This scion of a long line of stalwart but not famous ancestors is the one whose adventures we now narrate. Like his ancestors, he was only one of the rank and file of Americans, whose names are seldom seen in print, but who, after all, go to make up the true history of our glorious republic. Fernando's adventures, with those of Morgianna, the mysterious waif of the sea, form the romance of this story. JOHN E. MUSICK. KIRKSVILLE, Mo., July 11th, 1893. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG EMIGRANT CHAPTER II. MORGIANNA CHAPTER III. JEFFERSONIANISM CHAPTER IV. BRITISH CRUISERS CHAPTER V. FERNANDO'S JOURNEY EAST. HE MEETS WITH QUEER PEOPLE CHAPTER VI. WAR FEELING OF 1811 CHAPTER VII. FERNANDO'S FRIEND GETS HIM INTO A SERIOUS SCRAPE CHAPTER VIII. THE BELLE OF THE BEACH CHAPTER IX. THE ENGLISHMAN'S DILEMMA CHAPTER X. THE SILENT GUNNER CHAPTER XI. SHIPWRECK, ESCAPE AND RETURN TO OHIO CHAPTER XII. WAR CHAPTER XIII. THE PEACE PARTY CHAPTER XIV. FERNANDO SEES SERVICE CHAPTER XV. ON LAND CHAPTER XVI. ON WATER CHAPTER XVII. THE CRUISER'S THREAT CHAPTER XVIII. THE SAVING SHOT CHAPTER XIX. NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER XX. CONCLUSION HISTORICAL INDEX CHRONOLOGY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. They took a last look at the spots which were hallowed by association Emigrants' wagon crossing a stream Morgianna Carried the ship by the board after a terrible hand-to-hand conflict Stephen Decatur "Do you think dar is any Angler-Saxun blood in dese veins?" Fulton's _Clermont_, the first steamboat As near perfection as a girl of sixteen can be That smile and that eternal stare disconcerted the British officer "You surrender easily," He sat down on a broken mast The boatswain's mate brought the terrible scourge hissing and crackling on the young and tender back He saw Captain Bones and his lieutenant trying to hide behind a barrel It soon became evident that he did not intend to drown her Henry Clay John C. Calhoun "Lave it all to me" James Madison Tecumseh "My brave Kentucky lads, to us is accorded the honor of winning this battle. Forward!" They came together in an earnest struggle "My father will protect me; I want no other protection" Sukey's thumb lifted the hammer of his gun Packenham fell bleeding and dying in the arms of Sir Duncan McDougal Map of the period SUSTAINED HONOR. CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG EMIGRANT. [Illustration]