ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS



Wabash River, Hamilton on, 179;
  Helm's expedition on, 101, n. 1,
  145, 345; peace on, 247; portage
  from, to Miami, 31; posts on, 78,
  377, 553; scouting party on, lxxiii;
  trade on, 31; Virginia troops on,
  140, 157, 170, 272.
Wabasha, services enlisted by Sin-
  clair, cxxvii.
Wade, Hezekiah, signs agreement,
  568.
Wade, John, signs agreement, 568.
Wade, Thomas, signs agreement, 568.
Wade, Wenman, signs agreement,
  568.
Wade, William, signs agreement, 568.
Wadkins [Watkins], Samuel, prisoner,
  111; serves under Hamilton, 110.
Wales, Ensign, member of court
  martial, 577.
Walker, Colonel, sent as delegate to
  Clark, 426.
Walker Thomas, letter to, from T.
  Jefferson, 392; signs instructions,
  82.
Wall, John, prisoner, 112; serves un-
  der Hamilton, 110.
Wallace, Captain, command of, 583.
Wallaite, Jean Baptiste, signs pe-
  tition, 433.
Walls, Major, member of council of
  war, 601; votes against Indian ex-
  pedition, 602.
Walpole Company, see Grand Ohio
  Company.
Warren, visited by Clark-, 26.
Warriors Island, Virginia troops on,
  159, 165, 276.
Warwick, Mitchel, works on fort, 522.
Washington, George, attitude of,
  towards expedition against De-
  troit, xxix, 1, n. 1, cxliv, cxlv, clii,
  n. 2, 536, n. 1; authorizes western
  expedition, cxlvi; authorized to
  employ Indians, xvii, n. 3; captures
  New York, 590, 595; defeats Howe,
  23; influence of, xlix, 1; lacks troops,
  563; letter of, to: Board of War, 535,
  562, D. Brodhead, cxlv, n. 2, clii,
  clii, n. 2, 552, 612, G. R. Clark, 553,
  559, T. Jefferson, cxliv, cxlv, 491,
  536, n. 1, P. J. Schuyler, xxviii; letter
  to,from: D. Brodhead, 408, G. R.
  Clark, 551, 553, 558, J. Gibson, 590;
  relations of, with: Brodhead, li, cxlv,
  Clark, cxiv, cliii, 487, 491, 515, 551,
  562, Crawford, xlv, n. 1, Jefferson,



   cxliii; St. Clair's plan disapproved
   by, xxviii; unable to maintain wes-
   tern posts, 563; Writinfs, xiii, n.
   2, 1, n. 1, cxlv, n. 1, cxlv, n. 2, cl,
   n. 2, clii, n. 3, cliv, n. 7, 536, n. 1.
Washington, Colonel Samuel, ap-
   pointed commissioner, xlv, n. 1.
Washington County, establishment
  of, lv, n. 1; Indian raids in, 416;
  militia of, 424, 434; order to lieu-
  tenant of, 416, 434.
Wason, James, works on fort, 522.
Watauga, treaty of, land grants un-
  der, 10, n. 1.
Watkins, Captain, 24.
Watkins (Wadkinsj, Samuel, prisoner,
  111; serves under Hamilton, 110.
Watts, reports American plans, 106.
Waugusta, see West Augusta.
Weau, Weaugh, Weaughtinon, see
  Ouiatanon.
Wells, messenger, 46.
Welsh, Edward, messenger, 521, 534,
  543.
Werthington, see Worthington.
West Augusta County, establishment
  of, 13; Indian: expedition from,
  318, forays in, 310; militia of, xxxiv,
  569; petition of, to congress, xxi.
Westmoreland County, defense of,
  566; enlistment of troops in, 579;
  militia of, xxxiv, 569, 570.
Wetherington, see Worthington.
Whaley, Captain, member of court
  martial, 577.
Wharton, F., Diplomatic Correspond-
  ence of the American Revolution,
  225, n. 1.
Wheat, traffic in, 17.
Wheeling [Whelin], Clark gets boats
  at, 28, 41, 43, 44; defense of, xxxiii,
  7.
Whiskey, legal tender, 581; traffic in,
  519, 554, 573.
White, death of, 215.
White, Charles, death of, 20.
White, David, at Detroit, 105.
White Eyes, accompanies Wilson,
  xxxi; death of, 109.
White River, Clark on, 141; Delaware
  town on, 298.
Wiandot, completed, 107.
Wiandot, see Wyandot.
Wilkerson, Joseph, authorized to en-
  list men, 28.
Williams, Ensign, serves under Clark,
  353, 354.



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