Jones, John Paul, first independent command of, i. 64; promoted to rank of captain, 73; fight with the _Solebay_, 73–76; outsails the British frigate _Milford_, 77; sails into Canso Harbor, _ib._; in Newport Harbor, 78; in command of flagship _Alfred_, 79; passes through British squadron off Block Island, _ib._; captures brig _Mellish_, _ib._; encounters and captures coal fleet in Canso Harbor, 80; captures a British privateer, _ib._; chased by the _Milford_, _ib._; arrives in Boston, 82; ordered back to the brig _Providence_, 83; bad treatment of, by Congress, _ib._; appointed to the gun-ship _Ranger_, 134; sails to Nantes, 135; reaches Quiberon Bay, 137; sails from Brest to England, 138; scuttles a merchant-brig, _ib._; seizes the _Lord Chatham_, _ib._; sails to Whitehaven, _ib._; attempts to capture the _Drake_, 140; descends on Whitehaven, 141; his crew takes an earl’s silver, 142; attacks the house of the Earl of Selkirk, 147; returns the silver taken by his crew, 151, 152; second and successful attempt to capture the _Drake_, 152; generosity of, 155; fought for honor, 158; inactivity of, in France, 228; fits out the _Bonhomme Richard_, 229; Congress arranges to give him a fleet, 232; the _Alliance_, _Pallas_, and _Vengeance_ put under his command, 232; trouble with Captain Landais of the _Alliance_, 234; his fleet sails from L’Orient augmented by the _Monsieur_ and _Granville_, _ib._; captures a brigantine, 235; Landais refuses to attend a council of officers, 237; proposes to attack Leith, _ib._; delay and a windstorm prevent his landing, 240; meets a fleet of merchantmen off Flamborough Head, 243; the _Serapis_ bears down to meet him, _ib._; attacks the _Serapis_, 245; fight with the _Serapis_, 247–259; character of, 265; his account of events after the surrender, 269–272; arrives at Texel, followed by a British squadron, 273; flight of, 275; made a hero of, at Paris, _ib._; sails to America in the _Ariel_, 277; honors on his arrival, _ib._; denounced as a pirate by the British Government, _ib._; misrepresented by English writers, _ib._; his pride in being an American, 278. Jones, Lieutenant Thomas ap Catesby, with a small flotilla, opposes the British fleet at New Orleans, iii. 232–238; he is cut down and his small force eventually surrenders, 236, 237; sent in command of a squadron to the Pacific coast, 388; strikes the first blow in the Mexican War, 390; lands at and takes possession of Monterey, _ib._; surrenders the town, _ib._; appointed chief officer on the Confederate ironclad _Merrimac_, iv. 188; takes command after Captain Buchanan is wounded, 209; returns with the _Merrimac_ to Sewell’s Point, 213.