Authors: George C. Daughan
      Â
Gamble and,
262
      Â
in Galapagos Islands,
127â128
,
131â144
,
149
,
153â164
,
167
,
169â171
      Â
in Peru,
119â125
,
145â149
      Â
in Polynesia/Marquesas Islands,
149â150
,
155â159
,
171
,
174
,
177â207
,
213â214
      Â
in Valparaiso (Chile) (during War of 1812),
101â103
,
106â110
,
113â119
,
215â233
,
235â243
      Â
letter to Secretary of U.S. Navy,
150â151
      Â
mutiny and,
209â214
      Â
on reenlistment of crew,
210â212
      Â
returning home from Pacific,
263â264
Porter, David, Sr.,
17â18
,
38â39
,
61
Porter, Elizabeth,
56
Porter, Evelina,
38
,
55â56
,
151â152
,
251
Porter, William (British captain),
162â163
Porter, William (son of David Porter, Jr.),
56
Portugal
      Â
Britain and,
66
,
71
,
103
      Â
in early months of War of 1812,
72
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
76
,
80
,
81
,
82
      Â
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
116
      Â
Manuel I of,
72
      Â
Napoleon and,
66
,
103
,
107
,
111
,
112
      Â
South America and,
104
Preble, Edward,
23â24
,
27â35
,
49
,
51â53
Pressgangs,
63
Privateers
      Â
after War of 1812,
274â275
      Â
Britain and,
10â11
,
119
,
154
,
164
      Â
Derby (Elias Hasket) as,
52
      Â
Farragut (George) as,
39
      Â
in Revolutionary War,
18
,
19
      Â
Madison (James) and,
10â11
,
13
      Â
Mocha Island and,
98
      Â
Porter (David, Jr.) on,
42
,
85
      Â
See also names of individual privateer ships
Quasi-War (with France),
xi
,
19â21
,
24
,
25â26
,
49
,
175
,
274
Quirós, Pedro Fernández de,
180
Randall, Gideon,
120
,
123â124
,
132
,
146
,
152â153
Rattler
(merchant ship),
128
Republican Party,
11
Resolution
(ship),
128
Revolutionary War.
See
American Revolution
Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
      Â
American prisoners in,
261
      Â
Britain and,
115
,
155
,
164
,
167
      Â
Charlton
and,
155
      Â
Dixon in,
144
      Â
Hillyar and,
166
,
241
      Â
in early months of War of 1812,
71â76
,
79â80
,
82
      Â
Isaac Todd and
,
164
      Â
Poinsett and,
112
      Â
Sumter (Thomas, Jr.) in,
117
,
150
      Â
Tucker and,
103
,
260
Roach, Adam,
231â232
Robertson, John,
256
      Â
after capture of
Essex
(during War of 1812),
253
      Â
after War of 1812,
273â274
      Â
at beginning of War of 1812,
41
,
43
      Â
Chesapeake-Leopard
case and,
38
      Â
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
146
      Â
in Quasi-War,
20
      Â
Porter (David, Jr.) as favorite of,
19
Ronsford, Lewis,
258
Roosevelt, Theodore,
239
Ross, George,
258
Rossie
(privateer ship),
4â5
Rotch, Benjamin,
136
Rous, Rais Mahomet,
22
Royal Navy
      Â
at beginning of War of 1812,
14â15
      Â
Cape Verde Island and,
66
      Â
convoys,
58
      Â
Cook (James) and,
63
      Â
crossing of line ceremony as tradition of,
60
      Â
desertion in,
148
      Â
in first War of 1812 cruise against USS
Essex
,
1â8
      Â
Irving (Washington) and,
37
      Â
money/gold carried by,
71
      Â
Napoleon and,
119
      Â
Porter (David, Jr.) and,
36
      Â
U.S. Navy vs.,
xi
,
9
,
13
      Â
See also names of HMS ships
      Â
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
93
,
149
,
163
      Â
Rodgers (John) and,
146
      Â
Watkins and,
133
      Â
Wilson (of Marquesas Islands) and,
188
Russia
      Â
Napoleon and,
10
,
13
,
79
,
108
,
113
,
265
      Â
Pacific Northwest and,
168
      Â
Poinsett and,
111
Rynard, James,
163
Sabine, Sergeant-Major (of St. Catherine's Island),
81
,
82
Salem Gazette
,
50
Salmagundi
,
37
San MartÃn, José de,
244â245
,
267
Sandsbury, Richard,
258
Sandwich Islands,
260
Santiago (island),
66
      Â
Anson's voyage and,
90
      Â
in early months of War of 1812,
72
,
79
      Â
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
88
,
96
,
123
,
140
,
143
Seringapatam
(British whaling ship),
154
,
155
,
157
,
161â162
,
163
,
214
      Â
in Nuku Hiva,
255
,
256
,
257
Sever, James,
51â53
Sexual activity,
174
,
179
,
183â184
,
189â190
,
192
,
196â197
Shaw, John R.,
83
Ships, of U.S. Navy and Royal Navy,
xi
.
See also names of HMS and USS ships
Shirreff, William H.,
156
Smith, John,
23
Smith, Robert,
111
Smith, William (captain of
Albatross
),
210
Smith, William Sidney,
103
Somers, Richard,
23
Somes, L. T.,
4â5
South America
      Â
Downes in, after War of 1812,
267
      Â
in early months of War of 1812,
80
      Â
Madison (James) and,
113
      Â
Poinsett and,
110
,
112â114
      Â
Royal Navy and,
71
      Â
Spain and,
111
      Â
Washington (U.S. capital) and,
110â111
      Â
whaling and,
130
      Â
See also
Argentina
;
Brazil
;
Chile
;
Latin America
;
Peru
South Carolina,
39
Southard, Samuel,
275â276
Spain
      Â
after War of 1812,
274â276
      Â
Britain and,
71
,
82
,
104
,
107
,
108
,
112
,
165
,
168
      Â
Chile and,
98
,
102
,
103
,
105â107
,
108
,
243â245
,
261
,
272
      Â
in early months of War of 1812,
85
      Â
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
101
,
117
,
124
      Â
Marquesas Islands and,
180
      Â
mutiny and,
177
      Â
Napoleon and,
98
,
103â105
,
107
,
111
      Â
Pacific Northwest and,
168
      Â
Peru and,
124
,
272
      Â
Pizarro of,
90
      Â
South America and,
111
,
218
      Â
U.S. and,
113