Cruelty of British naval officers, ii. 278. Croghan, Major, bravery at Sandusky, i. 201. Connecticut, action of her Legislature against the bill for the enlistment of minors, ii. 187. Clairborne, General, defeats the Indians under Weathersby, ii. 30. Clairborne, Governor of Louisiana; his support of Jackson, ii. 216. Currency, deranged state of, in 1814, ii. 176. Crowningshield, Secretary of navy, recommends a conscription of seamen, ii. 189. D. Dearborn appointed Major General, i. 70; enters into an armistice with Prevost, i. 99; enters Canada, i. 117; retires to winter quarters, i. 118; review of his first campaign, i. 120; second campaign, i. 205; attacks Fort George, i. 213; his inaction, i. 221; his removal, i. 222. Dartmoor prison, description of, ii. 280; fourth of July in, ii. 282; in 1814, ii. 289; daring escape from, by a lieutenant, ii. 291. Dacres, Captain, i. 148. Dallas, Alexander, Secretary of the Treasury, ii. 177; his scheme to relieve the government, ii. 178; second report on state of Treasury, ii. 189. Decatur commands the United States, captures the Macedonian, i. 152; blockaded in New London, and challenges two English frigates, i. 311; commands the President, ii. 245; chased by an English fleet, ii. 246; his capture, ii. 247. Decatur privateer, Capt. Diron, captures a British war schooner, ii. 268. Dolphin, privateer, captures two English vessels, ii. 264. Downes, Lieutenant, commands Essex Junior, ii. 48; assists the Marquesas tribes, ii. 50; wounded by the Typees, ii. 51. Drummond, General, at Lundy's Lane, ii. 89; assaults Fort Erie, ii. 100. Drummond, Lieut.-Col, killed at Fort Erie, ii. 104. Dudley, Colonel, killed at Fort Meigs, i. 199. Downie, Captain, commands the British fleet in Lake Champlain, ii. 152. Dwight, Timothy, Secretary of Hartford Convention, ii. 194. E. Embargo, its effect on the country, i. 26-29; repealed, i. 32; re-enacted, i. 50; laid by Thirteenth Congress, i. 327; repealed, i. 342. Epervier, ii. 170. Erie, Fort, assault of, by Gen. Drummond, ii. 103. Erskine, English Minister, i. 36; disavowal of his treaty, i. 38. England, her conduct towards France and the world, i. 37; astonishment at our naval victories; her exultation over the capture of the Chesapeake; her vast preparations for war in 1813, i. 259; her rejoicing over the destruction of Washington compared with her condemnation of the acts of Napoleon, ii. 136, 137. Enterprise, brig, i. 248; captures the Boxer, i. 250; takes the Privateer Mars; chased by a frigate, i. 251.