582 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



Westchester (Pa.), 280. 

 Western, , character in 



"The Will," 180-202 passim. 

 Western Farmer and Gardener, 



The (Cincinnati, Ohio), 26n, 



213, 254, 267n. 

 Western Ranger, published by 



Robinson, 19. 

 Westport (Conn.), 382. 

 Wheat, cultivation, prairies, 121, 



243, 322, 360-61, 368-69, 374, 



378, 417, 508 ; fertilizers, value 



for, 374; Missouri, 438, 442; 



prices: Illinois, 58, 354, 419; 

 northwestern Indiana, 58, 

 128, 240, 336, 344; 



rust in, 139-40, 144-46, 240, 



322; Tennessee, 447, 504; 



threshing, 368; weevil in, 447, 



508, 527-28; yield, 58, 240, 



346, 528. 

 Wheelbarrows, 124. 

 Whigs, senatorial convention, 



Valparaiso, 18. See also Log 



Cabin Convention. 

 White, Albert S., 13, 84. 

 White River, floods, 508. 

 Whiting (Ind.), 60n. 

 Wiles, Thomas, 68, 83-84. 

 Wilkins, Captain, of Great 



Lakes, 538-39, 541, 543, 544. 

 Wilkinson, Robert, 67. 

 "Will, The, A Western Tale 



from Real Life," evaluated, 



22-23; plot idea, use of in 



Me-won-i-toc, 168n; printed, 



168-202. 

 Will County (111.), Robinson 



tour through (1845), 402-5. 

 Willets, J. S., 244n, 245; sketch, 



213n. 

 Williams, Ransom, and others, 



petition to president, 66-67. 

 Wilmington (Del.), 280; Robin- 

 son visits (1841), 291-92. 

 Wisconsin, public lands, sales 



(1838), 96. 



Wolves, in northwestern In- 

 diana, 143 ; poison for, 396-97, 

 400. 



Women, hardships in western 

 country, 148, 159; inclusion 

 in agricultural organizations 

 urged, 202-3, 224, 362-63. 



Woodbridge, William, 268. 



Woodburn (111.), 28, 495-96; 

 Robinson visits (1845), 424. 



Woodbury, Levi, 269. 



Woodford County (111.), Robin- 

 son tour through (1845), 413- 

 14. 



Wool, facilities for raising in 

 South, 526, 528; fleeces, 

 weight, 394 ; manufactures, 

 88, 323, 404, 410; prices, 344, 

 394; production costs, 361, 

 375, 394; sacking for, 552; 

 transportation, cost, 327, 375. 

 See also Sheep. 



Worcester (Mass.), plow manu- 

 factory, 530-33. 



Worth, Samuel, Robinson visits, 

 279. 



Wright, Frances, 8, 202n. 



Wright, John S., 277; sketch, 

 157n; organizer, Union Agri- 

 cultural Society, 25; views on 

 organization of National So- 

 ciety of Agriculture, 167n; 

 receives peaches from Rob- 

 inson, 323-24; tour with Rob- 

 inson, 321n-22n; works for 

 school law, 419. 



Wyonett Tshmokeman, Robin- 

 son's Indian name, 14, 55. 



Yalobusha (Yallabusha) Coun- 

 ty (Miss.), Robinson tour 

 through (1845), 449-58. 



Yazoo County (Miss.), Robin- 

 son tour through (1845), 463- 

 65. 



Yellow River (Ind.), 61. 



