W.

Wadsworth, General, at Queenstown, 1217.
Wadsworth, General J. S., death of, 1656.
Waldron, Major, services and death of, 406.
Walke, Captain, exploit of, 1561.

Walker, Admiral Sir Hovenden, sails for Quebec, 427.
Walker, General, operations of, in Central America, 1389.
Wallace, Colonel Lew, exploit of, at Romney, 1501; in
Northwestern Virginia, 1503; at Fort Donelson,
1554, 1555; at Shiloh, 1565; saves Cincinnati, 1605;
defends Baltimore and Washington, 1660.
Wallace, Sir James, on the Hudson, 951.
Walloons in New Netherland, 219.
Wainman, Sir Fernando, general of Virginia, 190.
Wanton, Governor, acts of, concerning the Gaspé, 695.
War, preparations for, with Great Britain, 725; rumors
of, at Boston, 727; last battle of the, for Independ-
ence, 1101; close of the, for Independence, 1102; be-
tween the United States and France, on the ocean,
1166; declaration of, against Great Britain, 1202;
declaration of, against Mexico, 1360; declaration of,
against the Union, 1446.

Ward, Captain J. H., on the Potomac; death of, 1492.
Ward, General Artemas, at Cambridge, 795, 804, 811;
sends reinforcements to Prescott, 807.
Wareham, destruction of property at, 1287.
Warner, Seth, captures Crown Point, 799; at Hubbard-
ton, 925.

Warren, Joseph, letter of, 752; narrow escape of, 788;
President of Provincial Convention, 789; oration of,
at Boston, 773; warns Hancock of danger, 774;
loyalty of, 800; letter of, to Samuel Adams, 803;
death of, 809.
Warren, Mercy, drama of, 623; apologizes for Samuel
Adams, 970.
Warren, Admiral Sir Peter, 429; scatters a French fleet,
1163.

Warren, Admiral Sir J. B., reinforces Cockburn, 1267.
Warren, General G. K., leads Union troops, 1656.
Warrington, Commodore, honors to, 1301.
Warwick, Earl of, conveys Connecticut Territory to
Lords Say and Seal, and Brook, 242.
Warwick River, conflict at the, 1581.
Washington City in 1800, 1172; threatened, 1291; de-
fenders of, 1292; destruction of property at, 1294-
1299; preparations of the Confederates to seize, 1480,
1482; critical situation of, 1485; rendezvous of
National troops at; aspect of, 1488; swarming with
Secessionists, 1503; danger at; meeting of Congress
at, 1504; Lee attempts to capture, 1593, 1594; inci-
dents of a race for, 1632.
Washington, George, mission of, to French ports, 517-

521; in command of troops, 522; leads troops to the
Ohio, 523; leaves the army, 531; with Braddock,
542; loves Mary Phillipse, 552; finds a rival, 553;
commands a stockade, 559; captures Fort Du
Quesne; in the Virginia Assembly, 577; appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Armies, 803;
takes command of the army at Cambridge; besieges
Boston, 811; sends troops to Schuyler, 830; on Dor-
chester Heights, 834; drives Howe from Boston,
835; medal struck in honor of, 836; at New York,
852; in New York and Philadelphia, 860, 861; plot
to murder, 861-863; forces of, in New York, 875;
the battle on Long Island and, 879; army of, escapes,
880; holds a council of war, 882; retreats to Harlem
Heights, 883; holds another council of war, 893;
decides to fortify West Point, 894; at Fort Lee, 898;
flight of army of, across New Jersey, 902; victory
of, at Trenton, 905; made a Dictator, 906; at Prince-
ton, 909;
Frederick the Great on; proclamation of;
at Morristown, 912; moves from Morristown, 920;
treatment of, by Congress, 953, 963; seeks General
Howe, 957; on the conspiracy of Gates, 969; memo-
rial of, to Congress, 982; pursues Clinton in New

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Jersey, 990; rebukes Lee at Monmouth, 992;
marches for the Hudson, 993; confers with Congress,
1006; at Morristown, 1049; at Yorktown, 1085-1089;
honors given to, 1090; adopts children of Custis,
1091; suppresses sedition at Newburgh, 1097;
Northern New York and at Princeton, 1099; Fare-
well Address of, to the army, 1099; parts with his
officers, 1102; surrenders his commission, 1104;
President of the Society of the Cincinnati, 1105; on
Government, 1109; President of National Conven-
tion, 1110; President of the United States, 1115;
journey of, to New York, 1121; reception of, at
Trenton, 1123; inauguration of; personages at the
inauguration of, 1124; tour of, in New England,
1131-1133; portraits of, 1133, 1135; quells Whiskey
Insurrection, 1150; Farewell Address of; abuse of,
1156; forged letters of, 1157; made General-in-Chief,
1162; patriotism of, 1163; death of, 1169; honors paid
to, 1170.
Washington, Martha, at Cambridge, 829; attempt to
abduct, 839; at Morristown, 1049; reception of, in
New York, 1124; life of, at New York, 1125; at
Mount Vernon, 1126.

Washington, Mary, mother of George, death of, 1121.
Washington, John, opposes the Indians, 316.
Washington, William, at the Cowpens, 1067; wounded
at Eutaw Springs, 1081.

Wasp, the, captures the Frolic, 1223; fate of the, 1299.
Wauhatchie, battle at; mule charge at, 1637.
Wayne, General, captures Stony Point, 1016; gold
medal awarded to, 1017; in Virginia, 1073; holds the
British in Savannah, ro82; expedition of, against the
Indians, 1142.

Weatherford, Creek chief, 1258, 1259; Jackson and, 1261.
Weather Signal, uses of, 1735.

Webb, General, at Fort Edward, 561; conduct of, 566.
Webster, Daniel, on “Boston Massacre," 684.
Webster, Noah, on Government, 1109.

Weitzel, General Godfrey, leads troops in Louisiana,
1609; enters Richmond, 1681.

Weldon Road, operations against the, 1663, 1664.
Wellington, veterans of, sent to Canada, 1272.
Wells, Captain, killed at Chicago, 1211.

Wells, Gideon, Secretary of the Navy, action of, 1508.
Welsh, John, chairman of Centennial Board of Finance,

1753.

Wemyss, sent after Sumter, 1046.

Wesley, Charles and John, in Georgia, 297.
West. growth of the Great, 1319.
West Cambridge, fight at, 788.

West India Company, Dutch, 217; send settlers to New
Netherland, 218; notice of the, 328.

West Indies, hostile fleets in the, 1002.

Western Virginia, Averill's raid in, 1633.

West Jersey, purchaser of; Friends or Quakers settle in ;
Penn, assignee of, 454.

Westminster, first blood of the Revolution shed at, 782.
West Point, military academy at, 1203.
Weston, colony of, in Massachusetts, 373.
Weymouth, Captain George, on the coast of New Eng-
land, 157.
Wheeler, Wm. A., Vice-President of the U. S., 1769.
Whipple, Abraham, and the Gaspé, 697, 698; at Charles-
ton, 1036.
Whiskey Insurrection, the, 1149.
White, Father, influence of, 435.

"White House," the, 1586; base of supplies at the, 1658.
White, John, governor of Virginia colony, 150.
White, John, attempts of, to found a colony, 376.
White, Peregrine, birth of, 208.
White Marsh, Americans encamped at, 964.
White Oak Swamp, battle in, 1592.
White Plains, battle at, 892.

Whitney's Cotton Gin, 1188, 1776.

Wigfall, Senator, exploits of, at Fort Sumter, 1468, 1469.
Wilderness, battle of the, 1656.

Wilkes, John, magistrate in London, 671; boldness of,
888.

Wilkinson, General James, and the Indians, 1140; in
Mississippi, 1180; notice of, 1204; succeeds Dear-
born, 1250; ordered to Sackett's Harbor, 1251; leaves
the Niagara frontier, 1254; in command of the Army
of the North, 1255; expedition of, against Montreal,
1256; in Northern New York; end of military
career of, 1274.

547.

Williams, General, death of, at Baton Rouge, 1608.
Williams, John, sufferings of family of, 422.
Williams, Roger, conduct of, 249, 252; at Salem, 257;
banishment of, 258; founds a colony, 266; honors to,
265; obtains a charter for Rhode Island, 451; career
of, in England, 452.
Williamsburg, powder magazine at, 79c; battle at, 1582.
Wilmington, capture of, 1674.
Wilson, Henry, elected Vice-President of the U. S., 1738.
Wilson's Creek, fight at, 1524.

Wilson's Zouaves at Fort Pickens, 1532.

Winchester, battle at, 1581, 1661.
Winchester, General, at the River Raisin, 1232.
Winder, General, warns the government of danger, 1292;

at Bradensburg, 1293.

Wingina, King, at Roanoke Island, 145; sickness of, 147.
Wingfield, Edward, President of Virginia Council, 181;
conduct of, 182.

Winslow, Edward, befriends Roger Williams, 260.
Winslow, Captain John A., destroys the Alabama, 1671.
Winslow, Captain Josiah, expeditíon of, 400.
Winthrop, John, message of, to Governor Van Twiller,
242; governor of Massachusetts, 379; founds Boston,
380.
Winthrop, John, governor of Connecticut Territory,
246; in command of an invading army, 406; obtains
a charter for Connecticut, 447.
Wintermoot, house of, in Wyoming Valley, 998.
Wisconsin, admission of, 1376.

Wool, General John E., at Queenstown, 1217; in Mexico,
1361; efforts of, to save the capital, 1485, 1486; at
Fortress Monroe, 1581, 1583; capture of Norfolk, 1584.
Woolsey, Melancthon T., on Lake Champlain, 1227; at
Oswego, 1275.

Wood, General J. T., at Nashville, 1670.
Woodford, Colonel, commands Virginia militia, 838.

Wooster, General David, with troops, at Harlem, 802; at
Montreal, 821; commands in Canada, 848; offends
the Roman Catholics, 849; death of, 916.
Worcester, scenes at, 780.

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Worden, Lieutenant J. L., at Pensacola, 1471; bad treat-
ment of, 1472; commands the "Monitor," 1580.
Wright, General, on the Florida coast, 1571.
Wright, governor of Georgia, opposition to, 842.
Wright's Bluff, capture of, by Marion and Lee, 1075.
Writs of Assistance, 602.

Wyatt, Governor Sir Francis, 305, 310.
Wyoming Valley, desolation of the, 997-999.

Y.

Yale, Elihu, founds Yale College, 501.
Yancey, W. L., mission of, 1417.
Yeardley, Governor George, 198, 310.
Yeamans, Governor Sir John, 285.

Yeo, Sir James, on Lake Ontario, 1249; near Oswego,

1275.

York, Duke of, is presented with New Netherland, 348 ;
new charter to, 354.
York, Congress meet at, 957.
York (Toronto), surrender of, 1247.
Yorktown, siege of, 1581, 1583.
Young, Brigham, in Utah, 1382.
Young, Colonel G. D., at St. Regis's, 1229.
"Young Pretender," the, 840.

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