Tryon for a grant of land for Mr. B. Wentworth, 769. Westchester, an account of an expedition against the Indians of, 16; deseription of the wild lands in, 29; Catherine Harrison of, complained of for witeheraft, 136. Western New York, soil of, similar to that of the Mohawk country, 175. West India company, the, erects forts in N. Netherland, 5. Westminster, names of those in, who signed. a petition to the king to be annéxed to New Hampshire, 67; particulars of a

riot at, 903, 904, ef seq.; several of the New Hampshire grants declare themselves independent of New York at, 930; the conventiou held at, for declaring the New Hampshire grants an independent state, very thinly attended, 932, 946; proeeedings of the committee of, 948.

Weyman, Win., biographical memoir of, 327; letters of, to the Rey. Dr. Barclay respecting the printing of the Indian prayer-book, 326, 334; imterrupted in printing the Indian prayer-book, 340; transmits Sir Wm. Johnson remaining portion of Dr. Barclay s MS. of the Indian prayer-book for correction, 343; reecommends Rev. Mr. Ogilvie to superintend the printing of the Indian prayer-book, 564; deceased, 38+.

Wharton, Samuel, biographical notice of, 474.

Wheelock, Rey. Eleazer, Sir Wm. Johnson approves his design of educating Inlian boys, 305; the Scotch commissioners make arrangements for the education of some Indian children by, 36; proposes to Sir Ym. Johnson to remove his lndian school near him, 313, 315; memorializes for a erant of Sir Peter Warren s legacy, 314; is opposed by the Scotch commissioners at Boston, ib.; requests Sir Wm. Johnson to write to Goy. Bernard in favor of bis school, 315; letter of certain clergy in favor of the Indian school of, 517; Sir Vm. Johnson is of opinion that the Indians will not improve so much in schools erected among them as at the school of, 320; the indians averse to the settlement on the Susquehanna river proposed by the 3821; is offered a tract of Jand in Mew Hampshire or in Massachusetts for his Indian school, 324; letter of, to Sir Wm.