Part 20

Valesca, Luis de, his settlement at Pensacola Bay, 207

Valley Forge, 179

Vancouver, Fort, Washington, 290-294

Van Twiller, Wouter, or Walter, Governor of New Amsterdam, 37, 38

Vauban, 1, 56, 79

Vaudreuil, last Governor of New France, 81

Vaughan, William, of Damariscotta, suggests attack on Louisburg, 2; his career, 3; captures grand battery, 8, 9

Venango, 21

Vicksburg, Miss., 301

Vincennes, Ind., 12

Wadsworth, Peleg, 100, 102

Walker, Admiral Sir Hovenden, 81

Warren, Fort, 35

Washington, Fort, Valley Forge, Pa., 300

Washington, Fort, Cincinnati, Ohio, 24

Washington, George, 18, 32, 33, 129, 155, 157, 168, 176, 226, 228

Waterford, Pa., 20

Wayne, “Mad” Anthony, 145, 159

Wentworth, Sir John, Governor of New Hampshire, 162

West Point, New York, 147-160

White Hall, New York, 55

Wilkinson, James, 145

William Henry, Fort, Mass., 109, 110

William and Mary, Fort, New Hampshire, 161-166

William Henry, Fort, New York, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 119

Winthrop, Fort, Boston, 26

Winthrop, Governor of Mass., 27, 34

Wolcott, Fort, Torpedo Station, 231

Wolfe, captures, Quebec, 81

Yorktown, Va., 64

Yuma, Fort, Cal., 295-298

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Transcriber’s note:

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example: headquarters, head-quarters; care-taker, caretaker; employees, employés; emprize; rhymester; coehorns; repealment; gayety; equinoctial.

Pg 26, ‘the frying fishes’ replaced by ‘the flying fishes’. Pg 34, ‘is certaintly’ replaced by ‘is certainly’. Pg 133, ‘the little setttlement’ replaced by ‘the little settlement’. Pg 190, ‘by a barbacan’ replaced by ‘by a barbican’. Pg 274, ‘Ogalla Sioux’ replaced by ‘Oglala Sioux’. Pg 291, ‘periously close’ replaced by ‘perilously close’. Pg 299, ‘his meagrely clad’ replaced by ‘his meagerly clad’. Pg 301, ‘on the Mississpipi’ replaced by ‘on the Mississippi’.

Index: ‘Cadillac, La Moote’ replaced by ‘Cadillac, La Motte’. ‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisana’ replaced by ‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisiana’.