_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. Dupont, Commander Samuel Francis, spikes the guns of San Blas, iii. 402; takes command of a fleet to take possession of Port Royal, iv. 163. Dynamite cruisers, construction of, iv. 542. Eads, James B., ship-builder, takes a contract to build seven ironclad gun-boats, iv. 242–244; construction of, described, 245, 246; Eads and Ericsson, 244. _Eagle_, American sloop, in Macdonough’s squadron, ii. 354; sunk by the British in the Sorel River, 355. _Eagle_, American sloop, iii. 136, 138. Earle, Commodore, attempts to capture the _Oneida_ and destroy Sackett’s Harbor, ii. 266, 268. _Eastport_, Confederate river steamer, captured by Lieutenant Phelps, iv. 267. _Eastport_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369. _Eben Dodge_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. _Eclipse_, American merchant-ship, attacked and looted by Malays, iii. 374–376. _Edinburgh Review_ on the treatment of America by Great Britain, i. 384.