V Valley of Mexico: 144. Vandalia: 206, 208. Vasco Nuñez: 144. Venango: 47. Versailles: 43. Villiers, Coulon de: 48. Virginia: pioneers of, 95, 296;--traders, 96;--troops, 212, 266, 273; --frontier, 74; Gazette, 110, 272;--backwoods, 28-29;--Valley of, 9, 16, 26, 33, 34;--Convention, 251, 257;--Land Office, 281;--Assembly, 67, 278;--Militia, 209;--House of Delegates, 278, 279;--Governor of, 67, 198;--Path, 64, 76;--Remonstrance, 207, ch. XV, 10, 14, 42, 45, 47, 52, 53, 58, 59, 64, 68, 69, 70, 72, 83, 96, 99, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 127, 130, 131, 132, 134, 138, 163, 187, 188, 191, 192, 193, 195, 198, 200, 204, 205, 206, 209, 211, 214, 220, 221, 222, 226, 235, 237, 239, 242, 243, 244, 251, 256, 258, 265, 269, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 287, 290, 305, 323, 326. Virginians: 96, 205, 208, 230, 231, 251, 299. W Wabash (Ouabache) Land Company: see Land Companies. Wachau: 83, 87. Wachovia: 86;--community diary, 64. Wade, Capt. Robert: 74. Waddell, Gen. Hugh: 53, 55-56, 95, 133, 134; appointed Indian commissioner, 59; begins erection of Catawba Fort, 70; discontinues work on fort, 71; in Fort Duquesne campaign, 72; hastens to Rowan's defence, 76; marches to aid South Carolina, 77; report of, on defeat of Indians at Fort Dobbs, 81-82; rescues captives, 86; leads North Carolina troops, 93, 94. Walden, Elisha: 119. Walden's Mountain: 119-120. Walker, Dr. Thomas: 99, 102, 115, 116, 117, 191; makes exploration for Loyal Land Company, 99-100; sells land to Joseph Martin, 113. Walker, Felix: 228, 245, 260; describes Kentucky, 233-234. Walpole, Thomas, 206. Ward, James: 139. Ward, Nancy: 262, 264. Washington District: 260, 277, 314, 326. Washington, George: 47, 55, 72, 134, 256, 291; opinion of royal proclamation, 106; purchases Western lands, 106-107; makes charges against Dunmore, 206-207; secures military grants for Western lands, 208; Preston to, on Henderson purchase and Transylvania Company, 221, 237-238, 242-243. Watauga: ch. XII, 191, 194, 200, 270, 281-282;--commonwealth, 199; valley of, 188, 195, 196, 306;--country, 187, 189; settlers, 195, 196, 197, 200, 259;--Articles of Association, 197;--Association, 224; settlement, 260, 281. "Watauga Plan": commission form of government, 260. Waxhaws: 32. Webster: 307. Welsh: immigration of, 5;--settlers, 28;--stock, 163. West: 160, 187, 259, 273, 277, 327, 342, 348. West Virginia: 14, 206. Western: leaders, 292;--people, 347;--settlers, 311, 329; territory, 347, 348;--waters, 314, 348. Wharton: Samuel, 206;--Thomas, 209-211. White, Dr. James: 331, 332, 338, 346; emissary of Franklin, 337. Whitehall: 206. Wilderness Trail: 230. Wilkinson, General James: 335, 336. Williams, Brigadier-General James: 291, 294; killed at King's Mountain, 302. Williams, Col. John: 105, 107, 149, 187, 222, 254; elected delegate from Transylvania to Continental Congress, 249. Williams, John: 141. Williams and Henderson, law firm: 105, 147. Williamsborough: 103. Williamsburg: 210. Williamson, Col. Andrew: 266. Williamson, Dr.