rrival, 392;
representations to, 401,
and correspondence with, Admiralty, 402-404;
proclamations of blockades, ii. 9, 10;
the lakes service under supervision of, 28;
expectations of British Government and people from, 151;
operations in the Chesapeake, 155-169;
quits Chesapeake for the season, 177;
urgency of the Admiralty upon, 209-211;
relieved by Cochrane, 330.
Remark quoted, 332.

_Warrington, Lewis._ Commander, U.S.N., commanding "Peacock."
Captures "Epervier," ii. 258-261;
subsequent cruise, 261-262;
later cruise, 406-408.

_Washington, City of._
Capture by the British, ii. 337-350.

_Washington, George._
Statements concerning conditions in the United States before the
adoption of the Constitution, i. 47;
as President of the United States, recommendations concerning the navy,
ii. 212-213.

"_Wasp._" American sloop of war.
Action with, and capture of, "Frolic," i. 411-415;
is captured with her prize by the "Poictiers," seventy-four, 415.

"_Wasp._" American sloop of war, built and named for the last, which
was captured only by overwhelming force.
Cruise of, ii. 253-258;
action with, and capture of, "Reindeer," 254;
action with, and sinking of, "Avon," 256;
disappears at sea, 257.

_Wellesley, Marquis of._ British Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Succeeds Canning, i. 229;
treatment of the Jackson case, 230-231, 250-252;
action in view of Champagny's letter, 238, 241-247;
construction placed by him upon the American demands consequent on
that letter, 246;
dilatory actions of, 252;
suggests to Pinkney to reconsider his intended departure, in view of
the nomination of Foster, 252;
summary statement of the British policy in the Orders in Council,
253-254.

_Wellington, Duke of._
Represents to British Government conditions in France, 1814, ii. 428,
and imminence of trouble in Paris, 429;
anxiety of British Government, to remove him from Paris, 429;
pressed to accept the command in America, 429;
reluctance of, 430;
influence of, upon the negotiations at Ghent, 430-431;
approves Prevost's retreat in default of naval command of the lakes,
430-431;
opinion of Sherbrooke's occupation of Maine, 431 (see also 354).

_West Indies._
Relations of, to the mother country and to the colonies of the American
continent, i. 32-40, 53-55, 56-58, 65-67;
British expectation that in these relations the lo