The Shining Sea (62 page)

       
Gamble and,
262

       
in Galapagos Islands,
127–128
,
131–144
,
149
,
153–164
,
167
,
169–171

       
in Peru,
119–125
,
145–149

       
in Polynesia/Marquesas Islands,
149–150
,
155–159
,
171
,
174
,
177–207
,
213–214

       
in Valparaiso (Chile) (during War of 1812),
101–103
,
106–110
,
113–119
,
215–233
,
235–243

       
letter to Secretary of U.S. Navy,
150–151

       
mutiny and,
209–214

       
on reenlistment of crew,
210–212

       
returning home from Pacific,
263–264

Porter, David, Sr.,
17–18
,
38–39
,
61

Porter, Elizabeth,
56

Porter, Evelina,
38
,
55–56
,
151–152
,
251

Porter, William (British captain),
162–163

Porter, William (son of David Porter, Jr.),
56

Porto Praia,
58
,
60
,
66
,
67
,
69

Portugal

       
Britain and,
66
,
71
,
103

       
in early months of War of 1812,
72
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
76
,
80
,
81
,
82

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
116

       
Manuel I of,
72

       
Napoleon and,
66
,
103
,
107
,
111
,
112

       
South America and,
104

Preble, Edward,
23–24
,
27–35
,
49
,
51–53

Pressgangs,
63

Privateers

       
after War of 1812,
274–275

       
Britain and,
10–11
,
119
,
154
,
164

       
Derby (Elias Hasket) as,
52

       
Farragut (George) as,
39

       
French,
49
,
51
,
53

       
in Revolutionary War,
18
,
19

       
Madison (James) and,
10–11
,
13

       
Mocha Island and,
98

       
Porter (David, Jr.) on,
42
,
85

       
See also names of individual privateer ships

Quasi-War (with France),
xi
,
19–21
,
24
,
25–26
,
49
,
175
,
274

Quirós, Pedro Fernández de,
180

Randall, Gideon,
120
,
123–124
,
132
,
146
,
152–153

Rats,
172
,
197

Rattler
(merchant ship),
128

Republican Party,
11

Resolution
(ship),
128

Revere, Paul,
50
,
51

Revolutionary War.
See
American Revolution

Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

       
American prisoners in,
261

       
Britain and,
115
,
155
,
164
,
167

       
Charlton
and,
155

       
Dixon in,
144

       
Hillyar and,
166
,
241

       
in early months of War of 1812,
71–76
,
79–80
,
82

       
Isaac Todd and
,
164

       
Poinsett and,
112

       
Sumter (Thomas, Jr.) in,
117
,
150

       
Tucker and,
103
,
260

Roach, Adam,
231–232

Robertson, John,
256

Rodgers, John,
14–15
,
24
,
34

       
after capture of
Essex
(during War of 1812),
253

       
after War of 1812,
273–274

       
at beginning of War of 1812,
41
,
43

       
Chesapeake-Leopard
case and,
38

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
146

       
in Quasi-War,
20

       
Porter (David, Jr.) as favorite of,
19

Ronsford, Lewis,
258

Roosevelt, Theodore,
239

Rose
(whaling ship),
147
,
148

Ross, George,
258

Rossie
(privateer ship),
4–5

Rotch, Benjamin,
136

Rotch, William,
129
,
136

Rous, Rais Mahomet,
22

Royal Navy

       
at beginning of War of 1812,
14–15

       
Cape Verde Island and,
66

       
convoys,
58

       
Cook (James) and,
63

       
crossing of line ceremony as tradition of,
60

       
desertion in,
148

       
in first War of 1812 cruise against USS
Essex
,
1–8

       
Irving (Washington) and,
37

       
money/gold carried by,
71

       
Napoleon and,
119

       
Porter (David, Jr.) and,
36

       
U.S. Navy vs.,
xi
,
9
,
13

       
See also names of HMS ships

Rum,
79
,
81
,
84
,
209–210

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
93
,
149
,
163

       
Rodgers (John) and,
146

       
Watkins and,
133

       
Wilson (of Marquesas Islands) and,
188

Russia

       
Napoleon and,
10
,
13
,
79
,
108
,
113
,
265

       
Pacific Northwest and,
168

       
Poinsett and,
111

Rynard, James,
163

Sabine, Sergeant-Major (of St. Catherine's Island),
81
,
82

Salem Frigate Committee,
50
,
51

Salem Gazette
,
50

Salmagundi
,
37

San Martín, José de,
244–245
,
267

Sandsbury, Richard,
258

Sandwich Islands,
260

Santiago (island),
66

Scurvy,
61
,
63–65

       
Anson's voyage and,
90

       
in early months of War of 1812,
72
,
79

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
88
,
96
,
123
,
140
,
143

Seringapatam
(British whaling ship),
154
,
155
,
157
,
161–162
,
163
,
214

       
in Nuku Hiva,
255
,
256
,
257

Sever, James,
51–53

Sexual activity,
174
,
179
,
183–184
,
189–190
,
192
,
196–197

Shaw, John R.,
83

Shields, James,
129
,
130

Ships, of U.S. Navy and Royal Navy,
xi
.
See also names of HMS and USS ships

Shirreff, William H.,
156

Shuttleworth, John,
142
,
149

Smith, John,
23

Smith, Robert,
111

Smith, William (captain of
Albatross
),
210

Smith, William Sidney,
103

Somers, Richard,
23

Somes, L. T.,
4–5

South America

       
Downes in, after War of 1812,
267

       
in early months of War of 1812,
80

       
Madison (James) and,
113

       
Poinsett and,
110
,
112–114

       
Royal Navy and,
71

       
Spain and,
111

       
Washington (U.S. capital) and,
110–111

       
whaling and,
130

       
See also
Argentina
;
Brazil
;
Chile
;
Latin America
;
Peru

South Carolina,
39

Southard, Samuel,
275–276

Spafford, James,
99
,
100
,
124

Spain

       
after War of 1812,
274–276

       
Britain and,
71
,
82
,
104
,
107
,
108
,
112
,
165
,
168

       
Chile and,
98
,
102
,
103
,
105–107
,
108
,
243–245
,
261
,
272

       
in early months of War of 1812,
85

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
101
,
117
,
124

       
Marquesas Islands and,
180

       
mutiny and,
177

       
Napoleon and,
98
,
103–105
,
107
,
111

       
Pacific Northwest and,
168

       
Peru and,
124
,
272

       
Pizarro of,
90

       
South America and,
111
,
218

       
U.S. and,
113