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Preface Cultivating the Spirit in the Wilderness

1 The Pride of Frontiersmen in America
[A SKETCH] April 19. A Drum and Fife Band
　William Wheeler and His Family
　The Wheelers and the History of Concord/ Concord and Unitarianism
　Transcendentalism and Concord
　Ralph Waldo Emerson/ Henry David Thoreau

2 Two Williams,Wheeler, the Gifted Student,and President Clark
　[A SKETCH] Wheeler Confronts President Clark during a Strike
　The Youngest Student of Massachusetts Agricultural College
　David P. Penhallow on Clark
　William Wheeler, Student of Versatile Talent
　Curriculum at the Agricultural College
　Wheeler and Student Strikes
　Graduation with Honors/ Jobs after Graduation

3 To Japan,the Land of the Rising Sun
　[SKETCH] Encounter with a Genuine Typhoon
　Hokkaido at the Beginning of the Meiji Period
　Kuroda Kiyotaka, the Director of the Kaitakushi
　Commissioner Capron Offers Himself as the Chief Advisor
　Capron and His Staff/ Capron Begins His Own Survey
　A Proposal by Capron for the Establishment of an Agricultural Clege
　The Influence of American Education in the Meiji Period
　A Young Energetic Civil Engineer in Concord
　The Establishment of Sapporo Agricultural College
　Preparation for the Visit to Japan/ Emerson's Recommendation
　The Contract, for Two Years Employment
　To Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun ?from Philadelphia
　In San Francisco/ Arriving at Yokohama
　Meeting with the Leaders of the Kaitakushi
　Americanized Japanese Youth/ Grand River Festival in Tokyo
　Critical of Clark’s Attitude toward Media

4 Arriving at Sapporo
　[SKETCH] A Spirited Arrival
　Japan Still in the Grip of Feudalism/ Saw the Emperor
　To Hokkaido Aboard the Steamer “Gembu-maru”
　Tragic Outcome of a Gun Salute
　To Sapporo on Horse Back/ First Impression of the City of Sapporo
　Witnessing the First Baptism of a Student
　The Preparation for Classes/ Lofty Ambition ?the Clark Spirit
　High Level Students/ Clark’s Image/ Clark’s Favorite Hymn

5 Young President of Sapporo Agricultural College
　[SKETCH] Drowning in Mountain Torrent
　Nicknames/ Meteorological Observations
　New System of Meteorological Observations
　Field Survey in Torrential Downpour
　As a Civil Engineer and Architect
　American Style Curriculum/ Sending Money Home
　The First New Year in Japan/ Suggested Change in Contract
　Advice for Future Railroads in Hokkaido
　Clark’s Plan for Departure
　Clark’s Farewell Words were Not Recorded by Wheeler
　Planning to Return Home Temporarily to Marry
　The Way Clark Left Japan/ Uchimura Kanzo on “Boys, be ambitious”
　Field Campaign During the Summer Vacation
　The First Year Ends; the Second Summer Begins
　Reconstruction of the Toyohira Bridge
　The Second Class of Students have Arrived/ A Group of Elites
　Plan to Invite Edward Emerson, the Son of the Philosopher
　The Farm at Nanae
　The Contract Issue ?No Renewal of Contract for Clark
　Leave of Absence Officially Granted/ Before Departing for Home

6 Temporary Absence and Marriage
　[SKETCH] Poem of a Thimble
　A Temporary Return Home to Marry Fannie Hubbard
　The Return Trip to Japan Together/ Back in Japan
　Enomoto Takaaki’s Visit to Sapporo
　A Quiet and Undemonstrative Family
　How a Japanese Official Remembers Fannie
　The Completion of the Military Hall Designed by Wheeler
　The First New Year to Celebrate as a Married Couple
　Big Fire in Sapporo
　Further Extension of the Stay in Japan to the End of the Year
　Fannie Takes Pleasure in Riding/ Field Survey
　The Departure Draws Near/ The Day They Left Sapporo
　In Tokyo/ The Desire for an Independent Occupation

7 Energetic Pursuit of his Profession at Home
　[SKETCH] Receiving the Order of the Rising Sun
　“Late Civil Engineer to the Imperial Colonial Department, Japan”
　Pursuit of his Interest as an Inventor
　Pursuit of his Profession as Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
　Devotion to Public Service/ On Japanese Education
　Harvey Wheeler Community Center
　“Wheeler House”at his Alma Mater
　The End of a Unique Life/ Modest Grave/ The End of Fannie’s Life

Appendix “Memoir of William Wheeler”by Woodward Hudson
Postscript My America, my Japan, my Sapporo
Translator's Acknowledgments