STEPHEN CHAMPLIN. (From a painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), 327 THE MEDAL AWARDED TO OLIVER H. PERRY AFTER HIS VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE, 334 MEDAL AWARDED TO JESSE D. ELLIOTT, 335 MAP OF NIAGARA RIVER, 340 THE DEATH OF GENERAL PIKE. (From an old wood-cut), 342 THE NIAGARA RIVER AND SCENES FROM THE WAR OF 1812. (From an engraving in Hinton’s “History of the United States”), 343 ISAAC CHAUNCEY. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Wood), 345 CAPTAIN SIR JAMES LUCAS YEO. (From an engraving by Cook of the portrait by Buck), 347 BUFFALO, N. Y., BURNED BY THE BRITISH, DECEMBER 30, 1813. (From an old wood-cut), 354 THE _ARGUS_ BURNING BRITISH VESSELS. (From an old wood-cut), 361 THE _ARGUS_ CAPTURED BY THE _PELICAN_, AUGUST 14, 1813. (From an engraving by Sutherland of the painting by Whitcombe), 365 THE _ENTERPRISE_ AND _BOXER_. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), 377 DIAGRAM OF THE _ENTERPRISE-BOXER_ BATTLE, 378 MEDAL AWARDED TO EDWARD R. MCCALL AFTER THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE _ENTERPRISE_ AND THE _BOXER_, 385 OLD-TIME NAVAL GUNNERY. (From a wood-cut), 391 JOHN CASSIN. (From a lithograph at the Navy Department, Washington), 399 JOSHUA BARNEY. (From an engraving of the painting by Chappel), 404 MAP OF CHESAPEAKE BAY, 411 THE FLAG OF FORT MCHENRY--AFTER THE BRITISH ATTACK IN 1814. (From a photograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), 415 THE CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON. (From an old wood-cut), 416 THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY CHAPTER I TROUBLES ON THE EVE OF WAR A FAIR ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS ENSLAVED BY THE PRESS GANGS--A BRAGGART BRITISH CAPTAIN’S WORK AT SANDY HOOK--A SEARCH FOR THE _GUERRIÈRE_--ATTACK ON THE BRITISH SHIP _LITTLE BELT_--A FEATURE OF THE BATTLE THAT WAS OVERLOOKED--WHEN THE _CONSTITUTION_ SHOWED HER TEETH THE BRITISH SHIP BRAILED ITS SPANKER AND HEADED FOR SAFER WATERS--AN EAGER YANKEE SAILOR WHO COULDN’T WAIT FOR AN ORDER TO FIRE--WAR UNAVOIDABLE.