W.
Wachovia Tract, [18].
Waddell, Hugh, of North Carolina, in French and Indian wars, [86], [87]; erects fort on Holston, [158]; and Regulation Movement, [163].
Walpole Company, [112].
War of 1812, part of mountaineers in, [224].
Ward, James, [95].
Ward, Nancy, half-caste Cherokee prophetess, [174], [177].
Warriors' Path, [107], [132], [134], [186].
Washington, George, journeys to Fort Le Bœuf, [79]; at Great Meadows, [81]; "Braddock's Defeat," [82]; surveys in Kentucky, [111]; tries to secure land patents for soldiers, [113]; and Indian allies, [176 (note)]; Ferguson's story of, [179].
Washington, District of, [233].
Washington County, erected by North Carolina, [172]; divided, [184].
Watauga Colony, lands leased to, [134]; Harrod and Logan get supplies from, [141]-[142]; William Bean builds first cabin, [159]; and Regulators, [163]; Robertson at, [165]-[166], [170], [181]; Sevier at, [166]-[167], [169], [200]; found to be on Indian lands, [170]; petitions North Carolina for annexation, [171]-[172]; made into Washington County, [172]; Indian attacks on, [176], [181]-[183]; and King's Mountain, [200]-[201], [205]; see also Frankland, Franklin, Tennessee.
Wayne, Mad Anthony, [263].
Welsh in America, [54].
Wheeling (W. Va.), as rendezvous for troops, [115]; Cresap at, [116].
White Eyes, Delaware chief, [118].
Wilkinson, General James, [261]-[265].
Williams, Colonel, [209].
Williams, Jaret, [173].
Winchester, German settlement near, [16].
Winsor, Justin, The Westward Movement, quoted, [176 (note)].
Winston, Major, [176 (note)].
Woolwich, Ferguson studies at, [197].
Wyandot Indians, [114].