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.