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By Robert Neff On the evening of Dec. 18, 1892, Father Jozeau, accompanied by his teacher and a servant, were passing quietly through the streets of Gimcheon. This month had been unusually cold and the three were trying to get to the home of a Korean Catholic as quick as possible. The cold was not the only thing they were worried about. The people of this region tended to be intolerant to new ideas ― especially foreigners and their religious beliefs. Despite the fading light, they were soon noticed by a crowd of men who recognized Jozeau as a foreigner. It is not clear but this day may have been one of the market days which would account for the large number of men in the city at the time. The market experience was often made more enjoyable with several cups of alcohol which may have contributed to their hostility. ....
By Robert Neff After several weeks of anxiousness, young Imperial Prince Yeong managed to recover ― without serious disfigurement or blindness ― from the visit of The Guest. On June 4, the palace gates were opened once again. However, the malevolence still lurked about the palace and soon the young prince was stricken with another bout of sickness ― this time it was measles. Once again, planned celebrations and audiences with foreign diplomats and guests were canceled. Court physicians were summoned and prayers were offered at various temples for the prince s speedy recovery. It was not cheap. According to an article appearing in the 1903 edition of The Korea Review, an English-language magazine published in Seoul: ....
By Robert Neff After Horace and Lillias Underwood left Pyongyang, they spent several weeks exploring the lesser-traveled places. Tigers were a constant threat as they prowled the lonely wilderness seeking prey. They would have readily welcomed the Underwoods as a change to their normal diet. To remind them of the danger, many tiger traps ― huge pens made out of logs, weighted with great stones on top ― were encountered. Fortunately, they were spared an encounter with the monarch of the darkness. In some places, there were altercations due to overly curious villagers and the subsequent perceived disrespect to their foreign guests. These slights were answered with tongue-lashings or, when that failed, feet and hands. Any altercation had to be handled in a careful manner as the Underwoods were far from Seoul and political aid. ....
Rebels at the Gate By Robert Neff In the summer of 1894, the community of Westerners residing in Seoul were greatly alarmed ― not of the on-going Sino-Japanese War but because of the growing insurrection and unrest spreading throughout the southern part of the peninsula which threatened to spread to Seoul and endanger their lives. On September 17, 1894, Sallie (the wife of the American ambassador to Korea, John Sill) wrote in her journal-letter that on the night before last the rumor was rife that all the missionaries in Seoul were to be massacred. It wasn t the first time a massacre of Western missionaries was threatened. In April ― the previous year ― placards and notices were posted on the doors of foreign residences in Seoul and even on the Japanese legation s gates proclaiming the city to be the lair and den of barbarians ― filled with the Japanese and foreign rebels and thieves [who had been] introduced into the bowels of our land. ....