=Vicksburg=, battle of, 303.
=Vincennes=, capture of, 183.
=Virginia= named, 45;
colonization of, 48;
history of, 57-75.
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=Wadsworth=, Joseph, hides the charter, 87.
=Waite=, Morrison R., Chief-justice of the United States, death of, 357.
=Wallace=, Lewis, at Romney, 289;
saves Cincinnati from capture, 296;
defeated by Early, 317.
=Walloons=, at New Amsterdam, 94.
=Walker=, Francis A., superintendent of Tenth Census, 342.
=War=, with Indians, 92, 96;
with Susquehannas, 73;
King Philip's, 84;
King William's, 88;
Queen Anne's, 91;
King George's, 92;
with Pequods, 107;
Yamassees, 129;
with Spanish Florida, 133;
French and Indian, 135-146;
with Great Britain, 157-198;
with Miamis, 207;
with Tripoli, 216;
of 1812, 221-241;
Black Hawk, 251;
Seminole, 252;
with Mexico, 261-267;
the Civil, 281-319;
Modoc, 332;
Sioux, 333;
Nez Percé, 338.
=Warren=, Joseph, at Bunker Hill, 160.
=Washington=, admission of, 360.
=Washington= City, founded, 213;
burned by the British, 238.
=Washington=, George, embassy to St. Pierre, 136;
at Great Meadows, 138;
with Braddock, 139;
in Shenandoah, 142;
against Fort Du Quesne, 144;
commander-in-chief, 161;
sketch of, 161;
besieges Boston, 162;
occupies Boston, 163;
at New York, 164;
on Long Island, 166;
retreats to New York, 167;
occupies Fort Lee, 168;
retreats to Trenton, 169;
crosses the Delaware, 169;
at Trenton, 170;
at Princeton, 171;
at Brandywine, 176;
at Germantown, 176;
at Valley Forge, 177;
at Monmouth, 180;
quells mutiny, 192;
farewell to army, 198;
elected President, 202;
administration of, 205-210;
inauguration of, 205;
reelected, 208;
farewell address, 210;
recalled from retirement, 212;
death of, 213.
=Washington= Monument, completion of the, 348.
=Washington=, Treaty of, 330.
=Wayne=, Anthony, at Stony Point, 184;
subdues the Indians, 208, 209.
=Webster=, Daniel, reply to Hayne, 251;
Secretary of State, 257, 271;
concludes Ashburton Treaty, 258;
death of, 272.
=Wesley=, Charles, in America, 133.
=Wesley=, John, in America, 132.
=West= India Company, the Dutch, organization of, 94.
=West= Virginia, admission of, 309.
=Weymouth=, founded, 77.
=Wheeler=, William A., elected Vice-president, 336.
=Whisky= Insurrection, the, 208.
=Whitefield=, George, preaching in America, 133.
=Whitemarsh=, operations at, 176.
=White= Plains, battle of, 168.
=Whitney=, Eli, inventor of cotton gin, 285.
=Wilderness=, battles in the, 316.
=Wingfield=, Edward, in London Company, 47;
at Jamestown settlement, 48;
embezzles stores, 58.
=William= Henry, Fort, building of, 142;
massacre at, 143.
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