450 



Index 



Vermflye, Peter, 343 

 Vermilye, Thomas, 190 

 Verrazano, -4 



Verveelen, Johannes, 105, 180, 182, 



183, 184, 185, 192, 276, 335, 356, 



365 

 Vesey, Rev. William, 256, 257 

 Villanis, Father, 285 

 Vincent -Halsey house, 426 

 Vincents, 426 

 Vriedelandt, the, 30, 31, 35, 37 



Waagh, de, 37 



W'aildington's Point, 385 

 Wading-places, 60, 61, 181, 182, 



184, 188, 192, 211,335 

 Wadsworth, Brig. -Gen., 142 

 Wagner, Senator, 334 

 Wakefield, 15, 235, 419, 421 

 Waldeckers, 154 

 Walgrove, George W., 303 

 Walworth, Chancellor, 201 

 Wampum, 26, 105, 316 

 War, Council of, 141, 142 

 Ward's Island, 364 

 Warner, Capt. John, 293, 325 

 War, French and Indian, 190, 281, 



282 

 War of 1 8 12, 299, 395 

 Wars, Dutch and English, 45, 57 

 Wars, Indian, 28, 29, 30, 35 

 Washington Bridge {see Bridges) 

 Washington Bridge Park, 321, 351 

 Washington, George, 17, 119, 122, 

 124, 125, 126, 131, 137, 138, 139, 

 141, 142, 143, 148, 150, 156, 157, 

 168, 170, 172, 176, 189, 292, 295, 

 297. 298, 302, 311, 345. 354. 360, 

 361,363,420,429 

 Washington ville, 421 

 Water supply, 17, 202, 203, 204, 216, 



357 

 Waters, Edward, 58 

 Webb, William Henry, 344 

 Webb's Academy and Home, 217, 



277, 320, 344, 345. 346 

 Weckquaesgeek Indians, 18, 25, 2 , 



34,43,211,312 

 Weddings, colonial, no, 260, 390 

 Weir Creek, 18, 42 

 Wendover Avenue, 319, 371 

 Wendover, Peter H., 376, 377 

 We tchester, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 4s, 



49. 5i . 53. 56, 57. 58, 60, 70, 7 1 , 72 . 



83. 95. 97, 98, 100, 104, 1 14, 115, 



119, 123, 133, 137, 139, 140, 143, 



152, 166, 170, 189, 209, 218, 220, 

 221, 251, 252, 253, 261, 263, 271, 

 279, 282, 310, 343, 374, 395 



Westchester Avenue, 16, 219, 245, 

 247, 266, 402, 405 



Westchester burying-ground, 263, 

 266 



Westchester campaign, 127, 137, 149 



Westchester causeway, 140, 141, 



317 

 Westchester Creek, 15, 18, 22, 31, 



35, I40, 141, I85, 209, 211, 220, 

 3IO, 406, 407 



Westchester County, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 14, 

 16, 17,26,28, 47, 56, 61, 65, 67, 72, 

 77, 83, 86, 87, 92, 116, 117, 118, 

 119, 120, 122, 130, 137, 147, 151, 

 186, 193, 195, 196, 201, 221, 229, 

 248,249, 272, 281 



Westchester Country Club, 413 



Westchester Light Horse, 83, 151, 

 152,163, 172, 173, 174,330,348 



Westchester Parish, 253, 254, 256, 



257 



Westchester Path, 60, 211, 213, 219, 

 417,424,425 



Westchester-Pelham Turnpike Com- 

 pany, 317 



Westchester Polo Club, 412 



Westchester Racing Association, 

 290 



Westchester, township of, 2, 4, 5, 7, 



305. 342, 395. 419 



Westchester Traction Company, 

 241 



Westchester Turnpike Company, 

 219 



Westcott, John, 60 



West Farms, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 18, 22, 42, 

 48, 83, 84, 104, 114, 119, 133, 152, 

 156, 167, 193, 194, 209, 210, 229, 

 240, 245, 249, 271, 280, 287, 290, 

 305. 3i8, 342, 371. 380, 389, 390, 

 392 



West India Company, 25,27,31,33, 



34,37,42,45.46,49.93 

 West Morrisania, 371 

 Whale-boatmen, 160, 161 

 Wheeler, Lieut. Thomas, 36, 37, 38 

 Whigs, 330, 391 

 Whitefield, George, 286 

 White Plains, 114, 115, 116, 119,130, 



131, 135. I4L 148, 149, 153, 159, 

 171, 221, 229, 397, 398,420 

 White Plains Road, 215, 220, 247, 

 417,419, 426 



