Wilkinson, General, i. 176, 209, 249; sends Lieutenant Pike to find the sources of the Mississippi, 213, and to New Mexico, 214; Burr’s friend, 219 _et seq._; joins Burr at Fort Massac, 222; author of Burr’s projects against Mexico, 223, 234; discouraged, 227; receives cipher dispatch from Burr, 253; in communication with the Spanish authorities, 262, 263; Governor Mirò’s agent, 269; denounced by Daveiss as a Spanish pensioner, 270; at New Orleans, 297; Laussat’s opinion of, 298; ordered to Natchitoches, 310; receives Burr’s letter at Natchitoches, and communicates its contents to Colonel Cushing, 312 _et seq._; writes to Jefferson, 314; writes again to the President, 315; takes command in New Orleans, 317; tells Bollman his intention to oppose Burr’s schemes, 318; demands of Claiborne the supreme command, 318; establishes a degree of martial law in New Orleans, 319; his letter to Clark, 321; his acts, 323; despatches including his version of Burr’s cipher received by Jefferson, 336; assailed by Randolph and the Federalists, 341; in the receipt of a pension from the King of Spain, 342; arrives at the Burr trial, 454; deserted by Clark, 454; accused by Major Bruff, 454; supported by Jefferson, 456; escapes indictment for treason, 457; Randolph brings charges against, ii. 208. Williams, David R., member of Congress from South Carolina, i. 358; ii. 213; his argument in favor of the embargo, 266, 378; declares that the embargo is the wish of the South, 421, 426; on the repeal of the embargo, 436, 439, 448, 450, 451. Williams, Samuel, ii. 167; Pickering gives Rose a letter to, 235. Williams, Timothy, ii. 117. Williamson, Colonel, Burr’s agent, i. 219, 229, 234, 238. Wirt, William, counsel for government, i. 445; his eloquence in Burr’s trial, 465; his opinion of Chief-Justice Marshall, 469. Wolcott, Oliver, i. 199. Wood, John, his career, i. 272; made editor of the “Western World” by Marshall and Daveiss, 273. Workman, Judge, i. 303, 319. Yazoo claims, i. 119, 350; bill for settling rejected, 177.