confusion at, II;
    proceedings of the rebels at;
  Virginia, French, Irish, and German mixture in, I;
    makes a treaty with the Cherokee Indians;
    boundaries claimed by;
    border ravaged by Indians;
  Virginians, Lord Dunmore’s war fought wholly by them, I;
    the only foes dreaded by the Indians;
    styled by the Indians “Long Knives,”;
    gather at the Great Island of the Holston;
    march against;
    the Cherokees;
    reach the Big Island of the French Broad;
    ravage the Cherokee towns;
    return home;
  Walton, Major Jesse, serves under Sevier, II;
  Ward, Nancy, brings overtures of peace, II;
    her family respected;
  Warfare, ferocious individual, II;
  Washington College founded by Doak, II;
  Washington District.  See Holston settlements;
  Washington, Gen. Geo., unable to help Clark, II;
  Watauga Commonwealth, 1769, date of first permanent settlement, I;
    supposed by settlers to form part of Virginia;
    discovered to be part of North Carolina;
    immigration from North Carolina to;
    character of the settlers;
    palisaded villages in;
    life of the settlers;
    their amusements;
    settlers organize a government;
    articles of the Watauga Association;
    their first convention held at Robertson’s Station;
    plan of civil government;
    endures for six years;
    settlers ordered to leave their lands;
    settlers successfully solve the problem of self-government;
    makes a treaty with Cherokees;
    attacked by the Cherokees;
  Watauga Fort, the, commanded by Sevier and Robertson, I;
    attacked by the Indians;
    the Indians beaten back;
  Watauga River, a feeder of the Tennessee River, I;
    first settlement on the banks of the;
  Watts, John, Sevier’s guide against the Chickamauga towns, II
  Wayne, Gen. Anthony, threatens the Indians, II;
  Weas, the, living with the Miamis, I;
  Wells, his noble deed, II;
  West, the, the winning of, II;
    actually conquered;
    definitely secured by diplomacy;
  West Florida, its boundaries, I;
  Wetzel, Lewis, a formidable hunter, II;
    his adventures;
  Wheeling, attacked by Indians, II;
    attacked by Simon Girty;
    heroism of a girl;
  Whites, the, provocation suffered by, I;
    retaliation by;
  White Top Mountain, a landmark, I;
  Wilderness, the, life in, I;
  Wilderness Road, the, forever famous in Kentucky history, I;
    exists to-day;
  Williams, Col., shot at the battle of King’s Mountain, II
  Williamson, Colonel Andrew, gathers a force at Picken’s Fort, I;
    advances against the Indians;
    his campaign against the Cherokees;
    attempt to surprise Cameron;
    falls into an ambush;
    defeats the Indians;
    destroys their houses;
    garrisons Fort Rutledge;