Perry, Commodore Matthew Calbraith, brother of Oliver H. Perry, sent against the Mexican port of Frontera, iii. 410; captures the Mexican fleet, _ib._; captures Tabasco, 413; conducts the operations during the siege of Vera Cruz, 424; his early services, 435; a Japanese poem dedicated to him, 437; his work in opening the ports of Japan, 439; appointed to the Japan mission, 443; anchors off Uraga, _ib._; reception by the Japanese, 444–447; difficulty in opening negotiations, 449, 450; the Japanese Governor accompanied by three reporters, 455; permission from the Emperor to receive the President’s message, _ib._; the Emperor grants all that is asked, 457–463; amusing features of the expedition, 463; assigned to the _Fulton 2d_, iv. 11; his opinion of her, _ib._ Perry, Oliver Hazard, in command of a fleet of gun-boats at Newport, R. I., in 1812, ii. 280; ordered to join Commodore Chauncey, 282; inspects the navy yard at Black Rock, 283; finds five ships being constructed at Erie, Pa., _ib._; hastens to Pittsburg for cannon-balls, 285; returns to Erie, 286; starts for Buffalo in a row-boat, _ib._; compels the British to abandon the Niagara River, 287; stricken with fever through overwork, 288; ordered to co-operate with General Harrison, _ib._; his appeal for men, 289; starts on an expedition with an inadequate force, _ib._; chooses the _Lawrence_ as his flagship, 290; gets his fleet in deep water, 291; cruises on Lake Erie, 292; is joined by officers and men from the _Constitution_, _ib._; sails up the lake to join General Harrison, 292; arrives at Put-in-Bay, 293; confers with General Harrison, 294; sickness, _ib._; his fleet anchors in Put-in-Bay, _ib._; sketch of Perry’s fleet, 295; sketch of Barclay’s fleet, 296; comparison of the commanders, 300; his thoughtfulness for his men, 305; the battle of Lake Erie commences, 309; closes in on the British, 311; loads and fires his own guns, 315; his flagship a wreck, 317; shifts his flag to the _Niagara_, 321; the decisive movement, 322; the British surrender, 324; “We have met the enemy and they are ours!”, 325; receives the swords of the British officers on the _Lawrence_, 328; his letter to the Secretary of the Navy, 332; results of his victory, 333; promoted from rank of master-commandant to captain, 334; his praise of Lieutenant Elliott, 336; value of ships captured in the battle, 337; his squadron at Erie, _ib._; Washington Irving’s opinion of the victory, 338; his duel with Captain Heath, iii. 317; detailed to cruise in South American waters, 327; sails up the Orinoco, _ib._; demands compensation for American vessels, 329; contracts yellow fever, _ib._; dies while entering the Port of Spain, Trinidad Island, 330;