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Title: A history of the Scottish Highlands, Highland clans and Highland regiments Year: 1875 (1870s) Authors: Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927 Maclauchlan, Thomas, 1816-1886 Browne, James, 1793-1841. History of the highlands and clans Wilson, John, 1785-1854 Subjects: Clans Tartans Publisher: Edinburgh London : Fullarton Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: en in theformer part of this work, it is unnecessary torepeat them here. The Macdonalds of Glencoe joined PrinceCharles on the breaking out of the rebellionin 1745, and General Stewart, in his Sketchesof the Highlanders, relates that when the 156 HISTOEY OF THE HIGHLAND CLANS. insurgent army lay at Kirkliston, near theseat of the Earl of Stair, grandson of SecretaryDalrymple, the prince, anxious to save hislordships house and property, and to removefrom his followers all excitement and revenge,proposed that the Glencoe-men should hemarched to a distance, lest the remembranceof the share which his grandfather had in theorder for the massacre of the clan should rousethem to retaliate on his descendant. Indignantat being suj:>posed capable of wreaking theirvengeance on an innocent man, they declaredtheir resolution of returning home, and it wasnot without much explanation and great per-suasion that they were prevented from march-ing away the following morning. MACDONNELL OF GLENGARRY.

Text Appearing After Image: Badge.—Heath. The Glengarry branch of the Macdonaldsspell their name Macdonnell. The wordDhonuill, whence the name Donald is derived,is said to signify hrown eye. The mostproper way, says Mr Gregory, of spelling thename, according to the pronunciation, was thatformerly employed by the Macdonalds ofDunyveg and the Glens, who used Macdonnell.Sir James Macdonald, however, the last ofthis family in the direct male line, signedMakdonalV The family of Glengarry are descended fromAlister, second son of Donald, who was eldestson of Eeginald or Eanald (progenitor also ofthe Clanranald), youngest son of John, lord of 9 Highlands and Isles, p. 417, Note. the Isles, by Amy, heiress of MacEory. Alex-ander Macdonnell, who was chief of Glen-garry at the beginning of the 16th century,supported the claims of Sir Donald Macdonaldof Lochalsh to the lordship of the Isles, andin November 1513 assisted him, with Chis-holm of Comer, in expelling the garrison andseizing the Castle of Urquhart in Loch Ness.

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