Chapter 343

Cornwallis attacked by, at Old Jamestown, ii. 721; Savannah taken possession of by, iii. 11; appointed commander-in-chief of the army in the Northwest, iii. 197; operations of, against the northwestern Indians, iii. 328; results of his treaty with the Indians in the Northwest, iii. 378.

Weathersfield, conference of Washington with Rochambeau at, ii. 722.

Webb, General, cowardly conduct of, at Fort Edward, i. 250.

Weight of Washington, iii. 593.

Wessington, John de, prior of a convent in 1426, i. 19.

West Indies, American vessels excluded from, iii. 100; depredations on American vessels in, committed by French cruisers,