The Remarkable Battle between the Yankee _Hornet_ and the British _Peacock_--The British Ship was so Pretty she was Known as “The Yacht,” but her Gunners could not Hit the Broadside of the _Hornet_ when the Ships were in Contact--As her Flag came Down a Signal of Distress went Up, for she was Sinking--The Efforts of two Crews could not Save her--“A Vessel Moored for the Purpose of Experiment could not have been sunk Sooner”--Infamous Treatment of American Seamen Repaid by the Golden Rule--Captain Greene, of the _Bonne Citoyenne_, did not dare Meet the _Hornet_. CHAPTER X. LOSS OF LAWRENCE AND THE _CHESAPEAKE_ 193 The Yankees had Won so Often that they were Underestimating the Enemy and were Over-confident in Themselves--A Mixed Crew, Newly Shipped, Untrained and Mutinous, Ten Per Cent. of them being British--The Result was Natural and Inevitable--Chivalry a Plenty; Common-sense Wanting--The “Shannons” were Trained like Yankees--A Fierce Conflict--Significance of the Joy of the British over the _Shannon’s_ Victory. CHAPTER XI. THE PRIVATEERS OF 1812 233 Property Afloat as a Pledge of Peace--Foreign Aggression had Taught the Americans how to Build and Sail swift Cruisers--Odd Names--The First Prizes--Commodore Joshua Barney and the _Rossie_--A Famous Cruise--Some Rich Prizes were Captured, but only a Few of the Privateers made Money--Beat off a War-ship that Threw Six Times her Weight of Metal--A Battle in Sight of La Guayra. CHAPTER XII. EARLY WORK ON THE GREAT LAKES 259 It was a beautiful Region unmarred by the Hand of Man in those Days--The Long Trail to Oswego--The First Yankee War-ship on Fresh Water--The British Get Ahead of us on Lake Ontario--Good Work of “The Old Sow” at Sackett’s Harbor--A Dash into Kingston Harbor--The Story of the Brilliant Work by which Jesse D. Elliott Won a Sword and the Admiration of the Nation. CHAPTER XIII. THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE 280