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commission as commander of, resigned by Washington--flattering address to Washington by the officers of, i. 286.

Visitors, Washington annoyed by, at Mount Vernon, iii. 483; how received by Washington when president, iii. 603.

W.

Waldeck, prince of, mercenaries furnished by, ii. 6.

Wallace, Captain, legalized piracy of--Newport threatened by, ii. 16; sent in the _Rose_ up the Hudson river, ii. 218.

Walpole, Horace, on young Washington's love of the "whistling of bullets" (_note_), i. 105.

Wanton, Governor, blunt answer of, to Sir James Wallace, i. 484.

War-dance, Indian, witnessed by Washington and Fairfax, at Colonel Cresap's, in 1748, i. 54; in the camp of Braddock at Will's creek, i. 151.

War, directions as to the mode of declaring, given by Dinwiddie to Washington (_note_), i. 228.

Ward, Ensign, capitulation of, to Contrecoeur, in 1754, i. 98.

Ward, General Artemas, in command of troops in the neighborhood of Boston after the battle of Lexington, i. 513; inefficiency of, i. 532; appointed first major-general under Washington, i. 545.

Warren, Doctor Joseph, stay of, in Boston, to watch the British army and the tories, i. 503; warning sent by, to Adams and Hancock, at Lexington, i. 504; narrow escape of, at Cambridge, i. 509; letter of, to General Gage, in relation to his want of good faith,