile and the Custer Interview 3(20) 2 The Mouth of the Columbia River 23(28) 3 A Fateful Non-Meeting at Fort Vancouver 51(30) 4 Education at Red River 81(30) 5 A "Trial in Business" at St. Thomas 111(29) 6 Sag Harbor's Japan Connection 140(17) 7 A "Staging Ground" in the Hawaiian Islands 157(28) 8 Rishiri Island: The Adventure Begins 185(25) 9 On Japan's Northern Frontier 210(21) 10 Under Control of the Matsumae Domain 231(23) 11 Arrival in Nagasaki 254(19) 12 Nagasaki Days: Teaching English and Learning Japanese 273(21) 13 Leaving Nagasaki 294(29) 14 Creation of the Narrative 323(30) 15 The MacDonald Legacy 353(16) Appendix A-Deposition of Ranald MacDonald on the U.S.S. Preble 369(6) Appendix B-Ranald MacDonald and the Chinooks 375(4) Endnotes 379(23) Bibliography 402(9) Index 411