=Warwick=, Rhode Island. 41N. 71W. Bp. Gen. Nathaniel Greene (1742-86). =Washington=, U.S. 45N. 116W. Admitted to Union, 1889. =Washington=, U.S. 38N. 76W. First stone of capitol laid by Washington, 1793; seat of government transferred to from Philadelphia, 1800; captured and burnt by English under Ross, 1814; President Lincoln assassinated, 1865; treaty with Great Britain, 1871. =Waterford=, Maine. 44N. 70W. Bp. Charles Farrar Browne (Artemus Ward) (1834-67). =Watling Island=, Bahamas. 24N. 74W. Generally thought to be the first land sighted by Columbus, Oct. 12, 1492. (See San Salvador.) =Wauhatchie=, Lookout Valley, Tennessee. 35N. 85W. Defeat of Confederates, 1863 (Civil W.). =West Hills=, Long Island. 40N. 73W. Bp. Walt Whitman, poet (1819-92). =West Indies.= So named by the discoverer Columbus, who first sighted them, 1492. =West Point=, N.Y. 41N. 73W. Arnold and André plot to betray to the British, 1780. =White Oak Swamp.= John Smith saved from the Indians by Pocahontas, daughter of the chief Powhattan, 1607; one of the battles fought on the Chickahominy (q.v.). =White Plains=, N.Y. 41N. 73W. Americans defeated by Gen. Howe, 1776. =Wilderness=, Virginia. Cap. of the state till 1779; battles, 1813 and 1864. =Williamsburg=, Virginia. 37N. 76W. First settled, 1632; defeat of Confederates after fierce fighting, 1862 (Civil W.). =Wilmington=, Conn. Bp. Jared Sparks, historian (1789-1866). =Wilmington= (see Fort Christina), Delaware. 39N. 75W. First Swedish colony in America, 1638; captured by Federals in their second attack on, 1865. =Wilson's Creek=, near Springfield. Fierce battle ending with defeat of Confederates, 1861 (Civil W.). =Winchester.= 39N. 78W. Forced retreat of Federals, 1862; defeat of Confederates, 1864 (Civil W.). =Windsor=, Nova Scotia. 44N. 63W. Bp. J. Chandler Haliburton, historian, and A. of 'Sam Slick,' etc. (1796-1865). =Windward Islands=, W. Indies. Name given to a group of federated islands, hitherto separate, by Act of Parliament, 1871. =Winnipeg= (formerly known as Fort Garry), cap. Manitoba. 49N. 97W. Old trading station of Hudson's Bay Company. =Wisconsin=, U.S. 41N. 87W. First white known to reach its borders from Green Bay was Jean Nicolet, 1634; French in, 1660; ceded to England, 1760; organised as a territory, 1836; admitted to the Union, 1848. =Wisconsin=, river. 45N. 89W. Joliet and Marquette on, 1673. =Withlacoochie River=, Florida 29N. 82W. District round sc. fighting and massacre during war with the Seminole Indians, 1835-42. =Wolcott=, Conn. Bp. Amos B. Alcott, educator and A. (1799-1888). =Worcester=, Mass. 42N. 71W. Bp. Bancroft, historian of the U.S. (1800-91). =Wyoming=, town and territory, U.S. 41N. 104W. Massacre by Indians, 1760; town destroyed by Americans, assisted by Indians, under Col. Butler, 1778 (see Campbell's poem); state admitted to Union, 1890.