INDEX

Achilles, 305, 306

Actions (in order of relation): Lion (Andrew Barton) and Jenny Pirwin and two English ships, 22-24; Amity and two Spaniards, 29-32; Duke (Captain Rogers) and Panama ship, 63; Duke and Duchess and Manila ship, 71; Speedwell and Spanish ship, 85-87; Alexander and Solebay, 95, 96; Antigallican and Duc de Penthièvre, 99, 100; Terrible and Vengeance, 106-111; Mentor and Carnatic, 113, 114; Fame (Capt. Moor) and five French ships, 115-117; Ellen and Santa Anna Gratia, 118-120; St. George (Capt. Wright) and French privateer, 137-139; Duke (Capt. Morecock) and Prince Frederick and three French ships, 150; Mars (Capt. Walker) and Boscawen and French man-of-war, 157; Mars and French men-of-war, 158-160; Mars and Sheerness and eight French ships, 165-169; French ship and boats of George Walker's squadron, 177, 178; George Walker's squadron and Spanish treasure-ship, 179-185; Anglesea and Apollon, 191-195; Lion (Capt. Brett) and Elizabeth, 195, 196; Palme (French) and Neptune (Dutch), 202, 203; Dauphin and Sherdam (Dutch), 204; Trinité (French) and Concorde (Dutch) 210; Diligente and six English men-of-war, 214-216; François and two English ships, 220, 221; St. Jacques and four consorts (French) and three Dutch ships, 224, 225; Jason (French) and English squadron, 226-228; St. William (French) and Dutch ship, 232, 233; Cassard's squadron and two English ships, 235-238; Centurion and Diomede (English) and French Squadron, 246; Cartier (French) and Triton, 251-255; Confiance and Kent, 258-260; Argo (American) and King George, 275, 276; Argo and Dragon, 277, 278; Argo and Saratoga and Dublin, 278-280; Pomona (American) and Rosebud, 283-285; Hyder Ali (American) and General Monk, 299-303; General Pickering (American) and Golden Eagle, 304, 305; General Pickering and Achilles, 305, 306; Comet (American) and four English ships convoyed by Portuguese war-ship, 309-311; Chasseur (American) and St. Lawrence, 312-316; General Armstrong (American) and Carnation, 317-324; Princess Royal packet and Aventurier, 330-333; Chance (colonial privateer) and Spanish ship, 334, 335; Chance and Spanish war-ship, 335, 336; Rover (colonial privateer) and five French ships, 337, 338; Rover and three Spanish ships, 338-340; Bonaparte and Hippomenes, 341, 342; Bonaparte and three English ships, 342-353; Windsor Castle packet and Jeune Richard, 354-357; Catherine and French privateer, 357-360; Fortune and French privateer, 360, 362; Three Sisters and French privateer, 362-364

Admiralty, High Court of, 11

Adventure, 214, 215, 228

Aigle, Captain de l', 235

Albatross, The, 80, 81

Albemarle, Lord, Admiral, 200

Alexander, 95

Alexandre le Grande, 106

Algiers, 117

America Cup, The, 325

American War of Secession, 112

Amiable Maria, 335, 336

Amity and the Spaniards, 28-32

"Ancient Mariner, The," 81

Anglesea, 192

Anne, Queen, 48

Anson, Admiral Lord, 98

Antelope, 147

Antigallican, 97-99, 103, 104

Antigallicans, Society of, 96-99, 103, 105

Antigua, 239

Apollon, 192, 195

Ardent, 286, 289, 290 n.

Arethusa, 264

Argo, 275-277, 280

Arica, 83

Aristocrats, French Naval; their hatred of privateersmen, 205, 224

Armed merchant vessels, Distinction of, 12

Articles of War, 193, 198

Augusta, 192

Auguste, 226

Aurora, 241, 242, 244

Austrian Succession, War of the, 47

Aventurier, 332

Azores, The, 149, 171, 172, 317

Backwoodsmen as Marines, 301, 302

Bahamas, The, 72

Baker, Mr. Peter, 111-115

Balasore Roads, 251

Ballet, John, 44

Barbadoes, Island of, 155, 342, 343, 349, 354

Barbary, 142

Barkley, Lieutenant, 237, 238

Barney, Joshua; captured in a trader, 282; first officer of Pomona, 282; sails for Bordeaux, 282; fights English privateer, 283; a marvellous 3-pounder, 284; reaches Bordeaux, 285; captures an English privateer, 285; is a prisoner of war, 285; kindly treated by Admiral Byron, 286; accused of incendiarism, 286, 287; sent to England in Yarmouth, 287; alleged cruel treatment, 287-289; sent to Mill Prison, 289; his ruse to escape, 293, 294; his escape, 294, 295; gets off in a fishing smack, 296; brought back to England, 296; escapes to Plymouth, 297, 298; gets away to Holland, 298; arrives in America, commands Hyder Ali, 299; his action with General Monk, 299-303; conflicting accounts of action, 303; commands General Washington (late General Monk), 304; revisits Plymouth, 304; other reference, 325

Barney, Mary (probably daughter of Joshua), 290, 291, 292

Bart, Jean, famous French privateer captain, romantic stories about, 196, 206; his origin, 197; boy on board a smuggler, 197; mate on board Cochon Gras, 197; wanton brutality of captain, 197; witnesses application of the Judgments of Oléron, 198-200; pilots French nobles to Harwich, 200; joins the Dutch navy, 201; returns to France and commands a small privateer, 201; captures a States-General war-ship, 201; is admonished for ransoming prizes, 202; captures eight armed ships, 202; his desperate fight with a Dutchman, 202, 203; receives a gold chain from the king, 203; his continued success, 204; takes another Dutch ship after a bloody encounter, 204, 205; gallantry of the Dutch captain, 205; he is badly wounded, and his ship destroyed, 205; returns to Dunkirk after peace is declared, 205; accepts a commission in the Navy, 205; is snubbed by the aristocrats, 205; the cask of gunpowder fable, 206, 207; chiefly remembered as a privateer, 207

Barton, Andrew; a leader of men, 20; suppresses Flemish pirates, 21; sends their heads to the king, 21; his exploits under letter of marque, 21; accused of piracy, 21; two ships sent to take him, 22; his fight with Howard, 23; his gallantry and death, 23; surrender of the Lion, 24; the crew imprisoned, 24; released on certain conditions, 25; redress for his death refused by Henry VIII., 25; "Ballad of Sir," 25, 26, 27; the incident a true one, 27; not a knight, 27; no proof of his piracy, 28; other reference, 203

Barton, John, father of Andrew, 19

Barton, Robert, brother of Andrew, 20

Batchelor, 72

Bath, William, 53

Bayonne, 6

Beginning, 61

Bengal, Bay of, 250, 251, 258, 261

Bentham, Com. George, 318

Bergen, 206

Bermuda, 314

Betagh, William, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 86, 87, 92

Betsy, 280

Bienfaisant, 195

Bienvenue, 243

Bizerta, 233

Blaize, Mlle. Marie, who marries Robert Surcouf, 255, 261

Blanco, Cape (South America), 338

Bloodhound, 308

Blundell, Captain (of Liverpool Regiment), 118

Bonaparte, 342-353

Bordeaux, 264, 282, 285, 286, 333

Borrowdale, Captain James, 117-120

Boscawen, 157, 158, 160, 164, 166, 167, 176

Boston, 220

Boulogne, 266

Bousfield, Captain Daniel, 350

Boyle, Captain Thomas, commands the Comet, 308; runs blockade of Chesapeake, 308; encounter with Portuguese war-ship and four English ships, 308-311; captures one, 311; his success in Comet, 312; commands Chasseur, 312; successful action with English man-of-war schooner St. Lawrence, 312-16; discrepancies in accounts of action, 314, 315; posts "Proclamation of Blockade" at Lloyd's, 316; other reference, 325

Brazil, 52, 80

Brehat, Island of, 212, 219

Brest, 158, 162, 231

Bridgetown (Barbadoes), 343

Brilliant, 86

Bristol, 41, 43, 150, 169, 177, 298

Bristol Channel, 213

Brittany, Sir John of, 6

Bromedge, Captain Hugh, 177

Brook, John, 82, 83

Bruce, Sophia, 74

Bucaille, Baron, 262

Buccaneers, 14, 36, 39, 65, 73

Buchanan, George, Scotch historian, 24, 25, 27

Bulls, The Pope's traffic in, 29

Burnaby, Captain Sir William, 140

Byron, Vice-Admiral the Hon. John, 286; wild chronology with regard to, 289, 290

Cadiz, 100, 101, 102, 180, 241

Caen, 209

Cagliari, 141

Calais, 200

Caldwell, Captain, 290

Campo Florida, Prince of, 132

Canary Islands, 76, 77

Cancer, Tropic of, 48

Candis, Mrs. (who married Alexander Selkirk), 74

Cape May (Delaware), 300

Cape May Roads, 300

Cape Verde Islands, 50, 239

Caper, 4

Captain, 161

Caramania, 129

Cardigan, 271

Carnatic, 114

Carnation, 318, 319, 322

Carolina, North, 155

Carolina, South, 154

Caroline, Queen (of George II.), 195

Carronade, 9-pounder, 299, 303

Carroway, Captain, 307

Carthagena (South America), 229, 230, 231

Cartier, 251, 252, 255

Cassard, Jacques, French privateersman, his origin, 229; joins expedition against Carthagena, 229; gallantry and resource in attack, 230; his suppression of pillage, etc., 230, 231; appointed naval lieutenant, 231; but goes privateering, 231; desperate and successful action with a Dutchman, 232, 233; admonished for ransoming prizes, 233; convoys grain-ships to Marseilles, 234; is cheated by the merchants, 234; convoys more grain-ships, 235; his desperate fight with two English war-ships, 236-238; he captures both, 238; supervises military works at Toulon, 238; commands a squadron and makes various conquests, 239; jealousy of aristocrats and his own imprudence land him in prison, where he dies, 239

Catharina, 169

Catherine, 357-360

Causand Bay (Devon), 296

Centaur, 348

Centurion, 246

Ceres, 342, 343, 344, 347, 349, 350, 352

Chance, 334-336

Charles, Archduke of Austria, 47

Charles II., King, 8, 11

Charles VI., Emperor, 75

Charnley, Captain John, 342, 346, 347, 350, 351, 352

Charon, 195

Chasseur, 312-316

Chatham, 226

Chesapeake Bay, 308

Chesapeake River, 282

Chiloe, 81

Cicero, 298

Cinque Ports, 37, 38, 39, 59, 61

Civil War (American), 13

Clarisse, 255, 256, 257

Clipperton, John, commands Success, with Speedy as consort (Captain Shelvocke), 76; ill-will between them, 76; separates from Shelvocke, 77; leaves record at Juan Fernandez, 87; has trouble with his crew, 88; takes some prizes, 88; one of them recaptured, 88, 89; captures rich prize, 89; she is recaptured by Spanish war-ships, 89; takes to drink, 89; some of his crew desert, 90; encounters Shelvocke, 90; they disagree and part, 91; sails for China, 91; returns home in an Indiaman, 91; his death, 91; other reference, 38

Clowes, Sir W. Laird, naval historian, 12 n., 313, 314

Cochon Gras, 197

Cochrane, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Alexander, 356

Coëtquen, 212

Coggleshall, George, American seaman and writer, 270, 314, 325

Colbert, French Minister of State, 204

Coldsea, Mr., 85

Coleridge, Samuel T., the poet, 81

Comet, 308, 310, 311, 312

Comte d'Artois, 195

Concepcion (Chili), 81

Concepcion, 91

Concorde, 210

Confederate States of America, 13

Confiance, 257, 258-260

Connelly, Mr., 66

Constable, Captain Charles, 235, 236, 237

Cooke, Edward, 51, 61

Cora, 308

Cork, 42, 43, 45

Corunna, 99, 104

Cosby, Captain, 281

Courier, 246

Courtney, Captain Stephen, 45, 60, 61

Courts-Martial: Captain Charles Constable, of the Falcon, 238 Captain William Dampier, of the Roebuck, 36 Lieutenant James E. Gordon, of the St. Lawrence, 314, 315 Captain Thomas Griffin, of the Captain, 161 Captain Savage Mostyn, of the Hampton Court, 162 Lieutenant Baker Phillips, of the Anglesea, 193, 194 Captain Edward Rumsey, of the Pembroke, 238 Captain Matthew Smith, of the Diomede, 246 Surviving officers of the Nonsuch, 221

Creole, 247

Crow, Captain Hugh, 12, 13

Curaçao, 239, 340

Curtis, Vice-Admiral Sir Roger, 334

Cybèle, 246, 247

Cyclones of the Indian Ocean, 242

Dampier, William, circumnavigator and privateer, served in the Navy, 35; a buccaneer, 36; commands a man-of-war, 36; is tried by Court-Martial and dismissed, 36; commands St. George, privateer, with Cinque Ports as consort, 37; South Sea voyage a failure, 37; discontent, mutiny, and desertions, 37; futile action with French ships, 37; captures a large Spanish provision ship, 37; parts from Cinque Ports, 38; men desert with mate and steward, 38; takes a brigantine and sails for East Indies, 38; imprisoned in Dutch factory, 38; arrives in England, 38; controversy as to account of voyage, 38; other references, 41, 44, 55, 58, 59, 64, 65, 73, 75

Dana, Richard, 83

Danes, The, 5

Daniel, Captain James, 82

Danycan, 211, 212

Dartmoor Prison, 281

Dartmouth, 157

Dartmouth, 185

Dash, 307

Dauphin, 204, 205

Dawson, Captain John, 112, 113, 114

Death, Captain, of the Terrible, 106, 109, 110, 111

Defiance, 98

Defoe, Daniel, 40, 57

Delaware Bay, 300

Delaware River, 300

Delft, 224, 225

Demerara, 341

Denham, Captain Robert, 177

Dentelle, 195, 196

De Pointis, 229, 231

De Ruyter, Dutch Admiral, 200

Deux Frères, 116

Diana, 251, 252, 254

Digby, Admiral, 296

Dinan, 240, 241

Dighton, Mass., 274

Diligente, 214, 215

Diomede, 246

Dominica, Island of, 350

D'Ongressill, Bernard, 6, 7, 8, 179

Doris, 323

Dottin, Captain Edward, 177, 183, 184, 185

Dover, Thomas, 43, 44, 55, 56, 58, 62, 65, 66, 71, 72

Dragon man-of-war, 214, 215

Dragon privateer, 277

Dreadnought, 161, 162

Dublin, 115

Dublin, 278-280

Du Cange, French archæologist, 7 n.

Du Casse, Governor of St. Domingo, 229, 230

Duc de Penthièvre, 99, 100, 102-104

Duchess, 42, 44, 46, 53, 54, 60, 62, 65, 71

Du Haies, Captain, 235

Duke (Rogers's ship), 42, 44, 46, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65

Duke (Jas. Talbot's ship), 149, 150, 177, 179, 183, 185

Duke of Bedford, 171

Duke William, 154, 155

Duncan, Captain, 285

Dunkirk, 197, 201, 203, 204, 205, 207

Éclatant, 233

Edward the Confessor, King, 5

Edward I., King, 6

Elizabeth, 195

Elizabeth, Queen, 25

Ellen, 117-119

Elton, Captain Jacob, 192, 193

Emilie, 249-251

Endymion, 324

Esperance, 201

Eurydice, 149

Exeter, 298

Fair American, 300

Falcon, armed ship, captured by Du Guay Trouin, 220, 221

Falcon, man-of-war, captured by Jacques Cassard, 235, 236

Faluère, 225

Fame (Captain Moor), 115-117

Fame (Captain Wright), 128-131, 135, 142

Faussett, Lieutenant Robert, 322

Fayal, Azores, 317, 318, 322

Fenn, Captain, 357, 358

Ferrol, 180, 186

Feuquières, M. de, 234, 236, 237

Fisher, Lieutenant, 36

Flamborough, 97

Fleuron, 158-160, 162, 163, 234

Fleury, Cardinal, 239

Flodden Field, Battle of, 19

Florence, 125

Fly-boat, 30

Forteventura, Island of, 47

Fortune, 360-362

Foster, Captain William, 97, 98, 101, 104

Fourmentin, Denis, 262, 263

François, 219, 221

Frio, Cape, 77, 92

Funnell, William, 38

Gabriel, John, 68

Galapagos Islands, 68, 69, 73, 89

General Armstrong, 319-324

General Monk, 299-303; conflicting accounts of action, 303

General Pickering, 304-306

General Washington (Silas Talbot's ship), 280

General Washington (afterwards General Monk, then recaptured), 299

Genoa, Gulf of, 234

George, 169

George II., King, 132

George III., King, 55, 246 n.

Gibraltar, 100, 102, 104, 154, 357

Gibraltar, Strait of, 29

Glorioso, 181, 182

Godfrey, Captain, 337, 340

Godwin, Earl, 5

Golden Eagle, 304-306

Goldsworthy, Mr., Consul at Cadiz, 101

Good Hope, Cape of, 334

Gordon, Lieutenant James Edward, 314, 315

Grain-ships, French, 233-238

Green, Mr. John, 178

Grenedan, 211

Griffin, Captain Thomas, 161

Guadaloupe, Island of, 350

Guam, 70

Guano, 83

Guayaquil, 61, 63, 64, 69, 73, 88, 335, 336

Hall, Edward, Chronicler, 24, 25, 27

Hampton Court, 161, 162

Hampton Roads (America), 307

Haraden, Captain Jonathan, of Salem; his skill and coolness under fire, 304, 306; captures Golden Eagle by an almost incredible ruse, 304, 305; captures Achilles, 305, 306; doubtful story of capture of an English packet, 306; other reference, 325

Harrison, John, maker of first chronometer, 55

Harwich, 200

Hatley, Simon, 69, 76, 78-81

Havre de Grace, 69

Hazard, Captain, 276

Henry III., King, 5, 8

Henry VIII., King, 9, 21, 24, 25, 27

Hercule, 213

Heron, 241

Hippomenes, 341

Hirondelle, 234

Hodgson, Captain, 360-362

Hood, Commodore, 349

Hope, Captain Henry, 324

Hopkins, Samuel, 44

Horn, Cape, 35, 37, 53, 80

Hotham, Captain Henry, 264

Howard, Lord Charles, 26

Howard, Lord Edward, 22, 24

Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey, 22

Howard, Lord Thomas, 22, 23, 26

Hull, 9

Hussar, 111

Hutchinson, William, 128, 134, 145-148

Hyder Ali, 299-303; conflicting accounts of action, 303

Immortalité (British), 263, 264

Invention, 263-266

Iquique (South America), 83

Isis, 140

Isle Grande (Brazil), 52, 53

Isle de Rhé, 95 n., 96

Isle of Wight, 149

Jamaica, 13, 97, 118, 120

James II., King, 212

James III., of Scotland, 19, 20

James IV., of Scotland, 19, 20, 25

Jane, 257

Jason, 226, 228

Jean Bart, 246

Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 11, 365

Jenny Pirwin, 22, 24, 27

Jersey, 140

Jersey, prison ship at New York, 281

Jesu Maria, 90

Jeune Richard, 354-357

"John Crow" bird, 62

Jones, Paul, 13

Jonquière, M. de la, 80

Juan Fernandez, Island of, 37, 39, 40, 54, 55, 60, 66, 74, 82, 83, 87, 88, 89, 90

Katharine of Aragon, Queen, 27

Kent, 258-260

King David, 201

King George, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186

King George (of Rhode Island), 275, 276, 277

King's Road, Bristol, 169

Kinsale, 37, 150, 192

Knights of St. John, 129

Ladrone Islands, 71

Lagos (Portugal), 6, 179

Lambert, Captain de, 235

Lanoix, a Huguenot seaman, 198-200

Lansdowne, 257

Lark, 140

La Rochelle, 261

Laughton, Sir John, 181

Le Fevre, 362-364

Leghorn, 127, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141

Le Mair, Strait of (South America), 80

Lenore, 224

Leslie, Bishop John, Scottish historian, 20, 22, 24, 27

Leslie, R.C., 72

Letters of marque; abuse of term, 4; instance in 1295, 6; may be issued in time of peace, 8

Lima, 61, 62, 76, 83, 335

Limeno, 336

Limerick, 211

Lion (Andrew Barton's ship), 22, 23, 27

Lion, British man-of-war, 195, 196

Lisbon, 6, 7, 98, 100, 178, 186, 311

Liverpool, 12, 111, 112, 124

Liverpool (Nova Scotia), 336, 337, 340

Liverpool, 146

Lloyd, Captain Robert, 318, 320, 321

Lobos, Island of, 61, 89

L'Orient, 104, 243

Louis Erasmé, 150

Louis XIV., King of France, 47

Louis XVI., King of France, 246

Lowestoft, 134

Lucca, 125, 127

Lundy Island, 213

Lutwidge, Captain Skeffington, 289; his log and letter about American prisoners, etc., 295, 296

Maclay, Mr. E.S., American naval writer, 270, 271, 272, 280, 284, 286, 287, 290, 292, 293, 297, 299, 305, 313, 314, 321, 322

Madagascar, 103

Madeira, 99, 171, 337

Madison, John, President of United States, 325

Madrid, 102, 105

Magee, W., 87

Magellan, Strait of, 87

Mahon (Corsica), 238

Majorca, Island of, 357 n.

Malaga, 208, 209

Malartic, General, Governor of Mauritius, 258

Malartic, 258

Malo, M. Henri, 207, 262

Malta, 129, 130, 136, 140, 142, 143, 233, 357

Mann, Sir Horace, 125, 127, 138, 141

Manship, 257

Marcare, meaning of, 7 n.

Maria Theresa, 99

Marquis, 69

Marquis d'Antin, 150

Marryat, Captain Frederick (the novelist), 262

Mars, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165

Mars (French), 205

Marseilles, 115, 130, 132, 137, 138, 233

Martens, Von, 11

Mason, Captain, 300

Mauritius, Island of, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 255

Maxey, Lieutenant, 307

Maximilian, Emperor, 19

McBride, Captain, 195

McKenzie, Captain Kenneth, 341, 342

Mentor, 111-115

Mercury, 81, 86

Mersey, River, 114

Messina, 129

Midshipman Easy, 185, 198

Miller, Captain, 140

Mill Prison, Plymouth, 289; diet, etc., of American prisoners in, 293

Mill Prison, Barney's escape from, 293-295; a very slack prison, 296, 298

Monk, 215, 216

Montserrat (West Indies), 239

Moor, Captain Edward, 115-117

Morecock, Captain, 149

Morocco, 177

Mostyn, Captain Savage, 161, 162

Mount-Edgecumbe, Lord, 297, 304

Mozambique, 242

Munroe, Captain, 278, 279

Nancy, 116

Nantes, 229, 239

Nantucket, 324

Naples, 132

Naval Chronicle, The, 265

Navigator, 243

Navy Board, The, 265

Nelson, Lord, 12, 51

Neptune, 159

Neptune (Dutch), 202-204

Newcastle, 9

Newfoundland, Banks of, 115, 149

New York, 274, 281, 285, 286, 289, 290 n., 307

Nicolas, Sir Harris, 7 n.

Nonsuch (alias Sanspareil), 220-224, 226

Norman, Mr. C.B., 200, 217, 233 n., 235, 238

Notre Dame de Deliverance, 150

Nova Scotia, 336

Oléron, Judgments of, 198, 199, 200

Onslow, Captain, 290

Oppenheim, Mr. M., 29

Oran, 142

Orissa (India), 252

Orotava (Teneriffe), 47

Osborn, Captain, 246

Ostend, 75, 76

Oughton, Captain (in Marryatt's novel), 262

Packets, description of, 329

Page, Mr., 51, 52

Painpeny, French captain, 352

Palme, 202, 204

Panama, 62, 63

Panama, Gulf of, 35

Parfait, 235, 236

Paris, Declaration of, 364

Parker, Admiral Sir Hyde, 51

Parker, John, 44

Parnell, Captain, 165

Payta, 84

Pembroke, 235-238

Penelope, 342, 343, 344, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352

Peregrine, 86

Pernambuco, 308

Peru, 61, 68, 69, 89, 334

Philadelphia, 299

Phillips, Lieutenant Baker, 193; his tragic end, 194, 195

Phillips, Captain, 95, 96

Phœnix, 235, 236

Pickering, Captain, 37

Piece of Eight, The value of, 67

Pirates, 1; confused with privateers, 1, 14, 72; Flemish, 20, 21; Mediterranean, 153

Pitt, Mr. William, Minister, 103, 105

Plantagenet, 318, 321, 323

Plymouth, 76, 106, 216, 264, 296, 297

Pomona, 282-284; inaccurate accounts of her capture, 285, 286, 287, 290

Pondicherry, 242

Port Louis, Mauritius, 256

Port Royal, Jamaica, 120

Portsmouth, 99, 195

Portugal, King of, 6, 7 n., 8

Portuguese mate; his hatred of Surcouf, 244, 245

"Pretty shop-girl," Du Guay Trouin's friend, 216-219

Powell, Commodore, 74

Prince de Neufchatel, 324

Prince Edward, 178, 179

Prince Eugene, 75

Prince Frederick, 149, 177, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185

Prince George (Jas. Talbot's ship), 149

Prince George (Geo. Walker's tender), 178, 179

Prince of Orange, 214, 217

Princess Amelia, 177, 178, 179

Princess Royal (Admiral Byron's flagship), 290 n.

Princess Royal packet, 330-333

Prisoners of war, alleged cruel treatment of American, 271, 287-289

Privateering, origin of, 4, 5; only applicable to a state of war, 6; value of, 9; when fully recognised, 9; success in 16th century, 9; drawbacks of, 10, 11, 12; against Spanish treasure-ships in South Seas, 35; French men-of-war lent for, 192; future of, 364, 365

Privateers, number employed in French and American wars, 10; Scotch, 11; some fine men among commanders, 12; diversity of opinion about, 11, 12, 269, 270, 271, 273; exaggerated accounts of actions by, 271; an American, and Welsh prize, 271, 272; humanity of American, 272, 273; exploits of two colonial, 333-340

Private vessels employed as men-of-war, 5

Profound, 213

Prudente, 246

Puna, Island of (South America), 63, 64, 66, 68, 335

Quakers, 41, 43

Quebec, 300

Querangal, Lieutenant François de, 103

Quibo, Island of, 90

Ranc, Captain (Dutch), 204

Rangoon, 250

Ransoming prizes forbidden, 202, 233

Reid, Captain Samuel C., 317, 318, 319, 321, 322

Rennes, 209

Revenant (the Ghost), Surcouf's last ship, 261

Rhode Island, 275, 281

Richardson, Captain, 349

Riddle, Mr., 178

Rio Janeiro, 52, 256

Robertson, Mr., 357, 360

Robinson Crusoe, 40, 57

Robinson, Captain Isaiah, 282-286

Robuste, 281

Rochefort, 219

Rodney, Admiral Lord, 287

Roebuck, 36, 37

Rogers, John, 45, 63

Rogers, Com. Josias, 299, 300, 301, 303

Rogers, Acting Captain W. (of Windsor Castle packet), 354-357

Rogers, Woodes; wrongly alluded to as a pirate, 14, 72; his birth and parentage, 41; proposes expedition to South Seas, 41; some Quakers among his owners, 41; his lucid account of his voyage, 42; sails in Duke with Duchess, 42; puts into Cork, 42; constitution of council, 43; staff of the two ships, 43, 44; Dampier sailing master, 44; mixed crews, 45; "continually marrying," 45, 46; condition of the ships, 46; sails for Madeira, 46; refuses demand of crew, who mutiny, 46; "breaking unlawful friendships," 47; captures Spanish vessel off Teneriffe, 47; his amenities with his prisoners, 47; dispute about his prize, 48; crossing the Tropic, 48, 49; his rules about plunder, 49; loses his linguist at St. Vincent, 50; frequent exchange of visits at sea, 50, 51; more mutiny; his firmness, 51, 52; he has prayers read daily, 52; refits ships at Isle Grande, 52, 53; "logs" Mr. Carleton Vanbrugh, and sends him to Duchess, 53; celebrates New Year's Day, 53; a mishap to Duchess, 54; goes far South, and doubles Cape Horn, 54; arrives off Juan Fernandez, 55; finds Alexander Selkirk and makes him a mate, 56-59; leaves Juan Fernandez, 60; Vanbrugh received on board again, 60; more rules about plunder, 60, 61; converts two small prizes to his own uses, 61, 62; Vanbrugh again in trouble, 62; captures two prizes; his brother killed in action, 63; arrives in Gulf of Guayaquil, 63; captures Governor of Puna, 63; disquieting news, 64; sends boats to attack Guayaquil, 64; finds people alert, 65; cautious counsels, 65; lands and attacks successfully, 66; disappointed of treasure, 66; the "modesty" of his crew, 67; agrees upon ransom, 67; returns on board, 68; leaves Guayaquil, 68; sickness and lack of water, 69; trouble over plunder, 69, 70; trials of a privateer captain, 70; captures a rich Manila ship, and loses another, 71; is severely wounded, 71; dispute about Dr. Dover, 72; returns home by way of the East Indies, 72; is made Governor of the Bahamas, 72; his death, 72; other references, 75, 76, 77, 80, 88

Roosevelt, Mr. Theodore (late President United States), 270

Rosario, 88, 89

Rosebud, 285

Rota, 318, 321

Rover, 336, 337

Royale, 201, 202

"Royal Family" privateers, 177, 178, 185

Rumsey, Captain Edward, 235-238

Russell, 183, 185, 186

Russo-Japanese War, 28

Safia, 177

Sailing ships, American and British, 325

Saint Aaron, 212

St. Antonio (Cape Verde Islands), 50

St. Catherine, Island of (Brazil), 80

St. Denis (Isle of Bourbon), 247

St. Domingo (West Indies), 229

St. Eustatia (West Indies), 239

St. Fermin, 82

St. Francisco, 28-32

St. George (Dampier's ship), 37, 83

St. George (Wright's ship), 135, 136, 138, 141

St. Iago (Cape Verde Islands), 239

St. Ives, 176

St. Jacques des Victoires, 224, 225

St. Malo, 106, 150, 210, 211, 212, 219, 224, 231, 239, 255, 261

St. Martin's Road (Isle de Rhé), 95

St. Mary, 6

St. Mary, Island of (Madagascar), 103

St. Paul's Bay (Isle of Bourbon), 247

St. Pol, M. de (French mate), 242

St. Peter, 28-32

St. Vincent, Cape, 182

St. William, 231, 232

Sandy Hook, 278, 281

Sanspareil (alias Nonsuch), 220-224, 226

Santa Anna Gratia, 119

Santa Familia, 91, 92

Santa Rita, 339

Saratoga (American man-of-war), 290

Saratoga (American privateer), ridiculous story about, 278, 279

Sardinia, 141

Sauret, Antoine, 197, 198, 199, 201

Scarborough, 9

Schomberg, Captain (Naval chronicler), 237

Scilly Isles, 214, 228

Scottish Rebellion of '45, 151

Selcraig (original name of Selkirk), 74

Selim, a young Turk, 142-144

Selkirk, Alexander; sailing master in Cinque Ports, 38; been with buccaneers, 39; his hatred of Captain Stradling, 39; determines to desert at Juan Fernandez, 39; he is landed there, 39; the prototype of Robinson Crusoe, 40; is rescued by Woodes Rogers, 56; describes his adventures, 57, 58; is reluctant to sail with Dampier, 58, 59; made a mate on board Duke, 59; returns to Scotland, but laments his island, 73; elopes with Sophia Bruce, 74; marries Mrs. Candis, 74; dies in the Royal Navy, 74; other references, 62, 66

Semmes, Captain Raphael (of the Alabama), 13

Serieux, 233, 235-237

Seychelles Islands, 249, 250

Shannon, River, 211

Sheerness, 165-167

Shelvocke, George; commands two privateers under a foreign commission, 75; goes to Ostend, 75; commissions altered to English, 76; commands Speedwell under Clipperton in Success, 76; his hatred of Clipperton, 76; sails from Plymouth, 76; they separate in a gale, 77; he robs a Portuguese ship, 77-80; alleged mutiny, 80; runs far south, 80; his officer shoots an albatross, 81; Coleridge's albatross, 81; rounds Cape Horn and sights Chili, 81; lingers on the coast, 81; captures two small prizes, 81; his men are ambushed, 82; burns a prize, 82; sails for Juan Fernandez, 82; finds there record of Clipperton, 82; his disingenuousness, 83; takes two guano ships, 83; fires the town of Payta, 84; action with a large Spanish ship, 84-86; his officer's account of the action, 86, 87; is wrecked on Juan Fernandez, 89; builds a small ship, captures and exchanges into a prize, 90; unpleasant meeting with Clipperton, 90; they part on bad terms, 91; exchanges into another prize, 91; Spanish Governor announces peace, and demands return of prize, 91; he disregards, and quits, 91; in difficulties, contemplates surrender, but eventually sails for China in another prize, 91; his suspicious conduct at Whampoa, 92; returns home in an Indiaman, and is arrested for piracy, 92; proofs failing, is imprisoned for fraud, 92; escapes and leaves England, 92; writes an account of his voyage, 92; his officer writes a very different one, 92

Sherdam, 204

Sibylle (British frigate), 256

Skinner, Captain John, 330-332

Slave Trade, English, 12, 13

Slave Trade, French, 242, 243, 247, 248

Smith, Captain Matthew, 246

Smith, William, 97

Smollett, Tobias, historian, 124

Smyrna, 234

Solebay, 95, 96

Somerville, Captain Philip, 318

Sonson (Sumatra), 256

Spanish Succession, War of, 47

Spanish treasure-ships, 35

Speedwell, 75, 76, 81, 84-87, 90

Staremberg, 75

Stendard, 234

Stradling, Captain, 37, 39, 40, 61

Stretton, Mr., 72

Stuart, Charles Edward (the young Pretender), 195

Success, 75, 78, 82, 88

Sumatra, 250, 256

Sunderland, 161

Surcouf, Nicholas (brother of Robert), 255

Surcouf, Robert, famous French privateer captain; his origin, 240; destined for the Church, 240; sent to a seminary, 240; resents chastisement, and runs away, 241; ships on a brig, 241; volunteer on Aurora, 241; behaves well in a storm, 242; wreck of the slave ship, 242; his zeal and courage afterwards, 243; returns home, 243; back to Indian seas, 243; mate in a trading vessel, 243; enmity of the chief officer, 244; nearly dies in a fit, 244; episode at death-bed of chief officer, 245; joins a colonial war-ship, 245; in an action with English war-ships, 246; is commended, 247; commands a slave brig, 247; episode with the Health Committee, 247-249; offered command of a privateer, 249; commission refused, 249; sails as an armed trader, 249; narrowly escapes capture, 250; determines to act as a privateer, 250; captures several ships, and exchanges into one, 250, 251; captures the Triton Indiaman, 252-254; his brig is captured, 255; arrives at Mauritius and finds his actions condemned, 255; he appeals home successfully, and pockets his unlawful gains, 255; becomes engaged to Marie Blaize, 255; goes to sea again, makes a prize, and arrives at Mauritius, 256; narrow escape from an English frigate, 256; captures an American ship, 257; the Governor prevents him from fighting a duel, 258; his capture of the Kent East Indiaman, 258-260; returns home and is married, 261; his last ship, the Ghost, 261; complaint of merchants and East India company, 261; settles down at St. Malo; his death, 261; other references, 207, 262

Surcouf, Robert (great-nephew and biographer of the privateersman), 248, 251, 252, 256, 258

Syracuse, 234, 235

Talbot, Captain James, 149, 150, 151

Talbot, Captain (or Colonel) Silas; his birth, 274; ships as cabin-boy, 274; captain in U.S. army, 274; commands a fireship, 274; captures an English vessel at Rhode Island, 275; commands the Argo, a small privateer, 275; captures a Rhode Island privateer, 276; action with the Dragon and marvellous escapes, 277; in company with Saratoga captures a Dublin privateer, 278; ridiculous story, 278, 279; encounters an honest Scotchman, and takes his ship, 280; commands General Washington, but is soon captured, 280; his alleged ungenerous treatment by a "Scotch lord," 281; imprisoned at New York, 281; sent to England and imprisoned at Dartmoor, 281; vainly attempts to escape, is eventually liberated and returns to America, 281; his death, 281

Taylor, Captain, 165

Tea, recipe for making at sea, 148

Teméraire, 234

Teneriffe, 47

Terrible, 106-111

Thetis, 342, 343, 344, 347, 348, 350, 351, 352

Thibaut, Captain, 264, 265

Three Sisters, 362-364

Thurot, Émile, successful French privateer captain, 262

Times, The, strong comment on American successes by, 324

Topaze, 74

Torrington, Mr. (an "Antigallican"), 97

Toulon, 238

Toulouse, 234, 235

Trinidad, Island of (off Brazil coast), 52

Trinity, 88

Triton, 251-255, 256, 257

Trouin, Luc (father of René Du Guay), 208, 209

Trouin, René, uncle of René Du Guay, 208, 209

Trouin, René Du Guay, famous French privateer captain; his origin, 208; destined for the Church, 209; sent to a seminary, 209; elects to study law, 209; but learns nothing except fencing, 209; dissipating in Paris, encounters the head of the family, 209; his family sends him to sea in a privateer, 209; distinguishes himself in action, 210; takes part in capture of convoy, 211; takes command of a privateer at eighteen, 211; pillages in Ireland, 211; gets a better ship, 212; with a consort captures a convoy and two English sloops-of-war, 212; escapes at great risk from an English squadron, 212; his skilful navigation, 212, 213; narrow escape in Bristol Channel, 213; has some bad luck, 213; sickness, short food, and mutiny, 213; his dream comes true, 214; sails round the Prince of Orange, 214; fires at her under English colours, 214; chased by six men-of-war, 214; his desperate scheme, 215; holds out, though surrounded, 216; his crew shirk and fire breaks out, 216; brings his men up with grenades, 216; is badly wounded and surrenders, 216; kindness of the English captain, 216; on parole at Plymouth, 216; his "pretty shop-girl," 217; is recognised by captain of Prince of Orange, who denounces him as a pirate, 218; imprisoned pending decision, 218; allowed to receive friends, pretty shop-girl included, 218; plans escape with her assistance, 218, 219; a love-sick young Frenchman, 219; buys a boat from a Swede and is completely successful, 219; returns to France, and finds a ship ready for him, 219; captures two large English ships, 220, 221; his king presents him with a sword of honour, 221; with a consort captures three Indiamen, cargoes valued at one million sterling, 222; commands one of his prizes, and captures two Dutch ships off Vigo, 222; falls in with English fleet, 222; his bold and successful ruse, 222, 223; his ill-treatment by a French naval aristocrat, 224; with four consorts engages three Dutch war-ships with convoy, 224; desperate action with Dutch commodore's ship, 224, 225; gallantry of the commodore, 225; he captures all three, with heavy loss on both sides, 225; an anxious night, 225; he brings in his prizes, 226; is made a commander in the navy, 226; his marvellous escape from an English squadron, 226-228; his death, 228; other references, 229, 239, 240

Tuckerman, H.T. (biographer of Silas Talbot), 281

Turkey Company, The, 132, 133

Twiss, Sir Travers, 15

Underwood, George, 44

Univers, 116

Valbué, Jerome, 197, 198, 199

Vanbrugh, Mr. Carleton, 48, 53, 62, 70

Vengeance, 106, 109, 111

Vernon, Admiral, 11

Vestale, 234

Vigo, 222

Vigor, John, 44

Villeneuve, M.E. de, 103

Virginia, 290

Walker, George, a great English privateer captain; eulogised by naval historian, 152; enthusiasm of his biographer, 152, 153; his modesty, 153; served in Dutch navy, 153; commands Duke William, 154; frightens a Spanish privateer by a ruse, 154; clears Carolina coast of Spanish privateers, 155; sails for England with three traders, 155; in peril in storm, 155; intervenes from sick bed to save ship, 155, 156; his ruse to obtain assistance, 156; arrives in England to find that he is ruined, 156; trades to the Baltic, 156; again escapes capture by a ruse, 156; sails in Mars with Boscawen, 157; fights a French war-ship, 157; "prudence" of Boscawen's captain, 157; falls in with two French treasure-ships, 157; Boscawen runs away, 158; surrenders Mars to two French ships, 159; French and English politeness, 159; unusual projectiles, 160; four English war-ships give chase, 160; Mars recaptured, 161; incapacity of English captains, 161, 162; arrives at Brest and is liberated on parole, 162, 163; Fleuron is blown up, 163; his tact and courage, 164; arrives in England, 164; commands Boscawen with Mars in company, 164; Boscawen a "slopped" ship, 165; outwits an Exeter privateer captain, 165; sails and meets Sheerness, 166; sights eight armed French ships, 166; his admirable speech to his officers, 166; sinks one and captures six, 167; his device for protection of his men, 168; rigs out an old lady prisoner, 168; her tragic account of the action, 168, 169; acknowledgment of his services by Admiralty, 169; captures and buys a vessel as tender, 169; his dealings with mutineers, 169, 170; a foolish joke, 171; his perilous voyage home and heroic conduct, 173-176; wrecked in St. Ives, crew saved, 176; his owner's eulogy, 176; commands the "Royal Family" privateers, 177; loses one ship, 177; chased by French, escapes; one ship parts, 177; cuts out a French ship at Safia, 177; his dealings with his officers, 178; makes a tender of his prize, 178; puts into Lisbon with much gain and no loss of men, 178; buys a ship at Lisbon, 178; but loses her by an extraordinary accident, 179; chases and engages a 74-gun Spanish ship alone, 180; an extraordinary engagement, 180-182; Spaniards' poor gunnery, 182; his courage and self-possession, 182; Spaniard desists and retires, 183; Russell joins in chase, 183; Dartmouth joins and is blown up, 184, 185; Lieut. O'Brien's apology, 185; Spaniard captured, but treasure already landed, 186; ungenerous conduct of his owners, 186; deprived of his ship, 186; goes home in packet, 186; saves her from a pirate, 187; is imprisoned for debt, 187; his integrity, 187; his death, 187; other references, 96, 116, 117, 194, 280

Waller, Edmund, the poet, 153

Walpole, Horace, 125

Wapping, 46

Warren, Captain, 216

Warren, Sir Peter, 98

Warwick, 98

Wassenaer, Baron de, 225

Welbe, George, 38

Welch, an Irish captain of a French privateer, 212

Wentworth, Sir John (Governor of Nova Scotia), 337

Weymouth, 164

Weymouth, 74

Whampoa, 91

White, Captain William, 334, 336

Whiting, 307

Whittaker, Admiral Sir Edward, 238

Whyte, Captain Thomas, 28-32

Williamson, Secretary, 11

Wilson, Captain William, 323

Winchester, Bishop of, 24, 25

Windsor Castle packet, 354-357

Worcester, 226, 228

Wordsworth, William, the poet, 81

Wright, Fortunatus, a great English privateer captain; his father, 123; his epitaph, 124; allusion by Smollett, 124; settles in Liverpool, 125; retires and lives abroad, 125; his adventures at Lucca, 125-127; settles at Leghorn, 127; war with France, 127; depredations of French privateers, 127; commands the Fame privateer, 127, 128; his plan of cruising, 128, 129; captures a large French privateer, 129; his success causes bitter feeling against him at Malta, 129, 130; a vessel specially fitted out to take him, 130; captures and brings her into Malta, 131; his sense of humour, 131; captures a ship under safe-conduct from George II., 132; submits to the Admiral's judgment and restores her, 132; seizes two French ships with Turkish cargoes, 133; action of the Turkey Company, 133; refuses to refund prize-money, 133; imprisoned in Italy, 133, 134; gives bail to answer the charge, 134; emerges triumphant—his dignified reply, 134; engages in commerce with William Hutchinson, 134; war being imminent, builds a vessel at Leghorn, 135; vigilance of Italian authorities, 135, 136; his plan to outwit them, 136; rewards offered for his capture, 137; fights a large French privateer sent out to waylay him, 137-139; disables her and returns with convoy to Leghorn, 139; is detained there by force, 139; liberated by two English war-ships, 140; his unfair treatment at Malta, 140; sails round a big French privateer, 140; refused admission to Leghorn, 141; unaccountably disappears, 141; suggestion of political intrigue, 141; the romantic story of Selim and Zaida, 142-144; "unhappily exiled" from England, 144; other references, 117, 152

Yarmouth, 281; treatment of American prisoners on board, 287-289

York, Bishop of, 24

Zaida, a Moorish maiden, 142-144

Zephyr, 116