CHAPTER XXIX.
The Greatest of Naval Heroes--David Glasgow Farragut.
David Glasgow Farragut was the greatest naval hero of modern times.
There are many honored names connected with the American navy, but his towers above them all.

The highest honors that his country could give were freely bestowed upon him and no one will deny that he earned them all.
His father, although a native of Minorca, came to this country in 1776 and lost no time in joining the ragged, starving patriots in their struggle for independence.

His skill and gallantry won him the rank of major.

When the war ended he settled on the western frontier, near Knoxville, Tenn., where at a place called Campbell's Station his son David was born in 1801.

When only nine years old he was appointed midshipman under Captain David Porter, the heroic commander of the _Essex_.