Origins of the 'Forty-five : $b and other papers relating to that rising
History
Origins of the 'Forty-five : $b and other papers relating to that rising
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
Keppoch’s people and the Duke of Gordon’s tenants in the neighbourhood
are mostly Popish;[286] the greatest number of them were perverted in
the Reigns of Queen Anne and George the first. They deal pretty deep in
the thieving trade.
[_Glengarry_]
The next country to the north east is Glengarry, the people Papists and
better at thieving than the worst of the other tribes. Their gentlemen
found a way to put most of their neighbours under Black Mail which
raised them some hundreds of pounds Sterling, for several years back.
[_Abertarff and Stratherrick_]
The next country still eastward is Abertarff, mostly the property
of the Lovat Family: some of it feued out to Glengarry: all betwixt
Fort Augustus are Popish: the few villages of Abertarf, be-east the
Garrison, are inhabited by a mixture of Papists and Protestants: the
people not free from theft.
Here lies Lochness, the country on the South side is called
Stratherrick the property of the Lovat Family. The people Protestants:
they submitted to the Established Clergy for many years back. The
Commons went to the late Rebellion with great reluctance, and most
of them violently compelled. The first country on the north side
of the lake is called Glen Morrison, the property of Grant of Glen
Morrison.[287] The old man with his men were in the Rebellion: the
young Laird is an Ensign in Lord John Murray’s Regiment.[288] The
people a mixture of Papists and Protestants, much given to theft.
[_Urquhart and Glenmoriston_]
Forward to the north east is the country of Urquhart, belonging to the
Laird of Grant. Their neighbours, the McDonalds and Frasers, raised
most of the men and carried them off to the Rebellion.[289] These and
the Glen Morrison men after the Battle of Culloden surrendered to the
young Laird of Grant, and were brought by him to the Duke of Cumberland
to Inverness to deliver their arms; but by some mistake in the Report,
as if they were taken in arms rather than surrendered, they were made
prisoners and sent off by sea to England. The people are Protestants,
though none of the most civilized.
[_The Aird_]
Next is the country of the Aird belonging to Lord Lovat, and where his
house stood. The people Protestants, and of our Communion, save very
few.[290] The Commons here are an honest, civilized sort of people if
left to themselves.
[_Strathglass_]
Next, to the North, is the country of Strathglass, mostly inhabited by
Papists. I do not hear much of their thieving, though they suffer much
by the Glengarry thieves. This country belongs mostly to Chisholm of
Comar (whose men were in the Rebellion, though he himself was not)[291]
and partly to the Frasers.
[_Seaforth, Munro, and Cromartie’s Country_]
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