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day from the; officials, wlio reiterate tlieir request, witli an assurauee that tlie commissioners were ordereil 

 to receive tlie Commodore at Uraga with distiuguislietl cousideratiou. — Commodore again declines. — 

 Japanese ask that an officer may be sent to Uraga to confer with the commissioners as to a place of meeting. — 

 Commodore consents that Cai>tain Adams may hold such a conference, but that the commissioners must 

 come there to hold it. — Japanese become alarmed as to tlie friendly feelings of the Americans. — Their fears 

 allayed. — Survey of the baj' resumed without interruption by the Japanese. — Our boats forbidden by the 

 Commodore to land. — Japanese persist for several days in desiring the Commodore to go to Uraga with the 

 ships. — Commodore invariably refuses. — At length the Japanese are informed that the Commodore will 

 allow Captain Adams to meet a commissioner on shore near the ships, or that he will proceed up the bay 

 to Yedo. — Note from the commissioners to the Commodore. — His reply. — Captain Adams sent down to 

 Uraga to communicate to the commissioners the Commodore's reasons for declining to take the ships to 

 Uraga. — Some of the Japanese accompany him in the Vandalia. — Interview of Cai)tain Ailanis with the 

 commissioners at Uraga. — Visit to Captain Adams fronr Yezaiman on board the Vandalia. — Assures Captain 

 Adams of the friendly disposition of the Emperor. — Vandalia returns, and perceives ahe.id the squadron 

 standing up the bay toward Yedo. — The Japanese no longer urge going to Uraga. but suddenly propose 

 Yoku-Hama, where the ships then were, about eight miles from Yedo. — Commodore immediately assents. — 

 Buildings constructed at Yoku-Hama. — A Japanese seaman in the squadron sends a letter to his family 

 ashore, by Yezaiman. — Yezaiman desires an interview with him. — The interview. — Ceremonials settled as 

 to the conferences on shore for negotiation 321 — 342 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Ships anchored in Yoku-Hama bay so as to command the shore. — Kanagawa "treaty house." — Imperial barge. — 

 Landing of the Commodore. — Description of the Jap.anese commissioners. — Interpreters. — Servility to 

 superiors. — Negotiations commenced. — Commodore submits a copy of the treaty of the United States with 

 China for consideration. — Death of one of_our men. — Commodore propo.ses to buy a burial ground for 

 Americans. — Commissioners propose to send the body of the deceased to Nagasaki for interment. — Commo- 

 dore refuses, aud proposes to bury the dead on Webster's island. — Commissioners consent to the interment 

 at Yoku-Hama. — The burial by Chaplain Jones. — Interest of the Japanese in the ceremony. — They after- 

 wards perform their own rites over the covered grave. — The Japanese build an enclosure around the spot. — 

 Japanese artists attempt the portraits of our officers. — Answer to the President's letter. — Informal confer- 

 ence between Captain Adams and Yenoske. — Landing and delivery of the presents. — Japanese workmen 

 assist the Americans in preparing for their exhibition. — Negotiations continued. — Surprise and delight of 

 the Japanese at the telegraph and railroad. — Curiosity of the Japanese in examining mechanism. — Passion 

 for buttons. — Note-taking of everything strange to them — Love of pictures. — Drawings. — Common people 

 disposed to social intercourse with the Americans. — Excitement on Chaplain Bittinger's attempt to reach 

 Yedo by land. — Written reply of commissioners, declining to make a treaty like that of the United States 

 with China. — Further negotiations. — Accuracy of the Japanese in noting all the discussions. — Ports of 

 Simoda and Hakodadi agreed to, but with great difficulty on the part of the Japanese 343 — 365 



CHAPTER XX. 



Cordiality between Japanese and Americans. — Presents from the Japanese. — Coins. — Singular custom of includ- 

 ing rice, charcoal, aud dogs, in a royal Japanese present. — Japanese wrestlers. — Their immense size and 

 strength. — Exhibition in the ring. — Contrast in the exhibition of the telegraph and locomotive. — Parade 

 of the marines. — Ycno.ske visits the flag-ship, and seeks to draw the Commodore out. — Failure. — Entertain- 

 ment of the Chinese commissioners on board the flag-ship. — Great cordiality. — Peformance on ship-board of 

 "Ethiopian minstrels," to the great amusement of the Japanese. — Negotiations continued. —Japanese 

 object to the immediate opening of the ports. — Finally concede the point to a certain extent. — Absolute 

 and persistent refusal to allow Americans permanently to abide in Japan. — Reluctant consent, after much 

 discussion, to allow one consul to reside at Simoda. — Treaty finally agreed on and signed. — Presents by 

 Commodore to the commissioners, that to the chief being the American flag. — Entertainment of the Com- 

 modore aud his officers by the commissioners. — Peculiarities of the mission to Japan. — ^Obstacles to making 

 any treaty at all. — Disposition of the Japanese shown in the conferences. — Particular refusal to make a 

 treaty allowing American families or females to live in Japan. — Analysis of the treaty. — Commodore care- 

 ful to secure for the United States all privileges that might thereafter be granted by treaty to other 

 nations. — Case of the American schooner Foote 3fi7— 392 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Departure of Commander Adams for the United States, with the treaty. — Visits of the Commodore aud officers 

 on shore. — Imperturbable composure of Yenoske when charged with falsehood. — Call upon the Mayor of 

 Yoku-Hama. — The ladies of his household. — Disgusting fiishion of dyeing their teeth. — Use of rouge. — En- 



