=United States Bank=, President Jackson and the, 252-253. =Vail, Alfred=, 265. =Valley Forge=, 137, 138. =Van Buren, President=, 254. =Vancouver, Fort=, 286. =Van Rensselaer=, a patroon, 58. =Vernon, Admiral=, 116. =Vespucci, Amerigo=, 16. =Vicksburg=, siege of, 334. =Victoria, Queen=, 270. =Vikings=, _see_ Northmen. =Villa=, 430. =Vincennes=, campaign against, 218-224. =Vinland=, visited by Northmen, 1. =Virgil=, 475. =Virginia=, 60, 130, 163, 166; named by Queen Elizabeth, 44; colony planted in, 46; Charles I gives Baltimore a part of, 69; slavery introduced into, 71; life in the colony of, 71; industries, manners, and customs of, 71-72; old days in, 126-129; the change in, 141. =Wabash=, Clark and his men in the "drowned lands" of the, 221-222. =War of 1812=, heroes of, 244-254; Perry in, 244-245; Jackson in, 248-252; Clay's part in the, 296; treaty ending, 296; Webster's part in, 302; Calhoun's work in, 307. =Warren, General Joseph=, 177. =Washington, Augustine=, 115. =Washington, George=, 114-145, 153, 166, 173, 180, 182, 184, 234; birthday and birthplace of, 115; mother of, 115; a skilled woodsman, 118; meets Lord Fairfax, 119; as a surveyor, 119-120; in the wilderness and at Greenway Court, 119-121; as a soldier against the French, 121-123; builds Fort Necessity, 123; joins Braddock's army, 123; visits Boston, 125; meets Martha Custis, 126; at Fort Duquesne, 126; married, 126-127; elected to House of Burgesses, 127; at Mount Vernon, 128-129; modesty of, 128, 131; sent to Continental Congress, 130; made commander in chief of American armies, 130, 155, 177; takes command of army, 132; appoints Schuyler to take command in New York, 132; outwits Howe, 133; retreats but fights, 134; at Trenton, 135-136; defeats British at Princeton, 137; at battle of Brandywine, 137; at Valley Forge, 137-138; at Yorktown, 139-140; portrait of, 139; bids farewell to army and returns to Mount Vernon, 140-142; elected first president, 143-145, 234; loved by the people, 143; character of administration of, 144; reëlected president and refuses third term, 145; death, 145. =Washington, Lawrence=, 116, 117, 121. =Washington, William=, 184, 185, 186, 187. =Watauga, Fort=, 211, 212. =Watt, James=, 258, 259. =Webster, Daniel=, 300-306; early life of, 300; best student at Dartmouth, 301; studies law, 301; marries, 302; in Congress, 302; opposes nullification, 303, 304; portrait of, 304; Secretary of State, 304, 306; supports the Compromise of 1850, 305; dies at Marshfield, 306. =Wesley, John and Charles=, 103. =West, Benjamin=, 258. =West, The New=, 372-376.