He was seized with the terrible disease and died on the 24th of August.

He was buried with the highest civic and military honors at Trinidad, many British officers who had fought against him on Lake Erie showing their respect for his bravery and an appreciation of his kindness to them when they were prisoners of war.

His remains were afterward removed to Newport, Rhode Island, where a magnificent monument was erected to his memory.
The untimely death of this naval hero before he had time to complete his work encouraged the West Indian pirates and they became more audacious than before.

In the autumn of 1821 several naval vessels were sent thither by our Government.

They did vigorous work, capturing and destroying a number of piratical vessels, but there were too many of them, and they were spread over too extended a space to be wiped out by a few captures.