Desertions from British ships, i. 394. _De Soto_, Federal boat, added to Ellet’s command, iv. 351; burned, 352. _Detroit_, American brig, captured by the British, ii. 274; recaptured by Lieutenant Elliott, 276; runs aground on Squaw Island, 278; British again capture her, _ib._; the Americans destroy her, 279. _Detroit_, United States cruiser, at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548; fires on the _Guanabara_, 553. _Diadem_, British frigate, strength and armament of, iv. 23. Diamond Reef, near Cape Hatteras, iv. 165. Dickenson, Captain James, attacks the _Hornet_, iii. 273; is killed in the fight, 276. _Diligence_, British schooner, sent to capture Captain Jeremiah O’Brien, i. 23. _Diligent_, English brig, surrenders to the _Providence_, i. 282, 283. Discipline on board American frigate _Constellation_, i. 322. Discord fomented by England between the States of the Union, i. 384. _Divided We Fall_, American privateer, ii. 253. _Dixie_, Confederate privateer, iv. 93. _Dolphin_, American cutter, purchased by Franklin and other commissioners, i. 117. _Dolphin_, American privateer, ii. 242. _Dolphin_, United States cruiser, iv. 531. Donaldson, Commander Edward, iv. 389; of the _Sciota_, 315. “Don’t tread on me,” the significant motto, i. 2, 46. Douglas, Hon. Captain George, iii. 247; surrenders, 255. Douglas, Lord Howard, his views on armor-clad ships, iv. 198. Downes, Lieutenant John, sent on a cruise in the _Georgiana_, iii. 10; captures by, 10, 11; in the _Essex-Phœbe_ fight, 28; is appointed to command the _Epervier_, 1815, 343; attacks and overpowers the Malays at Quallah Battoo, 373, 374. Downes, Commander John, iv. 480. Downie, Captain George, iii. 144, 145; at the battle of Lake Champlain, 153, 154; killed, 165. Drayton, Captain Percival, at Port Royal, iv. 163; Captain of the _Hartford_, 386; of the _Passaic_, 480. Drayton, General Thomas F., at Port Royal, iv. 170. _Druid_, British brig, attacked by the _Raleigh_, i. 131, 132. _Drummond_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. _Drummond_, British schooner, captured by Chauncey at Lake George, ii. 353. Drunkenness and debauchery promoted by gun-boats, ii. 394. _D. Trowbridge_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by the _Sumter_, iv. 415. _Dublin_, British frigate, cruises off Callas, iii. 389. _Duc de Lauzan_, American frigate, i. 287, 299. Duckworth, Admiral Sir John T., on the cartel of the _Alert_, ii. 47. Duddingstone, Lieutenant William, i. 4; shot, 10. Duelling in the American Navy, iii. 305–323; at Gibraltar, 313, 314. _Duke of Gloucester_, British ship captured by Americans at Toronto, burned at the attack on Fort George, ii. 346. Dummy monitor sent adrift by Porter’s men, iv. 357. Dunmore, Lord, in Chesapeake Bay, i. 35. Dunovant, Colonel R. M., at Fort Beauregard, iv. 170.