The U.S. ship HINDOO was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1835, and originally owned by Daniel C. Bacon et al., of Boston. 580 1/2 tons; 136 ft x 30 ft 6 in x 20 ft (length x beam x depth of hold). In 1850 her owner is given as Francis Burritt, of New York [William Armstrong Fairburn, Merchant Sail (Center Lovell, Maine: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, [1945-1955]), IV.2174, V.3063, VI.3905].

The HINDOO was originally employed in the China and East India trade, where she was "fast and popular". I have record of only one voyage to the Far East: the maritime intelligence column in the New York Post for 25 February 1839 announced that the ship HINDOO, [Charles] Pearson, master, had arrived at the port of New York the previous day ("since our last"), having sailed from Mantilla [presumably Manila, the Philippines] on 10 September 1838, and from St. Helena on 4 January 1839 [passenger manifest dated 25 Feb. 1839; National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, Roll 38, list #70 for 1839]; according to the passenger manifest, her port of call prior to Manila was Canton. Of the history of the "Hindoo" after 1841 I have the following:

1844

- 29 Jan, ship HINDOO first registered at New York [Forrest R. Holdcamper, comp., List of American-flag Merchant Vessels that received Certificates of Enrollment or Registry at the Port of New York, 1789-1867 (Record Groups 41 and 36), Special List 22, National Archives Publication 68-10 (Washington, DC, 1968), p. 322].

1844

- 02 May, ship HINDOO, [Samuel] Proctor, master, arrived New York from Liverpool 26 March, with 232 steerage passengers; the passenger manifest is dated 03 May [New York Post, 03 May 1844; National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, Roll 54, list #254 for 1844].

1845

- ship HINDOO, Joseph J[eremiah] Lawrence, master, advertised as sailing in the New Line of coastal packets between New York and New Orleans (Carl C. Cutler, Queens of the Western Ocean; The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, c1961), p. 514).

1845

- 20 Sep, ship HINDOO, [Joseph Jeremiah] Lawrence, master, arrived New York, 79 days out of Trieste, with 2 passengers [New York Post, 21 Sep 1845; National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, Roll 60, list #786 for 1845].

1847

- 31 May, ship HINDOO, Lawrence, master, arrived New York, from Liverpool 4 May, with 18 passengers [New York Post, 01 Jun 1847; National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, Roll 67, list #315 for 1847].

1848

- ship HINDOO, Henry S. Brown, master, advertised as sailing in the Philadelphia & New Orleans line of coastal packets [Cutler, p. 541].

1848

- ship HINDOO, [Henry S.] Brown, master, advertised as sailing in the Merchants' Line of coastal packets between New York and New Orleans [Cutler, p. 508].

1850

- ship HINDOO, James F. Miller, master, advertised as sailing in the Commercial Line of coastal packets between Philadelphia and New Orleans [Cutler, p. 542].

1850

- ship HINDOO, James F. Miller, master, advertised as sailing in the Third Line of coastal packets between New York and New Orleans [Cutler, p. 504].