Washington county, Va., census (1830), 56;
militia of, 165, 174, 268;
threatened by Bird, 299.

Washington, George, in French and Indian war, 45, 65, 67, 69, 71, 74, 77,
100, 101, 145, 334;
friendship for Andrew Lewis, 70;
advises Sandy-creek voyage, 81;
on Seybert massacre, 87;
in Revolutionary war, 106;
friend of Rufus Putman, 389;
_Tour to the Ohio_, 73.

Watauga river, treaty with Indians on, 153, 192.

Waterford. O., founded, 393.

Wayne, Anthony, general of army, 412;
campaign against Western Indians, 147, 412-428.

Webb, Jonas, early settler, 126.

Wells, Bazaleel, at Point Pleasant, 174.

Wells, Maj., on Shawnee campaign, 355.

Wellsburg, W. Va., 380.

Welsh, on the border, 49.

West, Alexander, 378;
chases Indians, 246, 311;
adventure with Indians, 287-290;
on Lowther's expedition, 376, 377;
sketch, 288.

West Augusta, district of, 63; first justice of peace, 127.

West, Charles, chases Indians, 246.

West, Edmund, Sr., attacked by Indians, 288;
killed by Indians, 377-379.

West, Edmund, Jr., family attacked by Indians, 378, 379.

West Fork river, origin of name, 122;
first settlements on, 126, 127;
in Dunmore's war, 151, 156;
during Revolution, 240, 311, 312, 343;
miscellaneous forays on, 217, 218, 250, 251, 366, 367, 376, 400, 410,
411, 414, 419, 422, 428.

West Newton, Pa., departure of Marietta pilgrims, 389.

West Virginia, character of early Indians in, 36;
mounds in, 40;
early tribes in, 44-47;
census (1830), 63;
first settlements in (prior to 1774), 117-133.

Westfall, ----, early settler, 126.

Westfall, O., 176.

Westmoreland county, Pa., 115.

Westmoreland county, Va., militia of, 210, 327, 328;
forays in, 301.

Wetzel county, W. Va., 279.

Wetzel, George, Indian fighter, 161.

Wetzel, Jacob, adventure with Indians, 161-163.

Wetzel, John, Indian fighter, 125, 161.

Wetzel, Lewis, Indian fighter, 125, 161-163, 338, 339;
sketch, 161.

Wetzel, Martin, Indian fighter, 161.

Wheat, Betsy, at seige of Wheeling, 225.

Wheeling, W. Va., 40;
founded, 124, 125;
in Dunmore's war, 134, 146, 148, 149, 152-154, 163, 165, 179;
first seige of, 219-228, 235;
second seige, 224, 356-360;
Foreman's defeat, 228-230;
during Revolution, 237, 299, 301, 319, 336, 338, 362;
McKee's foray, 316, 317.

Wheeling creek, in Dunmore's war, 1