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INDEX. 



w. 



Walniit'tree, See ^uglans. 

 Wasp, blue, 383. 

 Water gap, 459. 



Western country , or basin of the Mississippi, 14. 



— vjaters, their principal connexions Vv^ith the Atlantic, 



165. 



— . antiquities, 478. 



Whale, skeleton of a, found near Williamsburg, 120. 



Wheat, yellow lammas, 228. Red ch a if, ib.' Yellow beard- 

 ed, 229. Red chaiF bearded, ib. Early Virginia, ib, Jones's,' 

 ib. Average weight and crops, ib. 



White mountains, 26. Indian tradition concerning the, ib. 

 Picturesque appearance of, 31. 



Wind gap, 459. 



WiJids, system of the, 89. Of the North, 90. North-east, 

 ib. South, 93. South-west, 95. North-west, 101. Re- 

 marks on Volney's theory, 104, 



Winter -berry, 286. 



Woad, 300. 



Wolf, 320. Formerly used by the Indians in hunting, 321. 

 Woherene, 319. 



WoodcocH, their manners when pairing, 349. 

 JVormsecd plant, 286. 



X. 



Xanihorisa, 279. 



Y, 



ToKpon. See.' Cas sine . 



Tucca aloefolia, palmetto royal, or bayonet bush, 275. 

 Zeolites, 400. 



Zizania aquatica, water oats, 222. ' 



