Chapter 33

Halifax and West Indian stations consolidated under, 387; charged with diplomatic overture to American Government, 390; reply received by, 391; first impressions on arrival, 392; representations to, 401, and correspondence with, Admiralty, 402-404; proclamations of blockades, ii. 9, 10; the lakes service under supervision of, 28; expectations of British Government and people from, 151; operations in the Chesapeake, 155-169; quits Chesapeake for the season, 177; urgency of the Admiralty upon, 209-211; relieved by Cochrane, 330. Remark quoted, 332.

_Warrington, Lewis._ Commander, U.S.N., commanding "Peacock." Captures "Epervier," ii. 258-261; subsequent cruise, 261-262; later cruise, 406-408.

_Washington, City of._ Capture by the British, ii. 337-350.

_Washington, George._ Statements concerning conditions in the United States before the adoption of the Constitution, i. 47; as President of the United States, recommendations concerning the navy, ii. 212-213.

"_Wasp._" American sloop of war. Action with, and capture of, "Frolic," i. 411-415; is captured with her prize by the "Poictiers," seventy-four, 415.

"_Wasp._" American sloop of war, built and named for the last, which was captured only by overwhelming force. Cruise of, ii. 253-258; action with, and capture of, "Reindeer," 254; action with, and sinking of, "Avon," 256; disappears at sea, 257.

_Wellesley, Marquis of._ British Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Succeeds Canning, i. 229; treatment of the Jackson case, 230-231, 250-252; action in view of Champagny's letter, 238, 241-247; construction placed by him upon the American demands consequent on that letter, 246; dilatory actions of, 252; suggests to Pinkney to reconsider his intended departure, in view of the nomination of Foster, 252; summary statement of the British policy in the Orders in Council, 253-254.

_Wellington, Duke of._ Represents to British Government conditions in France, 1814, ii. 428, and imminence of trouble in Paris, 429; anxiety of British Government, to remove him from Paris, 429; pressed to accept the command in America, 429; reluctance of, 430; influence of, upon the negotiations at Ghent, 430-431; approves Prevost's retreat in default of naval command of the lakes, 430-431; opinion of Sherbrooke's occupation of Maine, 431 (see also 354).

_West Indies._ Relations of, to the mother country and to the colonies of the American continent, i. 32-40, 53-55, 56-58, 65-67; British expectation that in these relations the lost colonies might be replaced by Canada, Nova Scotia, etc., 44-48, 50-51, 64; sufferings of, after 1776 and 1783, 54, 62-63, 67; Pitt's measure, 1783, for benefit of, 58-60; measure fails, and Navigation Acts applied to intercourse between United States and, 68-70; effect upon, 75, 78, 79; recommendations of Committee of Privy Council, 1791, 82-84; increased importance of, after outbreak of French Revolution, 86-88; result, in fettering American intercourse with, 89, 95; concession to United States of trade to, obtained in Jay's treaty, 96; continued by British executive order, although article not confirmed by Senate, 97; course of British policy relating to, until 1805, 97-100; question of American trade from, "direct" or "indirect," raised in 1805, 100; decision adverse to American interests, 101-103; object of new departure of British Government, 103; principle asserted identical with colonial practice, and with Orders in Council of 1807, which led to War of 1812, 104. As a field for operations against commerce, ii. 229-240.

_Wilkinson, James._ American general. Replaces Dearborn in command of New York frontier, ii. 104; Armstrong's instructions to, 105; movements of, 106; concentrates at Sackett's Harbor, 109-111; expedition down St. Lawrence against Montreal, 112-115; failure of, and winter quarters at French Mills, 116; removes thence to Plattsburg, 278; abortive attempt against La Colle, 282-283; superseded by Izard, 283.

_Winder, William H._ American general. Captured in the British attack at Stony Creek, ii. 47, 341; appointed to command the tenth military district, including Baltimore and Washington, 341; conditions found by, as shown by Court of Inquiry, 342; operations of, 343-350.

_Woolsey, Melancthon T._ Lieutenant (afterwards captain), U.S.N. Commands brig "Oneida" on Lake Ontario when war begins, i. 354; employed organizing lake force, 364; affairs at Oswego, 1813, ii. 50-51; successful expedition by, in 1814, 285-289.

_Yeo, Sir James Lucas._ British commodore. Appointed to charge of lakes service, under Sir J. Warren, ii. 29; attack on Sackett's Harbor, in combination with army, 42-45; in temporary control of Lake Ontario, 46-51; contest with Chauncey in 1813, 51-61; action of August 10, 56-59, and September 11, 60; action of September 28, 106-109; subsequent movements in 1813, 111, 114; proposed renewed attack on Sackett's Harbor, 280, 283; made on Oswego instead, 284; blockades Sackett's Harbor for a time, 285-289; abandons blockade, returns to Kingston, and there remains, 290; opinion of the importance of the St. Lawrence River, 292; inactive policy during summer of 1814, 303, 307; launches, and takes the lake with, a ship of 102 guns, giving him entire control, 323; observations at Sackett's Harbor, on his return to England after peace, 318 (note); given independent command on lakes after Warren's detachment, 330.

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