Historical And Traditional Sketches Of Highland Families And Of The Highlands

This Book Was Actually Written By Finlay Maclean, ASon Of John MacleanIt Is ACompilation Of The Recollections Of The Elder Maclean, Who Was Known As The ?inverness Centenarian.? John Maclean Lived From About To , And This Book Was Originally Issued In It Is Not Intended As ARigorous And Thorough Historical Work, But As ACollection Of Stories Of Local Interest ?whose Merit, If They Possess Any, Is, That They Contain Historical Facts, Traits Of Character, And Traditional Tales Of Stirring Times And Of Important Personages Which Have Not Been Presented By Any Other Author.? These Stories Paint APicture Of AScotland In The s And s In Which Might And Ruthlessness AboundedThose Wishing To Purchase Land ?effected The Sale By The Claymore?and Held Possession By Wielding, As Frequently As Occasion Required, And With As Much Power As They Could Muster, The Weapon By The Use Of Which They Came Into Possession.? In Addition To Swordwielding Chiefs And Lairds, The Reader Learns Of Women Like The Fearsome MrsMackintosh, ?whose Absence Was Considered Good Company? By The Terrified Local InhabitantsIt Was She Who Engineered The Murder Of Provost Junor Of Inverness In Retaliation For His Reproving Her For Her ?rude And Indelicate Demeanor.? subsequently ASecond Murder Occurred, Of AMackintosh Family Servant Girl Who Spoke Unguardedly Of Her Knowledge Of The Plotters Of The First Murder. There Are Accounts Of Smugglers, Thieves And Outlaws Hanged By The Neck And Then Hung In ACage As AWarning To OthersThe First And Longest Chapter Details The year Period During Which The Clan Mackintosh Possessed The Property Of Borlum, From To The Second Chapter Concerns Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, Who Lived From About Until His Beheading In Chapter Concerns Lord President Forbes, Who Sailed Into Inverness In ?the Largest Vessel That Ever Entered The River.? Subsequent Chapters Describe Sir George Mackenzie Of Rosbaugh, The Family Of Chisholm, The Mackenzies Of Redcastle, The Black Watch or nd Royal Highlanders, Donald Gruimach, The Black Isle Cattlelifter, And Highland Robbers And Cattle LiftersThe Last Part Of The Book Contains Addenda On Inverness Municipal Affairs, The Fracas At Cnocannagour, Provost Maclean In AFight, The Bloody Marymas Cheese Market, Smuggling, Sheriffs Campbell And Fraser Of Invernessshire, AHighland Desperado, The Blacksmith And The Laird Of Glengarry, The
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