On manning the _Hector_ with ten men Downes had but ten left with which to guard more than seventy prisoners, care for the wounded, and work the ship. In this emergency he threw overboard the guns of the _Rose_, destroyed most of her cargo, and made a cartel of her to which to send the prisoners. Then he returned to Guayaquil Bay, from which the _Rose_ sailed for St. Helena. At Guayaquil a part of the armament and crew of the _Georgiana_ were transferred to the larger and swifter _Atlantic_, which was rechristened _Essex Junior_, and the latter was ordered to convoy a part of the fleet of prizes to Valparaiso. It is worth telling, because of the fame he afterward earned, that Midshipman Farragut was placed on the _Barclay_ as prize-master--was made the captain of the ship. Her original captain had agreed to act as navigator, but he was greatly angered, for some reason, at the order to go to Valparaiso, and when outside he backed the maintopsail and refused to fill away and follow the _Essex Junior_, declaring “that he would shoot any man who dared to touch a rope without his orders.” Then he went below to get his pistols. He afterward said he did it merely to scare the lad, but if that were so he failed, for Farragut called an able American seaman, and told him to have the main-sails filled away. This was done, and then Farragut told the obdurate captain “not to come on deck unless he wished to be thrown overboard,” and the captain remained below until Farragut made a report of the affair to Lieutenant Downes, of the _Essex Junior_, and the Britisher agreed to submit quietly to Farragut as captain. Farragut was at this time but twelve years old. Not many boys of twelve would be fit for such a responsible position at that age, and fewer still have had opportunity to show their metal. The _Greenwich_ was made a store-ship, and the _Essex_, with her and the _Georgiana_ as consorts, sailed on another cruise, leaving Guayaquil on July 9, 1813. On July 13th, when off Banks Bay, three ships were seen. They separated as soon as the Americans were sighted, whereupon the _Essex_ went in chase, leaving the _Georgiana_ and _Greenwich_ behind. Seeing this, one of the strangers came about and stood for the _Greenwich_. At that the _Greenwich_ backed her main-yard, brought a number of men from the _Georgiana_ on board, and sailed boldly to meet the stranger.