Chauncey, Isaac, at Tripoli, ii. 428; captain in U. S. navy, takes command on Lake Ontario, vi. 344; arranges plan of campaign with Dearborn, vii. 152, 153, 154; controls the lake, 153; crosses to Niagara, 155; aids capture of Fort George, 157; returns to Sackett’s Harbor, 159; loses control of the lake, 171; recovers control of the lake, 179; dissuades Brown from attacking Kingston, viii. 27, 28; shut up in Sackett’s Harbor in the spring of 1814, 28–30, 33; Brown’s irritating letters to, 34, 45, 46; sails from Sackett’s Harbor, 80; his reply to Brown’s letters, 81; carries Izard’s army to the Genesee River, 114; loses control of the lake in October, 1814, 115. Cheetham, James, editor of the “American Citizen and Watchtower,” i. 121; attacks Burr, 331; iii. 272, 273. Cherokee Indians, i. 4; iii. 16; with Jackson in the Creek war, vii. 246. “Cherub,” British 18-gun sloop-of-war, viii. 178; assists the “Phoebe” to blockade and capture the “Essex,” 179, 180. “Chesapeake,” 38-gun frigate, the desertion of British seamen to, iv. 2; delay in getting her ready for sea, 5; starts for sea, 9; fired on by the “Leopard,” 16; strikes her flag, 19; returns to Norfolk, 20; vi. 29, 36; vii. 54, 311; arrives at Boston, April 9, 1813, 285, 287; her force, 292; her action with the “Shannon,” 293–303; effect of capture, 303, 309; cause of capture, 337. “Chesapeake Affair,” measures taken by the Cabinet after the, iv. 31, 163; Madison’s instructions on, 39, 45; its effect on English society, 44; attack disavowed by the British Ministry, 51, 149; Canning’s instructions on, 178–182; Rose’s negotiation on, ii. 187–197; laid aside, 199; Gallatin’s plan for settling, 388; Canning’s instructions of Jan. 23, 1809, for settling, v. 52, 53; Erskine’s settlement of the, 67, 68; settlement disavowed, 88–90; Canning’s instructions of July 1, 1809, for settling, 101; Jackson’s offer to settle, 126, 130; untouched by Wellesley, 285; Foster’s instructions to settle, vi. 23; American indifference to settlement, 37; its effect on the Indians, 79; settled by Foster, 121, 122, 270; remembered too well, ix. 73. Chesapeake Bay, British naval force in, vii. 14, 24; blockade of, announced Dec. 26, 1812, vii. 30, 33; severity of blockade in, 264, 265; Admiral Cockburn’s operations in, 266–269; Admiral Warren’s operations in, 277; Cochrane’s marauding in, viii. 164; in October, 1814, left to repose, 173; steamboat on, ix. 172.