Fort Meigs, constructed in February, 1813, vii. 93, 99, 101; besieged by Proctor, 104–107; siege abandoned, 108; threatened by Proctor, 109. Fort Mims, surprise and massacre of, vii. 229–231. Fort Niagara, bombarded, vi. 355; captured by Drummond, vii. 202, 203, 205; British garrison at, viii. 38; cession required, ix. 10, 34. Fort St. Philip, below New Orleans, viii. 335; bombarded, 383. Fort Schlosser, on the Niagara River, Brown’s base of supplies, viii. 49. Fort Stephenson, Croghan’s defence of, vii. 110–114. Fort Stoddert, iii. 327; vii. 243. Fort Strother, on the Coosa, Jackson’s base, vii. 238, 239, 240, 245. Fort Sullivan, at Eastport, Maine, capitulates, viii. 94. Fort Washington (or Warburton), on the Potomac, vii. 56; viii. 120, 137, 138; abandoned, 157. Fort Wayne, vii. 72. Fortifications, iii. 179; opposed by southern republicans, 350; appropriation for, in 1809, v. 85; appropriation asked in 1810, 319. Foster, Augustus John, his description of Jefferson, i. 186; of Madison, 190; appointed British minister to the United States, vi. 16, 21; F. J. Jackson’s opinion of, 22; his instructions, 22, 23; arrives at Washington, 37, 52; protests against the seizure of Florida, 37; reports Monroe’s language about Spanish America, 38; protests against the non-importation, 39; narrows the issue to Fox’s blockade and the Orders in Council, 40, 41; reports Monroe’s language on the revocation of the French decrees, 42; threatens retaliation for the non-importation, 44; reports that the Orders in Council are the single object of irritation, 45; settles the “Chesapeake affair,” 121, 122; his report of executive temper in November, 1811, 131; his report of Gallatin’s language about taxes, 156; his report of the conduct of Federalists in Congress, 172–175; receives instructions, March 21, 1812, 191; communicates them, 192; his report of Monroe’s remarks on recent French spoliations, 195, 198; his report of Madison’s and Monroe’s remarks on the embargo of April, 1812, 199; suggests Madison’s re-election, 213; on the American people, vii. 15; his Florida protest, 32. Fouché, Joseph, Duc d’Otrante, Napoleon’s minister of police, v. 222; opposes Napoleon’s commercial system, 224; sends an agent to the British government, 238, 239; disgraced and exiled, 241. “Fox,” privateer, in British waters, vii. 332. Fox, Charles James, ii. 418; accession of, to Foreign Office, iii. 163, 211; recalls Merry, and refuses to listen to Burr’s schemes, 250; opens negotiations with Monroe, 394; his blockade, 398; illness of, 406; death of, 407.