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sails under Decatur, 397; capture of, by British squadron, 398-401.

_Prevost, Sir George._ British general. Governor of Nova Scotia, reports failure of American embargo, i. 199. Governor-General of Canada, and commander-in-chief, reports British naval superiority on lakes, 1812, i. 295; statements of effect of naval control on operations, 302; ii. 40, 306, 316, 362-363, 374-375; negotiates suspension of hostilities with Dearborn, i. 351-352; instructs Brock to forbear offensive, 356, 367; visit of, to Kingston, February, 1813, effect of, on American plans, ii. 32; attack on Sackett's Harbor by, in conjunction with Yeo, 42-45; instructions to Procter, at Malden, 67, and to De Rottenburg, at Niagara, 69; submits plan for securing territories in United States to Indian allies of Great Britain, 99 (note); calls upon Admiral Cochrane to inflict retaliation for unauthorized burning by Americans in Canada, 329, 334; receives large re-enforcements from Wellington's Peninsular army, 362-363, with instructions for operations, 362; reasons for advancing by New York side of Lake Champlain, instead of through Vermont, 363; advance upon Plattsburg, 365-367; awaits the arrival of British squadron before attacking, 372-375; reason for desiring a joint attack by army and navy, 372 (note); correspondence with Captain Downie, commanding the squadron, 373-375; charges against, by naval officers of the squadron, 375, 381; retreats after squadron's defeat, 381; summoned home under charges, but dies before trial, 381. Retreat of, after the naval defeat, endorsed by Wellington, 430.

_Pring, Daniel._ Commander, R.N. Attached to lake service, Lake Champlain, 360; operations on, 360-361, 366; second in command at battle of Lake Champlain, 372-381.

_Privateering._ Employment of a sea-militia force, requiring little antecedent training, i. 286; recourse of the weaker belligerent, 288; aptitude of Americans for, 384; extemporized character of early, in War of 1812, 394; opinions concerning nature of, of Secretaries Gallatin and Jones, 396; susceptible of business regulation and direction, 397, 399; ii. 220, 225, 229; energy of American, noted by Warren, i. 401-402; effect of, upon regular navy, ii. 12; a secondary operation of war, not in itself decisive, 126; primary object of, 215-216, 241; details of methods pursued, in 1812, 222, 225, 226, 240; comparison of, with a regular naval service, in motive, and inefficiency for the particular object of commerce destroying, 241-244; a popular effort in War of 1812, independent of Government initiative, 265; development and systematization of, towards end of war, 267-268, 269.

_Privateers_ mentioned by name: "America," i. 398; ii. 229; "Chasseur," ii. 237-240; "Comet," ii. 234; "Decatur," ii. 233; "Globe," ii. 226-228; "Governor Tompkins," ii. 228; "Kemp," ii. 236; "Leo," ii. 224; "Lion," ii. 224; "Mammoth," ii. 269; "Rapid," i. 398; "Rattlesnake," ii. 223; "Rossie," i. 295-297; "Saucy Jack," ii. 235-236; "Scourge," ii. 223; "True-blooded Yankee," ii. 225; "Yankee," ii. 226. Number and classes of, ii. 243-244. Combats, of. See _Actions, Privateer_.

_Prizes_ taken by Americans in first three months of war, and in what localities taken, i. 394-395; taken by British in same period, 399-400; at later period of war, 406; transition period of prize-taking, January-June, 1813, ii. 20; estimate of relative losses by the two belligerents, 21-22; compilation of lists, by Niles' Register, 22; overlooked significance of the greater British losses, 23, 221; limited success of American frigates in taking, to what attributable, 216; taken by American cruisers, in latter part of war, 220-221; in West Indies, 230; total number taken throughout the war, by American naval vessels, and by privateers, 241-243.

_Proclamation._ Commerce between Great Britain and America, regulated by, 1783-1794,