Ver-mont´, Green Mountain Boys in,237Verrazano (ver-rah-tsah´no), explorations of,71,174,184Vī´kings, journeys of,25Vīks, bays in Norway,25Vĭn-çenneş´, Fort, surrender of,288Vine´land, Northmen's name for America,28Vir-ġin´i-a, Arnold in,309civil war in,158drives away Catholics,152education in,157government of,101granted to Raleigh,83,85Jamestown founded in,105Natural Bridge,194Powhatan king of,94presented to Culpepper and Arlington,156prosperity in,153royal promise,154,160royalists in,155women sent to,100,101Voyageurs (vwȧ-yȧ-zhẽr´), travelers called,176Vul´ture, English vessel,305Wạdş´worth, Captain, conceals charter,167defies Governor Fletcher,169Wal´dron, Major, killed by Indians,184Wall Street, origin of name,144Wạm´pŭm, use of,23War, French and Indian,198-213King George's,189,190King Philip's,138-140King William's,184,186of the Austrian Succession,189,190Pequot,132,133Pontiac,214Queen Anne's,187Revolutionary,234-321Seven Years',210Ward, quotation from,241Wạr´ren, Dr., addresses minutemen,235dies at Bunker Hill,241Wạsh´ing-ton, Augustine,191Washington, Colonel William,312Washington, Fort, Americans at,255captured,256Washington, George, advice to Braddock,207appeals to Robert Morris,303assists Forbes,210at Fort Duquesne,207,208at Great Meadows,198at Valley Forge,264,273boyhood of,191-193called "Savior of his Country",262chosen general of army,238crosses Delaware,260defeated at Brandywine,264defeats Hessians at Trenton,260,261disbands his army,323discipline of,243,244enters Boston,247farewell address of,321,324Gates to supersede,274headquarters at Cambridge,242Howe's letter to,253in First Continental Congress,231in Second Continental Congress,238major in Virginia regiment,196marches to Yorktown,316,317outwits Cornwallis,261plans to capture Cornwallis,315,316retreats up the Hudson,254,256,258,259returns to Mount Vernon,324sent to French commander,196surveyor,94tactics of,257victory at Princeton,262Washington, Lawrence,195Washington, Mrs., at Valley Forge,274Washington Park, soldiers buried in,256Wạtts,257Wāyne, Anthony, captures Stony Point,284,285Wěs´leў, John, founder of Methodist Church,165West In´diēş, colonists send lumber to,127discovered by Columbus,54negro slavery in,80Spanish colonies in,64Washington in,195West´min-ster Abbey, Major André buried in,308monument to Wolfe in,213West Point, Arnold in command of,305Wēy´moŭth, Standish victorious at,123Whal´ley, flees to New Haven,136Whĭte´field, supports first orphan asylum,165White-ha´ven, Paul Jones at,294White Land, Gunnbiorn discovers,27White Plains, André taken to,306battle of,256Wig´wạms, tents of Indians,15Wil´liam and Mary, reign of,168William and Mary College, founded,161William Henry, Fort, seized,210Williams, Ephraim, founds college,209Williams, Roger, called "Apostle of Toleration",129forms colony at Providence,129intercedes with Indians,132,133principles of,127,128Williams, captures André,306Wil´ming-ton, Swedish colony at,145Winş´low, Edward, intercourse with Indians,114,118,138Wĭn´throp, John, governor of Boston settlement,123,124Wis-con´sin River, Marquette and Joliet explore,177Wọlfe, James, wins battle of Quebec,211-213Wy-o´ming Valley, massacre in,286YāleCollege, established,169"Yăṉ´kee Doo´dle," adopted as national air,270nickname for American soldier,218,239York´town, siege of,316,317Zaldivar (thahl-de´var), Spanish leader at Acoma,77,78Zāne, Elizabeth, bravery of,290Zuñi (zoo´nyee) pueblos,68