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.

WA

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.

Pursues

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.

Welcome," ship, 96.

WELLINGTON, Lord. With his army, enters Paris, in
1814, 431.

WELLS, Colonel. One of the chief leaders against the
savages, 1813, 416.

Welsh Indians, 32.

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.

Weston's Colony, 115.

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.

Suc-

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,

205.

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

Congress, 1774, 588.

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.

Wolfe's Ravine, 202.

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.