Pope, Captain John, his report on the retreat of the Federal fleet, iv. 137; captured New Madrid, 276; fortifies the river, _ib._; shuts Confederates in, _ib._ _Porcupine_, American schooner, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 295. _Porpoise_, American schooner, in fleet sent to South America to punish pirates, iii. 331. Port Hudson, Farragut runs his squadron past, iv. 357; the _Albatross_, _Monongahela_, and _Kineo_ successfully pass the batteries of, 358; the _Mississippi_ and the _Lancaster_ fired and sunk below, _ib._ Porter, Midshipman David, assists Lieutenant Rodgers in charge of captured French frigate _Insurgent_, i. 323; sent to Tripoli, 335; sent from the _Enterprise_ to take possession of the _Tripoli_, 335, 336; lands and fires gun-boats in the port of Tripoli, 340; surrenders to the Tripolitans, 343; his experience and training, ii. 33, 34; captures the corvette _Alert_, 42; crew of, plan a rescue, 44; receives an insulting challenge from Sir James Yeo, 348; starts on a second cruise in the _Essex_, iii. 1; cruises off Port Praya, 2; captures the British brig _Nocton_, _ib._; reaches Fernando de Noronha, 3; Bainbridge directs him to pose as Sir James Yeo, _ib._; captures the schooner _Elizabeth_, 4; left free to choose his own course, _ib._; rounds Cape Horn, _ib._; dysentery among his crew, 5, 6; encounters fearful storms, 6; a panic on board, _ib._; sails for Valparaiso, 7; overhauls the _Nereyda_, throws her guns and arms overboard, _ib._; disguises his ship, 8; captures the British whalers _Barclay_, _Montezuma_, _Georgiana_, and _Policy_, _ib._; captures the whalers _Atlantic_ and _Greenwich_, _ib._; forms a squadron, 10; captures the whaler _Charlton_, the ships _Seringapatam_ and _New Zealander_, 14; captures the _Sir Andrew Hammond_, 16; refits his ship at Nukahiva, _ib._; the prisoners plan to capture the Yankee force, 21; an incipient mutiny, _ib._; he sails from Nukahiva, 23; waits for the British frigate, the _Phœbe_, 24; gives a reception to the officials of the city, 25; the _Phœbe_ arrives and attempts to attack him, 25–28; he challenges the _Phœbe_, 29; a heavy squall interferes, 31; the _Essex_ disabled and the enemy gives chase, _ib._; Porter retires into neutral waters, 32; Porter’s running gear disabled, 36; he surrenders his ship, 43; is sent to New York on the _Essex, Junior_, 49; escapes in a fog, _ib._; aids the defence of Baltimore, 53; services, death, and burial, _ib._; operating against the pirates of South America, iii. 333; endeavors to get support of the local governments, _ib._; compels a Porto Rico alcalde to show respect to American officers, 336; court-martialed, _ib._;