Trading posts, 14

Transportation, 148;
Great Lakes, 150

Tryon, William, 106

Tuscarora War, 94, 95

Ulstermen, 103

Unification of the West, 215

United States, collection of nations, 158;
development since 1890, 311;
federal aspect, 159;
fundamental forces, 311;
original contribution to society, 281-282;
wealth, 312

U. S. Steel Corporation, 152-153, 247, 265, 313

Universities, duties, 292;
function, 287;
influence of university men, 285;
need of freedom, 287;
pressure of democracies on, 283;
State and, 286;
_see also_ State universities

Upland South, 164;
religious spirit, 164, 165

Van Buren, Martin, 254, 326

Van Rensselaer manor, 81

Vandalia, 229

Verendryes, the, 180

Vermont, 69, 72, 77, 78, 111, 122, 136

Vermonters in Wisconsin and Michigan, 228

Vicksburg, 201

Vigilance committees, 212

Vinton, S. F., 141, 229

Virginia, 301;
early attempt to establish frontier, 41;
Indian wars, 69-70;
inequalities, coast vs. interior, 113;
interest in Mississippi Valley, 182;
land grants, 91;
land grants to societies, 85;
Piedmont, society, 95;
Piedmont portions, 87, 89;
settlement in latter part of 17th century, 83;
slavery, 122;
two Virginias in later 17th century, 94;
Western democracy and, 250

Virginia Convention of 1829-30, 28, 31

Visions, 270, 331, 339-340

Voyageurs, 17

Wachovia, 95

Walker, F. A., 128

War of 1812, 168, 213

Washington, George, 92, 124;
Mississippi Valley and, 181, 182, 194, 196, 324;
Ohio Valley and, 163, 167

Wealth, 213-214, 219, 288, 319;
democracy versus, 192;
in politics, 173;
United States, 312

Wells (town), 47

"Welsh tract," 97

Wentworth, Benning, 77

West, American ideals and, 290;
beginning of, 6;
center of interest, 327;
constructive force, 206;
contributions to democracy, 243;
factor in American history, 1, 3;
ideals, 209, 214, 267;
indefiniteness of term, 126;
insurgent voice, 319;
main streams of settlement, 215;
mark of New England, 36;
phase of division, 216-217;
population, 35;
problem of, 205;
South and, 196, 197;
warnings against, 208, 209;
Middle West; _see also_ Old West; Old Northwest

West Virginia, 114

Westchester County, N. Y., 81

Western colleges, 36

Western life, dominant forces, 222

Western Reserve, 124, 133

Western spirit, 310

"Western Waters," 161, 206, 302;
men of fre