Peacock, Captain Harrington, captures the Epervier, ii. 172;
chased by an English man of war, ii. 252.

Perry on Lake Erie, i. 271, 273, 274; sets sail, i. 275; engages
the enemy, i. 278; conduct after the battle, i. 283; at the
battle of the Thames, i. 287.

President frigate, affair with the Little Belt, i. 42; puts to sea,

i. 132; chases the Belvidere, i. 134; beats the Endymion,
and finally captured by an English fleet, ii. 247.

Pinckney, American Minister to England, i. 41; commands Bal-
timore regiment at Bladensburg, ii. 118–124.

Pike, Colonel, incursion into Canada, i. 117; captures York, i.
208; his death, i. 210.

Pickering, Timothy, description of, his speech against loan bill
of Thirteenth Congress, i. 335.

Pitkin, i. 335.

Plattsburg, description of, ii. 149; battle of, ii. 155.

Peace, tidings of, effect on the nation, ii. 229-230.

Porter, General, i. 114; at Chippewa, ii. 77; his gallantry and
narrow escape at Fort Erie, ii. 109-111.

Porter, Captain, commands the Essex; capture of the Alert, i.
143; his cruise in the Pacific, ii. 45-66; his daring escape
and reception in New York, ii. 65, 66

Proctor, Colonel, advances against Frenchtown, i 180, defeats
the Americans, i. 181; leaves the prisoners to be massacred,
i. 182 his character, i. 185; invests Fort Meigs, i 197;
abandons the siege, i. 199; defeated at Sandusky, i. 201;
retreats from Malden, i. 286; defeated at the Thames,
i. 289.

Prescot, Governor-general of Canada, i. 99; letter to Brocke, i.
121; attacks Sackett's Harbor, i 215; advances against
Plattsburgh, ii. 148; his retreat, ii. 161.

Protocol, English, at Ghent, ii. 181; transmitted to Congress, ii.
182; its effect on the nation, ii. 183; its reception in Eng-
land, ii.

Privateering, account of, ii. 257; defence of, ii. 261; acts of
Congress respecting, ii 262, 263.

Privateers, characteristic names of, ii. 263; superiority to Eng

lish, ii 277; character of their commanders, ii 277.

Prisoners, American, treatment of, in England, ii. 280; sufferings
in Dartmoor prison, ii. 281–285; assailed by French prison-
ers, ii. 283; denounce American agent for prisoners, ii. 287;
neglected by government, ii. 287; their employments, ii.
288; number of, ii. 292; massacre of, ii. 294.

Queenstown, battle of, i. 101.

Q.

Quincy, Josiah, i. 225; speech against army bill, i. 227.

Revolution, French, i. 17.

Rose, English Minister, i. 33.

R.

Rattlesnake, brig, captured, i. 252.

Randolph, speech in Congress, i. 45–51; sketch of, i. 237; suc-
ceeded by Eppes, i. 319.

Revenue. i. 292.

Retaliation acts, i. 307.

Rodgers, Commodore, his squadron at New York, i. 132; his
first cruise, i. 134; attacks the Belvidere, i. 137; second
cruise, i. 151.

Riall, British General at Chippewa, ii. 76; captured by Jessup
at Lundy's Lane, ii. 86.

Russell, John, American Chargé to England, i. 50; despatch
from, i. 53.

Ripley, Colonel, at Lundy's Lane, ii. 88; his strange conduct
after the battle, ii. 98; surrenders his command to General
Gaines, i 100; wounded at Fort Erie, ii. 109.

Ross, General, marches on Washington, ii. 119–127; fires the
capitol, ii. 127; his hasty retreat, ii. 133; killed in the ad-
vance on Baltimore, ii. 143.

S.

St. Clair, General, cause of his defeat, i. 17.

Smythe, General, commands on the Niagara frontier, i 71; pro-
clamation, i. 111; failure and disgrace, i. 112-114; review
of his campaign, i. 119.

Shelby, Governor of Kentucky, i. 95; commands Kentucky vol-
unteers under General Harrison, i. 287.
Sandusky, Fort, defence of, i. 201.

Scott, Lieut.-Colonel, at Queenstown, i. 103; taken prisoner, i.
108-110; captures Fort George, i. 213; joins Wilkinson, i.
299; introduces French system of tactics into camp of in-
struction at Buffalo; chases the Marquis of Tweedsdale, ii.
76; advances on Lundy's Lane, ii. 84; wounded, ii. 94; his
journey to Baltimore and reception at Princeton, ii 97-98.
Sackett's Harbor, naval depot at, i. 207; attack of, i. 215.
Shortland, Captain, superintendent of Dartmoor prison, ii. 286;
massacres American prisoners, ii. 293.

Sheaffe, General, at Queenstown, i. 105.

Sinclair, Captain, commands the expedition against Mackinaw,
ii. 73.

Stewart, Captain, remonstrates with the President against laying
up the navy, i. 128; commands the Constitution, ii. 235;
captures the Cyane and Levant, i. 240.

Strong elected governor of Massachusetts; i. 265.
Stricker, General, defence at North Point, ii. 142.

T.

Talledega Fort, ii. 18.

Taylor, Captain, defence of Fort Harrison, i. 95.

Tax, direct, of Thirteenth Congress, i. 325; on carriages, dis-
tilled spirits, auction duties, &c., ii. 187.

Towson, Captain of artillery, at Chippewa, ii. 79.

Treaty of 1783, i. 23; of Pinckney and Monroe rejected by Jef-
ferson, i. 27; first Treaty of Peace at Ghent, its terms and
how received, ii. 232, 233; review of, ii. 234.

Transportation, cost of, war materials to Sackett's Harbor; i. 257.
Tecumseh, i. 80; his plan for restoring the Indians to their an-
cient rights; his mission south, and character and eloquence,
i. 191-193; joins Proctor, i. 197; killed, i. 290.

INDEX.

Torpedos, employment of, to destroy ships, i. 266.

327

Tompkins, Governor, privateer, Captain Boyle. her narrow escape
from an English frigate, ii. 266.

Treasury, state of, in May. 1813, i. 320; state of during the
third session of the Thirteenth Congress; notes, reduced
value of, ii. 187; increased embarrassments of, ii. 189.

Tupper, General, defeated at the Rapids, i. 178.
Tuscarora village destroyed by the British, i. 306.

Truce, flag of, arrived in Annapolis, i. 328.

Typees, hostility to Commodore Porter, ii. 50, 51; description of
their country, ii. 52; their towns destroyed, ii. 54.

V.

Van Rensselaer, General, i. 71-100; resigns his command, i.
101.

Van Rensselaer, Colonel, invades Canada, and wounded, i. 100;
character of, i. 118.

Van Horne, Major, defeat of, i. 79.

Vincent, General, i. 214; captures Generals Chandler and Hin-
der, i. 219.

Vermont, her patriotism when Plattsburg was attacked, ii. 150.
Volunteers, hardships of, i. 188

Wayne, General, i. 17.

W.

Washington's opinion of British aggressions, i. 48; city of,
threatened by the British, ii. 117; burned, ii. 128; bad
policy of, ii. 140.

War, declaration of, i. 56; how received, i. 58; unprepared
state of the country for, ii. 67-69.

Ward, Artemus, speech of, against bill for military establish-
ments passed in Thirteenth Congress, i. 339.

Wadsworth, General, at Queenstown, i. 102.

Winchester, General, his march to the Rapids, i. 178; marches
to Frenchtown, i. 179; taken prisoner, i. 181.

Winder, Colonel. i. 114; General, pursues Vincent, i. 219; sur-
prised and captured by him, i. 219; commands the troops
around Washington, ii. 118.

Williams' speech in Congress, i. 225, 226.

Wasp, takes the Frolic, i. 155; captured by the Poictiers, i. 159;
captures the Reindeer, ii. 167; sinks the Avon, ii. 169; her
mysterious fate, ii. 170.

White, General destroys the Hillabee towns, ii. 22.
West Point Academy, i 124.

Webster, Daniel, elected to Congress i. 320; first speech, i. 323;

speech against the army bill, i. 330; sketch of, i. 333;
speech on repeal of embargo act i 345; contest between
him and Calhoun, i. 344.

Woodward, Judge, of Michigan, his letter to Proctor on the
massacre at River Raisin, i. 184.
Wilkinson, General, seizes Fort Condé. i. 199; takes charge of
northern army, i. 292, his progress down the St. Lawrence,
i. 296-299; goes into winter quarters at French Mills, i.
300; review of his campaign, i. 302; plans a winter cam-
paign, i. 311; attacks La Cole Mill, i. 312.

Woolsey, Lieutenant, i. 206; transports war and ship materials
from Oswego to Sackett's Harbor, ii. 70-72.

Wooster. Rev., volunteers with his flock to aid General Macomb,
ii. 151.

.Y.

Yarnell, Lieutenant, bravery in battle of Lake Erie, i. 279.

York captured by Americans, i. 208.

Yeo, Sir James, attacks Sackett's Harbor, i. 215; attacks Os-
wego, ii. 69; sends a detachment against Woolsey, ii. 71;
raises the blockade of Sackett's Harbor, ii. 72.

Youngstown burned, i. 301.