UNDERHILL, JOHN, Captain, 87, 141.
Union Flag, 144. Picture of the, 245. Unitarians. Persecuted in Maryland, 82, 151. United States. Presidents of the: see Presidents. Bank, 446; opposed by President Jackson, 462, 465, 466. Census, 535; in 1800, 388. Commerce, 381, 382; non-intercourse with Great Britain, in 1806, 399; and in 1809, 406; injured by England and France, 400, 401; and by pirates, in 1819, 453. Confederation, Ar- ticles of, 266, 267, 353, 355. Constitution, 355 ss. Dis- covery of the coast of the, by Cabot, 47. History of the, by Bancroft, and by Hildreth, 60. Mint, 372, 373. Internal Trade of, 535. Navy, origin of the, 382; state of, in 1811, 407; and in 1812, 414, 415. Post Office, 373. Revenue, in 1800, 388. Territorial ex- tent of, 535.
Treaties with Algiers, 1795, 381; Belgium, 469; France, 1800, 386; Great Britain, 1783, 348; 1794, 380; and 1815, 443; Mexico, 1848, 497; Miami Indians, 1809, 408; Russia, 469; Spain, 381; and 1819, 451; Tripoli, 1805, 395.
Wars: with Algiers, 1801, 390; England, 1812, 409; France, 1798, 335; Mexico, 1846, 480 ss.; and 1854, 522; Morocco, 1801, 390; Tripoli, and Tunis, 1801, 390.
Claims of the, against France and Portugal, 468. Dispute of the, with Great Britain, respecting Ore- gon, 479, 480, State of the, in 1809, 405, 406. Ex- ploring Expedition returns to, in 1842, 476. Indian population of, in 1853, 32. Relations between the, and Spain, respecting Cuba, 512.
"United States" frigate, 382, 414, 415.
UPSHUR, ABEL P. Secretary of the Navy, 475. USSELINCX. Projector of the Dutch West India Com- pany, 92.
Utah. Indians, 33; number of, in 1853, 33. Mormons in, 499, 53. Territory of, 501, 507. Railroad to, 516. Utrecht. Peace of, 135.
VALENCIA, General. At Contreras, in 1847, 493. Valladolid. Columbus dies at, in 1506, 41.
Valley Forge. Washington in winter quarters at, 284. Map of the encampment, 285.
Valparaiso. Naval action at, in 1814, 431.
VAN BUREN, MARTIN. Secretary of State, in 1829, 461. Vice-President of the United States, 1832, 464. Pres- ident, 1837, 469. Portrait and autograph of, 470. Notice of, 469.
VAN WART, ISAAC, 326.
VARNUM, JAMES M., General, 355.
VASCO DE GAMA. Passes the Cape of Good Hope, in 1497, 37.
VASCO, LUCAS: see D'AYLLON.
VASCO NUNEZ: see BALBOA.
VANDREUIL. Governor-General of Canada, 203. VAUGHAN, JOHN, General. Burns Kingston, 283, 297. VELASQUEZ. Governor of Cuba; his Expeditions to Mexico, 43.
Vera Cruz. Its fortress; map of intrenchments at; capture of, by General Scott, 1847, 489. VERGENNES, Count de. His dissatisfaction respecting the Treaty of Peace, 1783, 348.
Vermont. Added to the United States, in 1791, 371. Slavery never existed in, 534. Verplanck's Point. Capture of the fortress at, 297. VERAZZANI, JOHN. His Expedition to America, in 1523; portrait of, 47. Versche River, or Connecticut River, 82. Vesper Hymn. Sung by Columbus and his crew, 39. VESPUCIUS, AMERICUS. Account of, 40, 41. Visits the West Indies, and South America, in 1499, 41. Discov- eries by, 60. Portrait of, 34.
Veto and Approval powers of the President of the United States, 616.
Vice-President of the United States. How elected, 621, 631, 632.
VICTORIA, General, 477.
VIJIL, Father. At Washington city, 1855, 527. VILLIERS, M. de, 183.
Vincennes. Captured, and re-captured, 1779, 303. "Viper" brig, 414.
"Virago" steamship, 524.
Virgin Bay. Battle at, 1855, 525.
Virginia. Origin of the name of, 55. Capes of, 59. North, 63. South, 63, 68. First settlement of, 62. The colonists of, subdue the Shawnees, at Point Pleasant, 19. Lord De la Warr, governor of, in 1609, 63. Famine in, in 1610, 69. A thousand Englishmen in, in 1613, 70. Yeardley's administration in, 70, 71. Representative Assembly in, 71, 105. Tobacco a cir- culating medium in, in 1619, 105. Opposes Cromwell; invites Charles II. to be king of Virginia, 109. The Seneca Indians make war upon, 110. Response of the Burgesses of, to Jeffries, 113. A ship, laden with corn, sails from, to Boston, 118. Militia of, in 1688; coun- ties and parishes of; population of. in 1688, 114. Takes measures against the French, in 1754, 182, 183. Grant from Parliament to, in 1756, 206. Lord Dunmore driven from, 243. The Virginia Plan, 359. "Vixen" brig, 414.
Voyages and Discoveries, Spanish, 36-45. "Vulture" sloop-of-war, 326.
Wabash River. Indians on the, 21. WADSWORTH, Captain, 156, 157.
WAINWRIGHT, Bishop. At the opening of the World's Fair at New York, 517.
WALDRON, Major. Death of, 130.
Wales. Supposed Indian colony from, 32. WALKER, Governor, 165.
WALKER, SIR HOVENDON. At Boston, with a fleet and army, 1711, 136.
WALKER, ROBERT J. Secretary of the Treasury, 1845, 478.
WALKER, WILLIAM, Colonel. His military operations, 525, 526, 527.
WALKER, Captain. Of the Texan Rangers, 481, 482. WALLACE, SIR JAMES, 223.
Walla Walla River. Battle at the, in 1855, 528. Walloons. Thirty families of, arrive at Manhattan, in 1623, 73.
Walls. Ancient, discovered in America, 11. Walnut Springs, 484.
Walnut-street, Philadelphia. Origin of the name, 162. WALPOLE, ROBERT, 213.
ALTON, GEORGE. Member of the Convention on the Articles of Confederation, 356. Signer of the Decla- ration of Independence, 602.
WALTON, JOHN. Signer of the Articles of Confedera tion, 611.
Wampanoag Indians, 22, 114, 124.
Wampum, Indian. Picture and description of, 13. WANCHESE. Indian chief, 55.
War. Of the Spanish Succession, 135. Of the Aus- trian Succession, 137. See United States.. War-club, Indian, 14.
WARD, ARTEMAS, General. In the French and Indian War, 198. His appointment as General, 1775, 230, 234, 238. At Boston, 239. Enters Boston, after its evacu- ation in 1776, 247.
WARD, HENRY. Member of the Stamp Act Congress, 556.
WARD, SAMUEL. Member of the first Continental Con- gress, 1774, 588.
WARNER, SETHI, Colonel, 234, 240, 276, 277.
WARREN, JOSEPII, Dr., 232, 233. Portrait of, 237. WARREN, Admiral, 137, 138, 191.
WARWICKE, Earl of, 85.
Warwick, Rhode Island. Burned, 127.
Washington City, 67. Burned by General Ross, 1814, 436. The Seat of Government of the United States, 388. WASHINGTON, George. Bearer of Governor Dinwid- die's letter to M. St. Pierre, in 1753, 181. His journey on the occasion, 181, 182. Colonel Fry's Lieutenant, in the French and Indian War, 182. At Great Mead- ows, 183. Resigns his commission, in 1754, 184. Braddock's Aid; in the battle of Monongahela; reads the funeral service over the dead body of Braddock; returns to Virginia; his wonderful escape from death, at Monongahela, 186. With General Forbes, in his Expedition against Fort Du Quesne, in 1758, 198. Member of the first Continental Congress. 1774, 588. Commander-in-chief; at Cambridge, 1775, 238. Causes the Declaration of Independence to be read to each of his brigades, 252. His retreat from Long Island, 254, 257. At Harlem Heights, 257. Exposure at Kip's bay; crosses the Hudson; at the house of Roger Morris, 259. Crosses the Delaware; pursued by
Cornwallis, 260. Captures Hessians at Trenton; in- vested with the power of a military dictator, 264. His victory at Princeton, 268. Opinion of his exploits in New Jersey, expressed by Frederic of Prussia; his winter-quarters at Morristown, 269. Perplexed by Howe; at Philadelphia, 1777; his first interview with La Fayette, 272. Crosses the Schuylkill, 274. At White Marsh, 233. Pursues Clinton, in 1778; ral- lies General Lee's troops; Lee's offensive letter to, 288. At White Plains; at Middlebrook, 288. Disap- proves of the proposed invasion of Canada, in 1778, 294. At Valley Forge, 274, 284. Scheme for super- seding him, 285. At Monmouth, 287. Called by the Indians, "Town Destroyer;" Cornplanter's Address to, 304. In winter-quarters at Morristown, 306. Fits out armed vessels at Boston, 307. Lieutenant-Gen- eral of the French empire; his first interview with Rochambeau, 323. Reprimands Arnold, 1780, 325. Sends the wife and son of Arnold to New York, 326. Proposes to attack New York, in 1781, 339. Writes deceptive letters to General Greene; at Yorktown, 340, 341. At New York, after the capture of Corn- wallis, 346. Suppresses the general discontent in the army, in 1782, 349. Quells the mutiny of the Penn- sylvania troops, in 1783, 350. Nicola's letter to him. 349. His Farewell Address to his companions in arms, in 1783, 350; and his farewell to his officers, 351, 352. Resigns his commission; President of the Cincinnati Society, 352. Hamilton, the favorite Aid of, 360, 361. President of the Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation, 1787, 356. Signer of the Constitution, 629. President of the United States; his administration, 364. His journey to New York, in 1789, 364, 365. Takes the oath of office; attends divine service at St. Paul's Chapel, New York, 366. His tour through the northern and eastern States, in 1789, 370. Re-elected President, 377. His Farewell Address to his countrymen, 382, 633 ss. Retires to Mount Vernon, in 1797, 383. Death of, in 1799, 386, 387. Lee's Funeral Oration on, 387. Bonaparte's tribute to, 387, 388. Tribute to, by the British fleet, 388. Portrait and autograph of, S65. WASHINGTON, Mrs. Wife of the President; notice of, 386. Portrait and autograph of, 387. WASHINGTON, JOHN, 110.
WASHINGTON, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE, Colonel, 334. Por- trait and notice of, 332.
Washington Territory, 480, 513.
"Wasp," sloop, 414, 415. 440.
WATSON, Colonel. On the Pedee, 320. Waterford. Henry Hudson at, 59. Watertown, Massachusetts. Founded, 118.
WAYNE, General. Surprised by General Grey, 274. Captures Stony Point, 298. Attempts to suppress the mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops, 328. Cornwallis, 339. At Savannah, 346. His Expedition against the Indians, in 1793, 374. Crushes the Lenni- Lenapes, in 1794, 21. Portrait and notice of, 298. WEBB, General, 194.
WEBSTER, DANIEL. Secretary of State, 1841, 474; and 1850, 502. His negotiation with Lord Ashburton, 1842, 472. Seconds Mr. Clay's Compromise Act, 501. His Oration, at the laying of the corner-stone of the addition to the Capitol of the United States, 1851, 509. His answer to Hulsemann's protest, 511. ́ Por- trait, autograph, and notice of, 502, 503.
WEBSTER, FLETCHER. Announces the death of Presi- dent Harrison, 475.
WEBSTER, Lieutenant-Colonel, 334. WEBSTER, Captain. At Saltillo, 486.
WEIR, ROBERT W. His picture of the Embarkation of the Pilgrims, 77.
WELLINGTON, Lord. With his army, enters Paris, in 1814, 431.
WELLS, Colonel. One of the chief leaders against the savages, 1813, 416.
WEMYSS, Major. At the Broad River, in 1780, 319. WENTWORTH, JOHN, Jr. Signer of the Articles of Con- federation, 611.
Weroworomoco, Virginia, 66.
WESLEY, JOHN, Rev. In Georgia, 171.
WEST, BENJAMIN, 356. Portrait and autograph of, 210. WEST, JOSEPH. His colony, in 1670, 98.
Westchester, New York. General Knyphausen at, 259. West Indies, The. Voyages of Columbus and Vespu- cius to, 40, 41. Trade of, 367.
West Jersey. Remarkable law enacted by the Assem- bly of, in 1681, 160.
West Point, New York. Arnold appointed to the com- mand of, 325.
Wethersfield, Connecticut, 86, 88.
WEYMOUTH, GEORGE, Captain, 58.
Weymouth, Massachusetts. Burned, 127. Whaleboat Warfare, 308.
Whales. Prove the fact of a passage between Behring Strait and Baffin's Bay, 511.
WHALLEY, EDWARD. Regicide Judge, 123. WHEELER, JOHN K. Notice of, 526. WHEELER, Captain, 126.
WHEELOCK, Rev. Dr. His school, at Lebanon, 25. WHEELWRIGHT, JOHN, Rev. Founds Exeter, 80. Favors the religious views of Mrs. Hutchinson, 120.
Whig and Tory. Explanation of the terms, 226. Whig Party, in 1856, 531.
WHIPPLE, ABRAHAM, Commodore, 223. His flotilla; por- trait, autograph, and notice of, 310.
WHIPPLE, WILLIAM. Signer of the Declaration of In- dependence, 602.
WHIPPLE, Lieutenant. His Expedition to explore a route for a Pacific railroad, 516. Whiskey Insurrection, The, 378. WHITCOMB, SIMON, 117.
WHITE, JOHN, Governor, 56, 57.
WHITE, WILLIAM. His son Peregrine, the first English child born in New England, 78.
WHITE, Colonel. On the Santee River, in 1780, 311. WHITEFIELD. GEORGE, Rev. In Georgia, 171. Whitefield, JOHN W., General. His seat in Congress contested, in 1855, 530.
White Mountains of New Hampshire, 19. White Plains, New York. Washington at, 258. WICKLIFFE, CHARLES A. Postmaster-General, 475. WICKLIFFE, JOHN DE, the Reformer, 62. Wife. Price of a, in Virginia. in 1620, 105. Wigwam, Indian. Picture and description of a, 13. Wild Flowers. Planted by Indians, on the graves of their friends, 15.
WILKES, Lieutenant. His Expedition, 476, 477. WILKINSON, JAMES, General. Sent by Gates with a verbal message to Congress, 282. His Expedition against the Indians, in 1790, 374. Burr's associate, in 1805, 396. With General Dearborn, 1812, 410. ceeds Dearborn, in 1813; his operations, 426. At Prescott, 426, 427. At St. Regis; at French Mills, 427. At Plattsburg, in 1814, 432. Notice of, 426. WILLARD, Major. At Brookfield, in 1675, 126. WILLETT, Colonel, 278.
WILLIAM I., of England, 62.
WILLIAM II., of England, 113. Has no children, 136. WILLIAM III., and MARY. Accession of, 130, 148. Their war with France, 130. William prohibits printing in the American colonies, 153. Interested in Captain Kidd's Expedition, 149. William and Mary College, 178. WILLIAMS, DAVID. One of the captors of André, 326. WILLIAMS, Ephraim, Colonel. Death of, 190. WILLIAMS, JAMES, Colonel. At King's Mountain, 319. WILLIAMS, JOHN. Signer of the Articles of Confedera- tion, 611.
WILLIAMS, JOHN, Rev. Captured by Indians; picture of his house; fate of his wife, 135. WILLIAMS, OTHO II., Colonel, 318.
WILLIAMS, ROGER, 87, 158. Founder of Rhode Island, 89, 119. Persecuted, 119. Pacifies hostile Indians at New Netherland, 141. Portrait and autograph of, 90. Notice of, 89.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM. Signer of the Declaration of In- dependence, 602.
Williams College. Founded, 190. Williams's Spring, 90.
Williamsburg, Virginia, 111.
WILLIAMSON, HUGH. Signer of the Constitution of the United States, 629.
WILLIAMSON, PASSMORE, 526. Wilmington, Delaware, 93. WILMOT, Captain. Death of, 348.
WILSON, JAMES. Member of the Convention on the Articles of Confederation, 1787, 356, 359. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, 369. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 602; and of the Constitution of the United States, 629.
WILSON, Rev. Mr. One of the two Boston ministers; Saltonstall's letter to, 118.
WILSON, ROBERT, Ensign, 342.
Wiltwyck. Indians massacre the inhabitants of, 143. WINCHESTER, General, 416, 417. Notice of, 418.
WINDER, General, 426. At Bladensburg, in 1814, 436.
Windsor, Connecticut, 88. WINGFIELD, EDWARD M. His conduct toward Captain John Smith; deposed, 65.
Winnebago Indians. Character of the, 19. Hostile to the Sioux, 31. Conspire against the English, in 1763,
WINSLOW, EDWARD, Governor, 85, 185. Received by Massasoit, 1620, 114. Cows and a bull imported by, 116. His letter to Governor Winthrop, 142. WINSLOW, JOHN, General, 185, 191.
WINSTON, JOSEPH, Colonel. At King's Mountain, 319. Winter. Severe, of 1777-1778, 284.
WINTHROP, JOHN, Governor, 117, 118. His Expedition against Canada, 131. Applies to Charles II. for a new charter, 155 Indian chiefs at the table of, 118. Por- trait and autograph of, 117. Notice of, 118.
Winyaw Bay. La Fayette lands on the shore of, 273. WIRT, WILLIAM. Attorney-General of the United States, 447, 454.
Wisconsin. Admitted to the Union, in 1848, 497. WISNER, HENRY. Member of the first Continental
Wissugusset Settlement, 115, 116. Witchcraft. In Massachusetts, 132, 133. WITHERSPOON, JOHN, Rev. Signer of the Articles of Confederation, 611; and of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, 602. Moves, in Congress, to strike out the word "Scotch" from the Declaration of Independence, 593.
Women. Indian, condition of, 14, 15. The first two on the James River, 67. A hundred and fifty, become
wives of Virginia planters, 71. No white, in Virginia, in 1619; ninety, sent by Sandys, in 1620; sixty, sent, in 1621, 105. See Wife.
WOODBURY, LEVI. Secretary of the Treasury, 1836, 470. Wood Creek, 131.
WOODFORD, General, 244, 311.
WOODHULL, NATHANIEL, General, 198, 254.
WOOL, JOHN ELLIS, General, 413. Át Monclova; at Parras, 484. At Braceti, 483. At Saltillo, 489. His Indian campaign, 1855, 528. Notice of, 484.
Wool. Means used to prevent the scarcity of, in Amer- ica, 216.
WOOLSEY, Captain, 432.
WOOSTER, DAVID, General, 238, 243, 271.
World's Fair. At London, 1851; and at New York, 1853, 517.
WORTH, WILLIAM J., General. At Monterey, 483. At Saltillo, 484. At the Castle of Perote, 490. At Mex- ico, 494. Notice of, 493. WRIGHT, SIR JAMES, 295, 599. WRIGHT, G. W., of California, 499. Writing. Indian picture, 13. Writs of Assistance, 212. Wyandot Indiuns, 23, 24.
Cede their lands to the United States, 24. Conspire against the English, 1763, 205. Treaty with the, 363,
Wyandot County. Invaded by the Five Nations, 24. WYATT, SIR FRANCIS, 106, 108.
Wyoming Valley. Devastation of, in 1778, 290, 291. WYTHE, GEORGE. Member of the Convention on the Articles of Confederation, 1787, 356. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 602.
Yakinaw County. Battle in, 1855, 527.
YALE, ELISHA. Benefactor of Yale College, 178. Yale College, 158, 178.
Yamacraw Bluff, 100, 103.
Yamasee Indians, 30, 168, 170.
Yankee Doodle, the National Song, 220.
YATES, ROBERT. Member of the Convention on the Ar- ticles of Confederation, 1787, 356.
Yazoo River. De Soto on the banks of the, in 1541, 44. YEAMANS, SIR JOHN, 98.
YEARDLEY, GEORGE, Governor, 70, 107. His Represent-
ative Assembly, 105.
Yellow Stone River, 33.
YEO, SIR JAMES, 432.
YORK, Duke of, 94. His American possessions, 129. Sells New Jersey, 159.
York River, 17, 66.
Yorkshire, territory of, 80. Yorktown, Virginia.
Fortified by Cornwallis, in 1781,
340. Map of the siege of, 341. Surrender of, 341, 342, 345. YOUNG, SIR JOHN, 117.
Youngstown. Burnt, in 1813, 427.
Yucatan. Discovery of, in 1506, 41.
Zenger, John PETER. Editor of the New York Weekly Journal: arrested, 150. Zipangi, The country of, 38.
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