CHAPTER I. THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND. Division of Scotland--People of the Highlands--Language--Clanship--Chiefs Customs--Special Characteristics--Fiery-Cross--Slogan--Mode of Battle Forays--Feasts--Position of Woman--Marriage--Religious Toleration Superstitions--Poets--Pipers--Cave of Coire-nan-Uriskin--The Harp--Gaelic Music--Costume--Scotland's Wars--War with Romans--Battle of Largs--Bannockburn--Flodden--Pinkie--Wars of Montrose--Bonnie Dundee--Earl of Mar--Prince Charles Stuart--Atrocities in the Wake of Culloden--Uncertainty of Travellers' Observations--Kidnapping Emigration 17 CHAPTER II. THE SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA. Origin of the name of Scotland--Scoto-Irish--Ulster--Clandonald--Protestant Colonies in Ireland--Corruption of Names--Percentage of in Revolution--Characteristics--Persecuted--Emigration from Ulster--First Scotch-Irish Clergyman in America--Struggle for Religious Liberty Settlement at Worcester--History of the Potato--Pelham--Warren and Blandford--Colerain--Londonderry--Settlements in Maine--New York--New Jersey--Pennsylvania--The Revolution--Maryland--Virginia--Patrick Henry--Daniel Morgan--George Rogers Clark--North Carolina--Battle of King's Mountain--South Carolina--Georgia--East Tennessee--Kentucky Canada--Industrial Arts--Distinctive Characteristics 40 CHAPTER III. CAUSES THAT LED TO EMIGRATION. Results of Clanship--Opposed to Emigration--Emigration to Ulster Expatriation of 7000--Changed Condition of Highlanders--Lands Rented Dissatisfaction--Luxurious Landlords--Action of Chiefs in Skye--Deplorable State of Affairs--Sheep-Farming--Improvements--Buchanan's Description--Famine--Class of Emigrants--America--Hardships and Disappointments 60 CHAPTER IV. DARIEN SCHEME. First Highlanders in America--Disastrous Speculation--Ruinous Legislation--Massacre of Glencoe--Darien Scheme Projected--William Paterson--Fabulous Dreams--Company Chartered--Scotland Excited Subscriptions--List of Subscribers--Spanish Sovereignty over Darien--English Jealousy and Opposition--Dutch East India Company--King William's Duplicity--English and Dutch Subscriptions Withdrawn--Great Preparations--Purchase of Ships--Sailing of First Expedition--Settlement of St. Andrews--Great Sufferings--St. Andrews Abandoned--The Caledonia and Unicorn Arrive at New York--Recriminations--The St. Andrews--The Dolphin--King Refuses Supplies--Relief Sent--Spaniards Aggressive--Second Expedition--Highlanders--Disappointed Expectations--Discordant Clergy--How News was Received in Scotland--Give Vent to Rage--King William's Indifference--Campbell of Fonab--Escape--Capitulation of Darien Colony--Ships Destroyed--Final End of Settlers 75 CHAPTER V. HIGHLANDERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.