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The Silly Cry of "On to Canada!"--The Naval Forces of the United States Compared with Those of Great Britain--The Foresight and Quick Work of Captain Rodgers in Getting a Squadron to Sea--But he Missed the Jamaica Fleet he was After, and when he Fell in with a British Frigate, the Results of the Affair were Lamentable.

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.

The Capture of York by the Americans--A Victory at the Mouth of the Niagara River--British Account of the Attack on Sackett's Harbor--Tales of the Prudence of Sir James Yeo and Commodore Chauncey--The Americans did somewhat Better than the British, but Missed a great Opportunity--Small Affairs on Lake Champlain during the Summer of 1813.

ENGLISH VESSEL OF ONE HUNDRED GUNS. , 3

A FRIGATE WITH HER SAILS LOOSE TO DRY. , 5

JOHN RODGERS. , 9

THE SECTION OF A FIRST-RATE SHIP. , 17

A BRIGANTINE OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AT ANCHOR. , 22

AN ENGLISH ADMIRAL OF 1809. , 24

REPRESENTATION OF A SHIP-OF-WAR, DRESSED WITH FLAGS, AND YARDS MANNED. , 27

THE INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS AND STOWAGE OF AN AMERICAN SLOOP-OF-WAR. , 28

GUNS SECURED FOR A GALE. , 30

DAVID PORTER. , 35

AN ENGLISH THIRTY-GUN CORVETTE. , 45

SIR JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH. , 48

ISAAC HULL. , 54

TOWING A BECALMED FRIGATE. , 59

SIR JAMES RICHARD DACRES. , 93

JACOB JONES. , 105

JAMES BIDDLE. , 115

STEPHEN DECATUR. , 145

JOHN T. SHUBRICK. , 185

JAMES LAWRENCE. , 195

SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE BROKE, BART. , 201

JAMES LAWRENCE. , 205

"DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!"--DEATH OF CAPTAIN LAWRENCE. , 215

"IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE." , 231

JESSE D. ELLIOTT. , 260

SACKETT'S HARBOR, 1814. , 264

MAP, SCENE OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ON LAKE ONTARIO, 1812-1813, 266

CAPTAIN WOOLSEY. , 269

WILKINSON'S FLOTILLA. , 272

DETROIT IN 1815. , 274

O. H. PERRY. , 281

PORT OF BUFFALO IN 1815. , 284-5

MAP OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, 293

DIAGRAM OF PERRY'S VICTORY--THE APPROACH. , 304

THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE. , 308

FIRST VIEW OF PERRY'S VICTORY. , 310

"PERRY'S SIEG."--A GERMAN VIEW OF THE VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE. , 312

DIAGRAM OF PERRY'S VICTORY.--POSITIONS AT HEIGHT OF BATTLE, 314

SECOND VIEW OF PERRY'S VICTORY. , 316

PERRY TRANSFERRING HIS COLORS. , 319

"WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS." , 324

STEPHEN CHAMPLIN. , 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. , 342

THE NIAGARA RIVER AND SCENES FROM THE WAR OF 1812. , 343

ISAAC CHAUNCEY. , 345

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