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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. Hugh: [10], [312]-[313].
Wilmington: [169].
Winchester, Kentucky: [117].
Winchester, Virginia: [12].
Winston, Major Joseph: leads North Carolina troops against Cherokees, [266]; leads Surry riflemen at King's Mountain, [293], [298], [303]-[304].
Wolf Hills (Abingdon): [134].
Wood, Col. Abraham: [42].
Wormley, Ralph: [239].
Wytheville: [112].