Wanton, Governor, ii. 71, 76, 81. Warren, Commodore Peter, ii. 83; joins the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 84, 93, 108, 109, 119, 125; disagreement with Pepperrell, ii. 127-129; comes to an understanding with Pepperrell, ii. 130; receives Duchambon’s offer of capitulation, ii. 132; the surrender, ii. 133; shares the honor of victory with Pepperrell, ii. 138, 139; rivalry between Pepperrell and, ii. 140, 141; made an admiral, ii. 142; governs Louisbourg jointly with Pepperrell, ii. 146; made governor of the fortress of Louisbourg, ii. 150; in sympathy with Shirley’s plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152; ii. 168, 212; ii. 277, 285, 304, 305, 308, 317, 318, 326, 329, 333, 335, 348. Warren, Mrs. Peter, at Louisbourg, ii. 147. Washington, George, i. 339; at Fort Le Bœuf, ii. 39; defeated at Fort Necessity, ii. 185. Webster, Mount, i. 256. Weeping, over strangers, the custom of, i. 352. Wells, John, visits Montreal as envoy, i. 85; secures the exchange of five prisoners, i. 87. Wells, Jonathan, fortified house of, i. 58; fugitives in, i. 62; leads a party against the French and Indians, i. 66; petitions the General Court for an allotment of land, i. 67. Wells, Thomas, i. 42, 43. Wells, Mrs. Thomas, i. 42; murdered by the Indians, i. 43. Wells, village of, i. 39, 40; effects of the Indian wars on, i. 40; new church built in, i. 41; far from a religious community, i. 41; life still exceeding rude at, i. 42; troop of horse sent to, i. 49; 414 attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99; becomes the eastern frontier, i. 220; ii. 81. Wendell, Jacob, ii. 162. Wentworth, Governor Benning, of New Hampshire, i. 270; ii. 70; joins Shirley in planning against Louisbourg, ii. 70, 71; his ambition to be commander-in-chief, ii. 72, 73. Westbrook, Colonel, at Norridgewock, i. 218; sent to Norridgewock to arrest Rale, i. 238; sent against the Penobscots, i. 244; burns Panawamské, i. 244, 245. Western Company, the, see _Mississippi Company, the_. Western Indians, the, become less important to Canada, i. 216; ii. 217. Western mission, the great, i. 215. Western Sea, the, i. 354, 368; ii. 3, 4. West Gate, the, of Louisbourg, ii. 106, 109, 110, 130. West India Company, the, i. 360; ii. 266. West Indies, the, i. 111, 164; ii. 158, 161, 333. West River, i. 73; ii. 15. West Virginia, i. 51. Weymouth, joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126. Wheeler, i. 239. Wheelwright, Hannah, interrupted wedding of, i. 51. Wheelwright, John, palisaded house of, i. 51. Whipple, i. 365. Whitefield, George, ii. 76. Whitehall, town of, ii. 237, 238. White Mountains, the, i. 43, 256, 259, 261.