INDEX
699
West Florida (cont.)
S13, 546. SSi, 552, 592; unhealth-
iness of climate, S92-West Indies, 242, 372 n; smuggling in,
458. Western confederacy, tribes  in, 494,
495.  See also Indians, western. Weyondetts, Weyondotts, see Huron. Wharton,   Joseph,   Sr.,   biog.    note, 205 n;
Illinois Company: articles of agreement signed by, 205; member, 203; shares held by, 205. Wharton,   Joseph,   Jr.,   biog.   note, 205 n;
Illinois Company: articles of agreement signed by, 204; member, 203; shares held by, 205;
letter to Johnson, 247. Wharton, Samuel, at New York, 482; engages Line to purchase provisions, 351; W. Franklin transmits papers to, 365; gives Croghan receipt for goods, 464, 499;
Illinois Company: articles of agreement signed by, 204; member, xiv, 203; shares held by, 205;
letter from Morgan, 217;
letter to: W. Franklin, 468; Johnson, 247;
letter mentioned from W. Franklin, 466; letter mentioned to B. Franklin, 365; proposed visit to Illinois, 317, 384,476;
reports: Croghan's arrival at Illinois, 67; Stirling's departure, 65, 79;
requests Philadelphia council  to safeguard merchandise, 162,163. Wharton, Thomas, biog. note, 73 n;
letter to: B. Franklin, 73,431,481; Johnson, 247;
letter mentioned from B. Franklin, 481; letter mentioned to B. Franklin, 73.
Whealock, Rev., conducts school for TnHiana at Lebanon  (Conn.),  275.
Wheat, amount of, in Kaskaskia, 469;
raised at Vincennes, 32, 227; raised
in Illinois, 227, 299. White,   Capt.   Henry,   employee   of
Baynton, Wharton, and Morgan, 331,
348; Johnson draws on Maturin in
favor of, SS8.
White Apple, Natchez settlement, 412. White Mingo, confers with Murray,
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White Mingo Town, Kiasutha dwells at, 355.
White Wolf, attends council with Croghan, 10.
Whitefield, commends B. Franklin, 220.
Wiatonon, see Ouiatanon.
Wilkins, Col. John, 100 n; dispute with Kaskaskians, 114 n.
Williams, account with Cole, 388.
Wine, cost of Madeira, 519; made in Illinois, 228; Mississippi Valley product, 249.
Wingeenum, attends council with Croghan, 10.
Winsor, Justin, asserts interest of Gage in land colonization schemes, 318 n.
Winston, Richard, account with Cole, 388; aids in formation of Indiana Company, 432 n; deposition concerning losses in Indian war, 43 2,433; employee of Baynton, Wharton, and Morgan, 166, 168; receipt for rent of house, 520.
Wire, price, 392.
Wisconsin (Ouiascoasin, Ouisconsin, Wisconsing) River, French trade on, 301; proposed boundary of Illinois Company grant, xiv, 255, 427; trade route via, 505.
Wolf Island, Morgan at, 440.
Wolf skins, price of, 361.
Wood, Ensign William, member of court-martial, 434.
Woodbridge, teaches Stockbridge Indians, 275, 276.
Woodcock Valley, sale of land in, 352.