"Voyage to the Moon," 9 Wailes, B. S. C., 202, 204, 207, 215 Walcott, Miss Charlotte, 176 Walker, Duncan S., 175 Walker, Robert J., 191, 217 Walker, Robert L., 177 Walnut Hill, (Vicksburg), 158 Walthall, Sen. E. C., 190, 194 Ward family, 24-25 Ward, Henry, 25 Ward, William, 23-42 Warner, Chas. Dudley, 73, 74 Warren, Gen., 174 Warton, Joseph, 17 Washington Academy, 184 Washington City, 94n, 122, 160, 161, 195, 197 Washington County, Ala., 148 Washington, District of, 148, 151n, 153n, 154n Washington, Mississippi, 134, 169, 171, 175, 176, 177, 183, 186, 201, 202, 214, 215 Washita, La., 175, 176 Washita River, 106, 209 Watts, Theodore, 17 Weber, Prof. W. L., 3, 5, 15 Weir, Adolphus G., 154 West, Cato, 160, 179, 180, 183 West Florida, 86, 87, 91, 128, 131, 157, 158, 211 West, Mrs. Sarah, 202 West Point, 23 Whiffen, Miss E. A., 28 Whig Party, 196, 202 Whipping-post, 136, 137 White Apple Village, 209 White Cedar Creek, 167 White, Prof. J. M., 3, 5, 125 Wickford, 75-78 Wilde, Richard Henry, 9 Wilkinson County, 176 Wilkinson General, 109, 160, 165 Williamson, Miss Mary, 44 Williams, Robert, 152n Willing, Capt. James, 87, 211 Willing's Bayou, 162 Williston, E. B., 187 Wilson, Alexander, 109, 110 Winans, Dr. William, 171, 174 "Windy Hill" Plantation, 214 Winn, Mrs. A. D., 202 Winn, Maj. J. T., 204 Winston County, 223, 227 "Wire Cutters," The, 12 Wistar, Dr., 95 Witnesses, Slaves as, 140, 141 "World," The, a story, 81 Wright, Gov., 128 Wright, Rev. Alfred, 227 Yale College, 24 Yariba, 64, 65 Yazoo City, 195 Yazoo Land Companies, 128, 130 Yazoo River, 125, 152, 211 Yellow fever, 39, 52, 53 Yokohama, 82 PUBLICATION OF THE _MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY_ _Volume I_, (1898) _Price_, $1.00 CONTENTS: 1. Mississippi's "Backwoods Poet," Prof. Dabney Lipscomb, University of Mississippi. 2. Mississippi as a Field for the Student of Literature, Prof. W. L. Weber, Millsaps College. 3. Suffrage in Mississippi, Hon. R. H. Thompson, Jackson, Miss. 4. Spanish Policy in Mississippi After the Treaty of San Lorenzo, Prof. F. L. Riley, University of Mississippi. 5. Time and Place Relations in History with Some Mississippi and Louisiana Applications, Prof. H. E. Chambers, New Orleans. 6. The Study and Teaching of History, Prof. Herbert B. Adams, Johns Hopkins University. 7. Some Facts in the Early History of Mississippi, Prof. R. W. Jones, University of Mississippi. 8. Pre-Historic Jasper Ornaments in Mississippi, Chancellor R. B. Fulton, University of Mississippi. 9. Suggestions to Local Historians,