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;