_Hornet_, American sloop-of-war, blockades the British warship _Bonne Citoyenne_ in Bahia Harbor, ii. 179; raises the blockade on the approach of the _Montagu_, 180; captures the _Resolution_, 181; falls in with the _Peacock_, _ib._; fight with the _Peacock_, 182–184; encounters the _Penguin_, iii. 273; the _Penguin_ surrenders, 274–280; the _Hornet_ chased by the _Cornwallis_, but escapes, 282–284; Captain Robert Henley appointed to command, 330; detailed to South America to destroy pirates, 331. Horses, wild, as weapons of offence, iii. 401. _Housatonic_, Federal war-ship, attacked by the Confederate ironclad _Palmetto State_, iv. 474. Howard, Lieutenant Samuel, iv. 370. Howe, Captain Tyringham, i. 59. Huger, Captain Thomas B., at New Orleans, iv. 321; mortally wounded, 332. Hull, Lieutenant Isaac, cuts the privateer _Sandwich_ out of Puerto Plata, i. 329; tricky conduct of the officers of two British frigates to, ii. 15; the frigates turn and retreat, 16; his opinion of the crew of the _Constitution_, 52; his escape from a British squadron, after standing at his post for two days, 53–69; race with the _Guerrière_, 55; fight with and capture of the _Guerrière_, 76–95; reception on returning to Boston, 101; Congress votes a gold medal to, 103. Humphreys, Joshua, American ship-builder, statement of, in regard to new ships, i. 311; his theories accepted, 312. Hunt, William H., Secretary of the Navy, appoints a board of naval officers, with Rear-admiral Rodgers at its head, iv. 527. _Hunter_, American ship, captured by the _Peacock_, ii. 191; taken in charge by the _Hornet_, _ib._ _Hunter_, British ship, attacked by privateers, i. 200. _Hunter_, British brig, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 296. _Hussar_, Austrian war-ship, Martin Koszta, an American citizen taken and detained on, iii. 385; on demand of Captain Ingraham of the _St. Louis_ is given up, _ib._ Hutter, Midshipman, killed while assisting the Union wounded out of the _Congress_, iv. 209. _Hyder Ali_, American privateer, Captain Joshua Barney, attacks and captures the _General Monk_, i. 212–215. _Illinois_, United States battle-ship, iv. 534, 536. Impressment, feeling of American seamen regarding the practice of, ii. 18. _Independence_, American privateer, Commander Thomas Truxton, cuts out three big ships from the British fleet, i. 205. _Indian Chief_, Confederate ship, iv. 499. _Indiana_, United States battle-ship, iv. 534. _Indianola_, Federal armored gun-boat, in attack on Port Hudson, iv. 352; captured and sunk by the Confederates, _ib._ Indians, friendship of, cultivated by England to injure United States, i. 383; incited by British to attack pioneers, _ib._