mmand of naval forces on Lakes Erie and Ontario, 47, 48;
extreme caution, 49, 55, 56, 170-71;
on Lake Ontario, 49, 50, 63;
and Perry, 50-51, 55, 56;
and Niagara campaign, 72, 73, 74, 77, 82, 170-71
_Cherub_ (British sloop-of-war), 157, 159, 160, 161
_Chesapeake_ (frigate), and _Leopard_, 91;
Lawrence on, 96, 127-28;
defeated by _Shannon_, 128-39;
Allen on, 142
Chesapeake Bay, blockade of 185;
Cockburn in, 186;
British army comes to, 189;
British fleet in, 197
Chippawa, Brock's forces at 65, 67;
battle, 168-70
Chrystler's Farm, battle, 83
_Chub_ (British schooner), 180
Clay, Brigadier General Green, 31
Clay, Henry, on conquest of Canada, 9
Cleveland, Harrison's headquarters at, 33
Cochrane, Vice Admiral Alexander, 198, 218
Cockburn, Rear Admiral George, 186, 195, 196
Cod, Cape, British raids on, 188
Coffee, General John, 211, 215
_Confiance_ (British frigate), 179, 180
Congress, declares war on Great Britain (1812), 4;
and the navy, 90;
votes prize money for _Constitution_, 107;
prize money for _Wasp_, 113;
and maritime trouble with France, 152;
refuses to sanction Jackson's expedition, 201
_Congress_ (frigate), 94, 141
Connecticut, attitude toward War of 1812, 7
_Constellation_ (frigate), 92, 141, 187
_Constitution_ (frigate), 2, 125;
Hull and, 95, 116, 128;
now in Boston Navy Yard, 95-96;
encounter with British squadron, 96-99;
and _Guerriere_, 100-07, 108, 122-23;
"Old Ironsides," 101;
under Bainbridge, 116-17;
health conditions on, 117-18;
encounter with _Java_, 118-21, 123-24, 154;
Lawrence and, 126;
influence, 139;
in 1813, 141;
gains open sea in 1814, 147
Creek Indians, 201
Creighton, Captain J. O., 137
Crockett, David, 202
Croghan, Major George, at Fort Stephenson, 34-35, 36, 38, 46
Crowninshield, Captain George, 136
_Cyane_ (British frigate), 147

Dacres, Captain John, of the _Guerriere_, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
Dayton (O.), Hull takes command at, 12
Dearborn, Major General Henry, plans invasion of Canada, 13, 73;
commander-in-chief of American forces, 14;
incompetency, 14;
and Niagara campaign, 64, 65, 74-75, 76;
campaign against Montreal, 71-72;
wishes to retire, 72, 75;
Armstrong and, 72;
Brown reports battle of Sackett's Harbor to, 78-79;
retired, 80;
age, 117
Dearborn, Fort (Chicago), burned, 19;
massacre, 20
Decatur, Captain Stephen, 138;
and the _Philadelphia_ (1804), 92;
squadron commander, 9