Claverhouse, birth of, 1 family and education, 2-7 supposed to have served in French army, 8, 9 gallant action at Seneff, 12, 13 resigns commission in Dutch service, 15 story of his reasons for resigning, 15, 16 _note_ applies to Montrose for employment, 44 receives lieutenant's commission, 45 portrait of, 46, 47 refuses to interfere illegally with Covenanters, 48 appointed Deputy-Sheriff of Dumfriesshire, 55 at Drumclog, 70 at Glasgow, 72, 73 at Bothwell Bridge, 85, 86 accused of malversation, 90, 91 _note_ appointed Sheriff of Wigtownshire, 92 his policy towards the Covenanters, 92-3, 135 and _note_ receives command of cavalry regiment, 97 his quarrel with the Dalrymples, 95-7 his visit to England, 97-100 made a Privy-Councillor, 100 obtains estate of Dudhope, 101 his marriage, 101-5 merciful conduct to prisoners, 109 examination into charges against, 111-36 in disgrace, 125-6 his character, 134-5 his quarrel with Queensberry, 139-42 second visit to England, 142 Provost of Dundee and Major-General, 143 marches into England, 145 quartered in London, 146 joins James at Salisbury, 146 created Viscount of Dundee, 146 his advice to James, 147 marches to Reading, 147 receives a message from William at Watford, 148 attends Scottish Council in London, 148 waits on James at Whitehall for the last time, 149 negotiations with William, 151 returns to Edinburgh, 151 plot to assassinate him, 158 leaves Edinburgh, 160 his interview with the Duke of Gordon, 160 proclaimed traitor by the Convention, 164 escapes to Glen Ogilvy, 166 a son born to him, 173 saves Inverness from Keppoch, 174 his raid upon Dunkeld and Perth, 175 demonstration outside Dundee, 177 at Lochaber, 179 the muster of the Clans, 179-80 his popularity with the Highlanders, 182-3 returns to Lochaber, 185 re-assembles the Clans, 198 garrisons Blair Castle, 198 holds Council of War, 201-4 addresses his soldiers, 208 death and burial, 213-15 Cleland, William, 65, 159 "Cloud of Witnesses," the, value of the testimony of, 123 Cochrane, Lady Jean, 101, 102, 104 Convention of Estates, the, 155-9, 161-2, 165-6 Covenanters, assembly of, at Mauchline, 21 under Strachan, 28 cruelties of, 29, 30 character of, 29, 59 address of, to Charles, 32 rising of, in the West, 37 divisions among, 77-80, 82, 83 declarations by, 63, 91, 120, 121 _note_ treatment of, after Bothwell Bridge, 87-8 rabble the Episcopalian clergy, 154 Creichton, Captain, 176-7 Cromwell, Oliver, his advice to the Presbyterians, 20 negotiates with Argyle, 21, 25 his policy towards the Presbyterians, 25-6 Dalrymples of Stair, their quarrel with Claverhouse, 95-7 Dalziel, Thomas, 38, 81, 85, 106, 145 _note_