by Kentuckians.
Washington, wrath over St. Clair's defeat;
effect of his administration on the West.
Watts, John, Cherokee chief;
attacks Buchanan's Station;
wounded;
speech.
Wayne, Anthony, General, complained of by British;
takes command of army;
his military training;
goes to the Ohio;
camps near Pittsburgh;
trains his troops;
builds Greeneville;
his detachments cut off by Indians;
advances against the tribes;
fine horsemanship and marksmanship of his men;
his use of Indians and backwoodsmen as scouts;
reaches the Glaize;
the Miami Rapids;
the Fallen Timbers;
his decisive victory;
his correspondence with British commander;
destroys Indian towns;
goes into winter-quarters at Greeneville;
concludes treaty of peace;
effect of his victory on Southern Indians;
measures against Clark;
stops filibustering.
Webb, Lieutenant, feat of, at Fallen Timbers.
Wells, William, chief of Wayne's scouts, his feats.
West, the Far, unknown and unexplored.
Westerners, fundamental unity of;
relationship with the Southerners;
extent of their settlements;
homogeneity of;
characteristics of;
importance of, in Union.
Whitley, Major, at attack of Chickamauga towns.
Wilkinson, General, raids Wabash towns;
buries the dead of St. Clair's army;
peculiar infamy of his intrigues with the Spaniards;
his relations with Burr;
acquitted of treason.
Wilkinson, Lieut. J. B..
Yazoo Land Companies,
early efforts of various Kentuckians to get possession of the
Yazoo lands;
South Carolina Yazoo Company;
the Virginia Company and Patrick Henry;
Tennessee Company and Zachariah Cox;
South Carolina Company and Walsh and O'Fallon;
Federal authorities interfere against it;
Yazoo companies again spring into life;
corruption caused by;
end of.
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