_Cabot_, brig of first American Navy, i. 39; commanded by Captain Elisha Hinman, i. 66; fired by her captain, 163. _Cairo_, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245; Captain N. C. Bryant commands, 290; runs by torpedoes in the Yazoo River expedition, iv. 350. Calbreth, Peter, one of the capturers of the _Margaretta_, i. 17. Caldwell, Lieutenant C. H. B., iv. 314; breaks barriers across the Mississippi, 323. _Caleb Cushing_, Federal revenue cutter, cut out and burnt by the _Archer_, iv. 424. _Caledonia_, British brig, captured by Lieutenant Elliott, ii. 279. California, a bone of contention between Americans and English, in 1842, iii. 387, 388; operations that insured the acquisition of, iii. 387, 388. Canada invaded by American troops, i. 84; annexation of, agitated in 1812, ii. 20; invasions of, for resenting British aggressions, ii. 263. Canning, British prime minister, diplomacy of, in regard to the _Chesapeake_ affair, ii. 1. Canton, China, American fleet sent to, to protect American interests, iii. 380. Cape Cruz, South America, a pirate resort captured by the _Greyhound_ and _Beagle_, iii. 334. Carden, Captain John Surnam, i. 389; cruel treatment of sailors, _ib._; cruises in the Azores, ii. 121; falls in with the _United States_, 122; fight with, 125–134; Decatur refuses to receive his sword, 139. Caribbean Sea a nest for pirates, iii. 326. Carleton, Sir Guy, his supplies captured by Paul Jones, i. 79; confidence of, 85; his fleet at St. John’s, 87; fight on Lake Champlain, 92–94. _Carleton_, British schooner, ii. 100. _Carnation_, British brig, attacks the _General Armstrong_ in the neutral port of Fayal, Azores, iii. 187–200. Caroband Bank, South America, fight between the _Hornet_ and _Peacock_ near, ii. 181. _Caroline_, American schooner, attacks the British camp at Villeré’s Plantation on the Mississippi, iii. 239; is fired and abandoned, 240. Carondelet, James B. Eads’s shipyard at, iv. 243. _Carondelet_, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245, 369; goes aground outside Fort Henry, 265; gets free, 266; shells Fort Donelson, 268, 271; disabled before Fort Donelson, 271; gun bursts on, 272; in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, 363. Carronades, description and value of, ii. 36–38. Carronades (short guns) out of use, iii. 141. Carrying trade of the Mediterranean, England’s tribute to the Dey of Algiers for, iii. 340; after the War of 1812, _ib._ Cassin, Lieutenant Stephen, iii. 139. _Castilian_, English brig-sloop, iii. 93. _Catherine_, British ship, captured by Lieutenant Downes, iii. 10. Cat-o’-ninetails used to enforce orders on British ships, i. 389. _Catskill_, Federal ironclad, iv. 480. _Cayuga_, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 314.