Porter, David, captain in U. S. navy, commands “Essex,” ii. 377; captures “Alert,” 377; returns to port, 378; sails again, 384. Porter, Peter Buell, member of Congress from New York, ii. 122; on Committee of Foreign Relations, 124, 128; his report favoring war, 133–136; his war speech, 136; favors small army, 151; asks for provisional army, 165; introduces embargo bill, 201; calls for volunteers, 355; charges General Smyth with cowardice, 358; his duel with Smyth, 358. Portland, Duke of, his death, i. 107. Pottawatomies, charged by Tecumthe with bad conduct, ii. 111, 112. Potter, Elisha, member of Congress from Rhode Island, i. 167; ii. 447. “President,” American 44-gun frigate, ordered to sea, May 6, 1811, ii. 25, 26; chases a British war-vessel, 27; fires into the “Little Belt,” 30; at New York, 363, 365; goes to sea, 366; cruise of, 366, 368; returns to Boston, 375, 378; sails again, 381; returns to Boston, Dec. 31, 1812, 381. Previous question, the rule of, adopted, i. 353–356; denounced by Stanford, ii. 146. Prevost, Sir George, governor general of Canada, ii. 317; his report on the lukewarm and temporizing spirit in Upper Canada, 318, 319; negotiates armistice with Dearborn, 323; his military superiority in August, 1812, 338, 339. Prince Regent. (See George, Prince of Wales.) Proclamation of July 2, 1807, on the “Chesapeake” affair, i. 31; of April 19, 1809, renewing intercourse with Great Britain, 73, 115; of Aug. 9, 1809, reviving the Non-intercourse Act against Great Britain, 114, 115; of Nov. 2, 1810, reviving the non-intercourse against Great Britain, 302, 303, 304, 338, 400; of Oct. 27, 1810, ordering the military occupation of West Florida, 310, 311; of November 2, 1810, announcing the repeal of the French Decrees, ii. 4, 56; of William Hull on invading Canada, 303, 320; of Isaac Brock in reply to Hull, 320. Proctor, Henry, Colonel of the Forty-first British Infantry, arrives at Malden, ii. 314; disapproves Brock’s measures, 330. Prophet, the Shawnee, begins Indian movement at Greenville, ii. 78; removes to Tippecanoe Creek, 79; his talk with Gov. Harrison in August, 1808, 80; charged with beginning hostilities, 95; sends Indians to Harrison, 97, 100; blamed for the affair at Tippecanoe, 108. Prussia, spoliations by, i. 226; closes ports to American vessels, 413, 416. Queenston, battle at, ii. 349–352.