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WARWICK, R. I., a town in Kent County, 

 composed of several villages, all of which are 

 summer resorts. It is situated in the central 

 part of the state, on Narragansett Bay, where 

 the waters of the Pawtucket and Providence 

 rivers meet. Providence is twelve miles north, 

 and Boston is fifty-two miles northeast, by way 

 of 1 1 >rk, New Haven & Hartford Rail- 



road; electric lines radiate from the city. The 

 largest industrial establishments are cotton- 

 print factories, machine shops and foundries. 

 The town hall, built in 1894, and Saint. Joseph's 

 Hospital, are the principal buildings. Each of 

 the villages has a graded school, and there are 

 several libraries. 



Warwick was settled in 1642 as Shawomet; 

 the name was changed to the present one in 

 1648, in honor of Robert, earl of Warwick, who 

 granted the city charter. Warwick was the 

 birthplace of General Nathanael Greene, an 

 American Revolutionary leader. An interest- 

 ing feature of the locality is the vast estate 

 and former home of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. 

 Rocky Point, on the shore, is a noted seaside 

 resort. In 1910 the population was 26,629; in 

 1916, 29,969 ( Federal estimate) . J .T.L. 



WAR 'WICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, Earl of 

 (1428-1471), a famous English soldier and 

 statesman, commonly called the "king-maker." 

 He was the son of Richard Neville, earl of 

 Salisbury, and was made earl of Warwick after 

 his marriage with Anne, daughter and heiress 

 of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick. From 

 1453 until his death he was the most prominent 

 figure in Engli>h hi>tory, and the fortunes of 

 Yorkists and Lancastrians during the Wars of 

 the Roses were frequently determined by him. 

 In behalf of his uncle, the duke of York, he 

 took part in the Buttle of Saint Albans in 1454, 

 and it was chiefly owing to him that that battle 

 ended in a Yorkist victory. As a reward for 

 this service he was made governor of Calais. 



War broke out again in 1460 between the 

 two factions, and Warwick won the Battle of 

 Northampton and captured King Henry VI; 

 but later in the yeur the Yorkists were defeated 

 at Wakefield, and the duke of York was put 

 to death, Warwick becoming head of the York- 

 ist party as guardian of his cousin Ed\ 

 11 loiJ <!< of Saint Albans in 



1461, but succeeded in proclaiming Kd\ 

 <lukc of York, kmn. :m<l m ha\ mn him crowned 

 : a victory at Towton. Warwick held tin- 

 highest olliccs. l)i;i king had begun to 



that thr Ni-villrs \\irc too powerful, and 

 h. ih... i it, -h.-il Warwick on various diplomatic 



missions just to get him out of the country. 

 By 1469 there was an open breach between 

 them, and in the next year Warwick became 

 reconciled to Margaret, queen of Henry VI ; he 

 landed in England with an army, forced Edward 

 to flee, and replaced the imbecile Henry VI on 

 the throne. In 1471, however, Edward met 

 Warwick at Barnet with an army and the 

 king-maker" was defeated and slain. War- 

 wick is the title character in Bulwer-Lytton's 

 Last oj the Barons. 



WASATCH, waw'satch, MOUNTAINS, a 

 range in the western part of the United States, 

 noted for the rugged grandeur of its scenery. 

 It is a part of the Rocky Mountains system, 

 and extends from the borders of Idaho, through 

 Central Utah and nearly to the Colorado River, 

 forming the eastern wall of the Great Basin. 

 The general elevation is about 10,000 feet, but 

 the highest peak, Mount Belknap, reaches 12,- 

 200 feet. Dense pine forests cover the middle 

 slopes and the summits are perpetually covered 

 with snow. Many canyons and gorges are worn 

 in the mountains by the numerous streams 

 which rise on the slopes and afford irrigation 

 for that territory. Coal, iron ore and silver 

 constitute the mineral wealth of this range. 



WAS 'CO, a North American tribe of Chi- 

 nookan Indians, who inhabited the region in the 

 vicinity of the Dalles, Oregon. They now reside 

 in the Warmspring Reservation, in Oregon, and 

 they number less than 300. The Wasco Indians 

 devoted themselves chiefly to fishing. 



WASH 'BURN COLLEGE, a coeducational in- 

 stitution located at Topeka, Kan., on a campus 

 of 160 acres. It was founded in 1865 by an 

 association of Kansas Congregational ists, but is 

 now under independent control. The institu- 

 tion is organized into the college of liberal arts, 

 the school of fine arts, a Bible school, depart* 

 ments of law and of engineering and an acad- 

 emy. Students are admitted by examination or 

 through certificates from approved high schools. 

 The degree of M.A. is granted for a year's post- 

 graduate work. The college has a library of 

 25,000 volumes. The faculty numbers about 

 sixty, ami th. v or 800 students in 1917. 



WASH'BURNE, Kuiir BENJAMIN (1816- 

 1887), un ti Congressman, Secretary of 



State and mmMr to France, who was called 

 the "Watchdog of the Treasury" because he op- 

 posed cornipt lriri.-l.it i. ni and refused to waste 

 tin- peoples money. He was born at I.i 

 more, Maine, and was educated at Harvard 

 College. In 1840 he was admitted to th. }>.n 

 and began law practice in Galena, 111. From 



