Vera Cruz, established by Cortez, 15; | Walker, William, his expedition to
Veragua, Duke of, descendant of Co-
lumbus, visits United States, 12.
Vermont, sparsely settled, 115; be-
comes a State, 207; attitude in the
Revolution, 207; origin of word, 207.
Verona, Holy Alliance meets at, 266.
Verrazano, voyage to America, 27.
Vespucci, Amerigo, voyages of, 12;
America named for, 12; portrait, 13.
Veto, Presidential, 389.
Vice President, office, 475; provisions
for electing, 481, 482.
Vicksburg, surrenders to Grant, 377.
Victoria, Queen, checks English hos-
tility to the Union, 362.
Vikings, boats of, 436; sagas, 437;
probably landed on North America,
438; invented the keel and the cask,
438.
Vilas, William F., Postmaster General,
430; Secretary of Interior, 431.
Vinland, unknown to geographers, 438.
Virginia, named for Queen Elizabeth,
42; lost colony of, 43; Gosnold sent
to plant, 44; Jamestown settled, 44,
45; trials of colonists, 45, 46; gold-
hunting in, 46; English poor sent
to, 48; new charter, 48; tobacco a
source of wealth to, 48; does not
welcome George Calvert, 76; gov-
ernment, 79; Assembly formed, 79;
life in, 79; tobacco growing, 79, 80;
political complexion of, 80; royal-
ists come over to, 80; they control
affairs, 81; Bacon's rebellion, 81;
growth, 81, 82; colonial commerce
and slavery, 120; action against
Stamp Act, 130, 132; part of,
threatens secession, 190; calls con-
vention, 191; most populous State
in first census, 209; abolishes reli-
gious tests, 213; erects county within
present Kentucky, 216; hangs Johr
Brown, 343; calls Peace Conference,
350; West Virginia breaks from,
351; becomes chief battle ground of
war for the Union, 355.
Virginia Company, 44.
Virginia Resolutions, 228.
Volunteers, called for by Lincoln, 354;
renewed call, 358.
Voters, only church members allowed
to be, 55.
Wabash River, St. Clair defeated near
head waters of, 224.
Walker, Robert J., Secretary of Treas-
ury, 322.
Nicaragua, 341.
Wallabout Bay, 166.
Wanamaker, John, Postmaster Gen-
eral, 431.
War for the Union, cost of, 387. See
also Confederate States.
War of 1812, causes, 238, 239, 241; de-
clared, 242; on Canada border, 243;
naval victories, 245; Lake Erie and
the Thames, 246; in Southwest, 247;
campaign of 1814, 247-249; Lundy's
Lane, 428; burning of Washington,
249; defense and battle of New Or-
leans, 249-251; closed by treaty of
Ghent, 251; establishes independence
of the United States, 252; ends long
period of warfare, 261; stimulates
home manufactures, 270.
Ward, General Artemas, 144.
Warren, General Joseph, 148.
Washburne, Elihu B., Secretary of
State, 428.
Washington, Booker T., 391.
Washington, George, surveys for Ohio
Company, 92; reports French en-
croachments, 92; on Braddock's
staff, 93; retreats with Braddock's
army, 93; portrait, 108; headquar-
ters in Craigie House, 114; elected
commander-in-chief of army, 146;
takes command, 148; adopts flag for
army, 151; prepares to defend New
York, 153; refuses conditions of
peace, 166; resents Howe's dis-
courtesy, 166; retreats up New York
Island, 166; abandons Fort Lee, 167;
retreats through New Jersey, 167;
wins at Trenton and Princeton, 169;
defeated at Brandywine, 172; Con-
way cabal against, 175; loyalty of
friends, 175; saves the day at Mon-
mouth Court House, 176; goes to
White Plains, 176; entraps Corn-
wallis, 182; Cornwallis surrenders
to, 183; enters New York, 184; takes
farewell of army, 184; prevents
trouble in army from arrears of pay-
ment, 188; chairman of Constitu-
tional Convention, 191; unanimously
chosen first President, 202; takes
oath of office, 202; Lafayette sends
key of Bastile to, 222; proclaims
neutrality, 222; sends Jay to Eng-
land, 223; signs Jay's treaty, 224;
indignant at St. Clair's defeat, 224;
retires to Mt. Vernon, 225; injunc-
tions in farewell Address, 226; again
called from his retirement, 227;
death, 228; capital named for, 228.
Washington, D.C., made seat of gov-
ernment, 228; burning of, 248, 249;
capitol at, extended, 324; defended
by General Pope, 370; Peace Confer-
ence at, 350; grand review at, after
war for the Union, 385; treaty of,
394, 395.
Washington County, now Tennessee,
Washington Elm, cut of, 148.
Washington Monument, 406.
Washington, State, added to Union,
412.
Watauga Association, 217.
Watauga Valley, 216.
Wayne, General Anthony, captures
fort at Stony Point, 178; defeats
Indians, 224.
Webster, Daniel, tribute to John Jay,
193; defends the Union, 292; sketch,
292; portrait, 293; helps establish
northeastern boundary, 309; sup-
ports Compromise of 1850, 315; Sec-
retary of State, 321, 425.
Webster, Noah, 213.
Welcome, Penn's vessel, 74.
Welles, Gideon, Secretary of Navy,
427.
Wesleys, the, visit Georgia, 85.
West, the, first shown on Champlain's
map, 31; frontier development of,
178; beginnings of, 191; emigration
towards, 230, 275, 276.
West India Company, purposes of, 36.
West Indies, name given to islands off
supposed coast of Indies, 11; French,
to be defended by United States, 222.
West Point, Arnold plots to betray,
180.
West Virginia, opposed to secession,
354; admitted to Union, 393.
Western posts, English garrisons re-
moved from, 224.
Western Reserve, 230; townships in,
231.
Wethersfield, Conn., settled, 56.
Wheat, begins to be grown in Mary-
land, 78.
Wheeler, William A., Vice President,
Whig party, in England, 126; in United
States, origin of name, 289; favors
protective tariff, 290; opposes an-
nexation of Texas, 299; nominates
Clay, 302; Tyler obnoxious to, 303;
General Scott last candidate of, 338.
Whisky rebellion, 224, 225.
White, John, governor of Virginia
Colony, 43.
White, Peregrine, 67.
White Plains, 210; battle of, 167.
Whitefield, George, visits Georgia,
85.
Whitman, Dr. Marcus, his ride from
Oregon to Washington, 311; carries
many settlers to Oregon, 311.
Whitney, Eli, invents cotton gin, 211;
portrait, sketch, 211.
Whitney, William C., Secretary of
Navy, 431.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 336; when
young encouraged by Garrison, 299.
Wickliffe, Charles A., Postmaster Gen-
eral, 322.
Wigwams, 22.
Wilderness, battle of the, 378.
Wilkes, Captain Charles, explorations
of, 326; seizes Mason and Slidell,
361.
William and Mary, come to throne,
Williams, George H., Attorney Gen-
eral, 428, 429.
Williams, Roger, banished, 58; settles
Providence, 58.
Williams, William, Secretary of War,
322.
Williamsburg, Va., McClellan attacks
Johnston at, 368.
Willing, Charles, 188.
Wilmington, Del., Fort Christina near
present site of, 37.
Wilmot proviso, 306, 307.
Wilson, Henry, Vice President, 428.
Wilson, James, Secretary of Agricul-
ture, 432.
Wilson, William L., Postmaster Gen-
eral, 431.
Winchester, battle of, 380.
Windom, William, Secretary of Treas-
ury, 430, 431.
Windsor, Conn., 36.
Winslow, Commodore, sinks Alabama,
380.
Winthrop, John, governor of Connec-
ticut, plants Saybrook, 56.
Winthrop, John, governor of Massa-
chusetts, 53; portrait, 54.
Wirt, William, Attorney General, 319.
Wisconsin, reached by Nicolet, 31;
added to Union, 308.
Wisconsin River, descended by Joliet,
Wise, Henry A., 345.
Wolcott, Oliver, Secretary of Treasury,
255, 256.
Wolfe, General James, fails to capture
outworks near Quebec, 97; strata-
gem against Quebec, 97, 98; gains
Plains of Abraham, 98; death, 99.
Woman suffrage, extension of, 418.
Woodbury, Levi, Secretary of Navy,
Secretary of Treasury, 320, 321.
World's Columbian Exposition, 413.
Writs of Assistance, 128, 129, 136.
Wyoming, part of, in Mexican cession,
306; added to Union, 412.
Yale College, 115; social rank in, 113;
founding of, 122.
York, Duke of (afterwards James II.),
country between the Connecticut and
Delaware rivers deeded to, 62; gives
New Jersey to two Englishmen, 72.
See also James II.
York River, 46.
Yorktown, Cornwallis trapped at, 182;
surrender at, 183; McClellan lays
siege to, 368.
Young, Brigham, 313;
made governor
of Utah, 315.
Yucatan, 15; ruins in, 20.
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