Produced by Barbara Watson, James Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE LAST LAIRD OF MacNAB An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada. [Illustration: Coat of Arms with motto TIMON OMNIS ABESTO] Macnab ALEXANDER FRASER, Editor and Publisher. Toronto: Printed by Imrie, Graham & Co., 31 Church Street. 1899. NOTE.--The following account of the difficulties between the Laird of MacNab and his settlers in Canada has appeared in several local papers and in the SCOTTISH CANADIAN, through whose columns it obtained a wide circulation, resulting in the request that it be preserved in book form, a suggestion now complied with, in the hope that the example of sturdy independence therein described will prove of interest to others than those for whom the story was first compiled by a clansman. A. F. INDEX TO CONTENTS. PAGE. The Flight 5 The McNab in Canada 12 Arrival of the Settlers 22 Progress of the Settlers 27 New Arrivals 38 Fresh Arrivals 47 A Digression 59 The Sheriff's Raid 69 Imprisonment of the McIntyres 86 Military Tactics of McNab 103 Mr. Allan's Report 119 The Trials 133 Imprisonment of Mr. Stewart 150 Final Triumph of the Settlers 157 Investigation of Grievances 169 The Chief's Reply 178 The Settlers Free 187 McNab and Hinck's Trial 198 Discomfiture of the Chief 207 Last Scene of all 213 [Illustration: portrait of THE CHIEF.] THE LAST LAIRD OF MACNAB. CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT.