. The home auxiliary and reference for teachers and students. et attempted to escape. They werepursued and brought back by the braveyoung Champlin in the Scorpion late inthe evening. He had fired the first gunat the opening of the battle, and nowhe had fired the last one in securingthe conquered vessels. The victory wascomplete. Assured of triumph. Perrysat down and, resting his naval cap onhis knee, wrote with a lead pencil onthe back of a letter, this famous dis-patch to General Harrison: We havemet the enemy and they are ours; twoships, two brigs, one schooner and onesloop
. The home auxiliary and reference for teachers and students. et attempted to escape. They werepursued and brought back by the braveyoung Champlin in the Scorpion late inthe evening. He had fired the first gunat the opening of the battle, and nowhe had fired the last one in securingthe conquered vessels. The victory wascomplete. Assured of triumph. Perrysat down and, resting his naval cap onhis knee, wrote with a lead pencil onthe back of a letter, this famous dis-patch to General Harrison: We havemet the enemy and they are ours; twoships, two brigs, one schooner and onesloop. Yours, with great respect, O. H. Perry.^ The news of this victory carried joyto the hearts of the Americans. Thelakes had echoed the triumphs of theocean. The name of Perry was madeimmortal. His government, in thename of the people, thanked him andgave him and Elliot each a gold and cities honored him. TheLegislature of Pennsylvania voted himthanks and a gold medal, and theygave the thanks of the Commonwealthand a silver medal to each man who. THOMAS JEFFERSON BIOGRAPHY—THOMAS JEFFERSON 365 was engaged in the battle. The lossof the Americans in the conflict onLake Erie, considering the small num-ber engaged, was very severe—twenty-seven killed and ninety-six British lost about two hundredin killed and wounded, and six hundredmade prisoners. Perrys humane con-duct toward the captives was such thatBarclay declared it was sufficient toimmortalize him. On November 29, i8i3, he receivedhis promotion to the rank of that time this was the highest rankin the American navy. In August, 1814, he was ordered tocommand a new frigate named theJava. He hastened to Baltimore, wherethis vessel was to be launched. Con-gress passed a bill to fit out two squad-rons of fast sailing vessels. Thesewere to cruise near the English coastsand destroy the commerce between thedifferent ports. Captain Perry was ordered to leavethe Java and command one of thesesquadr
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