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A genuine and true
journal of the most miracu-
lous escape of the young
chevalier
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Presented to the
LIBRARY of the
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
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Die Hon. Peter Wright
JOURNAL
OF THE MOST
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
OF THE
YOUNG CHEVALIER.
A GENUINE AND TRUE
JOURNAL
OF THE MOST
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
YOUNG CHEVALIER,
From the Battle of Cul'oden, to his landing
in France.
EI)1TEI> BY
EDMUND GOLDSMID, F.R.H.S.
F.S.A. (Sept.)
EDINBURGH:
E. & G. GOLDSMID.
1885.
A Genuine and True
JOURNAL
Ot the moft miraculous
ESCAPE
OF THE
YOUNG CHEVALIER,
From the Battle of Culloden, to his
landing in France.
Taken from the Mouths and Journals of the veiy
Pcrfons who afiifted him therein.
Partly --wrote in London, and partly in Scotland.
To which is added,
A fliort ACCOUNT of what befel the Pr. in
France, and of the Manner of taking him
Prifoner, and offending him to Avignon.
.
Together with jp
A brief RELATION of what became of fome
of thofe who compofcd his Army.
By an ENGLISHMAN.
LONDON:
Printed for D. A. near Charing Crofs. 174-0-
PREFACE.
npHE following Relation, or Journal of the
J- young Chevalier's Escape, was at first wrote
out of curiosity ; which I was induced to do, by
having so many opportunities of conversing with
the chief of the Patties who were instrumental in
conducting and assisting him in his escape ; for
which they were taken, and detained Prisoners for
a considerable Time, and were at last dismissed,
ivithout ever being examined at the Cockpit, or else-
where, by Authority of the Secretaries of State.
Part was taken from those carried Prisoners to
London, and the rest, from those in Scotland ; but,
after the Pr. 's Return to the Continent of Scotland,
on the 6tk of ]u\y,from the Ijftstern Isles, to his
embarking for France, is taken from the Rev. Mr.
Cameron'.? Journal, who accompanied him most oj
that Time. The rest of the Account, in relation to
what befel him in France, and to his leaving Avig-
non, is taken from the best Authorities published,
and from private Letters sent to different Places;
many of which have not yet been made pttblick ; es-
3 PREFACE.
pecially that, which gives the manner of talcing,
detaining as Prisoner, and sending the Pr. out of
France.
Thus much I thought proper to premise, in order
to convince the Reader, that this Relation is gen-
uine, and not composed of a very few facts, and the
rest made up of Falsities and Fiction, the Work of
a fruitful Brain ; like those Pamphlets intitled,
Ascanius, The Wanderer, and The Chevalier ;
ivhich last is one of the greatest impositions upon the
Pnblick. For this Reason, I have been strongly
solicited, by all who have seen my historical Ac-
count, to publish it; ivhich I should have done
much sooner, had I not waited to see if somt abler
Writer would favour the World, with giving it a
true Relation of that most miraculous and almost
incredible Escape : The Truth of which would have
been much disputed, had not the different Persons
therein concerned been taken into Custody ; many
of whom told Gen. Campbell the same Story, as is
herein very circumstantially related, when they
were taken before him in Scotland. All which 1
have endeavoured to tell in their own Words, as
near as 1 could, without altering their Sense ot
Meaning.
This I do, without the least Regard to the Cen-
sure of the hot-headed Zealots, who make it tanta-
mount to downright Disaffection, to assert that the
young Chevalier has not a cloven Foot, or something
monstrous about him.
PREFACE. g
I think it is very extraordinary, that any People
can be_ so weak as to imagine, that personal
reflexions, little mean Aspersions, or idle malicious
Tales and Insinuations, should be any support to a
Cause, or deprive the Antagonists of the least Share
of their intrinsick Merit : Or that they should be so
blind as to think of getting the better in anything by
Misrepresentation and Lies ; which can produce
nothing but Errors, and a mean Opinion of the
Authors, in the Eyes of all impartial Men of Sense
and Judgment. Speaking what is just of a Man,
is not approving his Cause ; that is entirely his own
Affair, in which he acts by the Approbation of his
Conscience, and a firm Belief of Right in himself.
And no Persons of Moderation or serious Reflexion
joould ever vilify any Man's Character on that
Account, any more than they ought to do that of the
Person who opposes him upon the same Principles.
Virtue ought certainly to be revered where-ever it is
found ; and, with how much Reason soever the
Claim of the young Chevaliir may be obnoxius, it
follows not, that his good Qualities should be so too,
or that ive should deny our Pitffbr those Misfor-
tunes to which he was born, and fall not on him
through his own Misconduct, but that of others.
I shall therefore only add, that I have carefully a-
voided all kind of fulsome Exaggerations, as well
as all ungenerous Invectives. Wherefore I hope all
will read and judge without Prejudice.
A TRUE JOURNAL, &c.
AFter the Highlanders gave way at the Batt1 e
of Culloden, the Pr. was forced off the Field
by Major Kennedy and the other Officers, while
the French Forces and some few Scots kept the
Duke's Army engaged for some time, to prevent
any immediate Pursuit.
Many Gentlemen and others went to guard the
Pr. safe off; and at some Distance from the Field
of Battle a Council was held, in which it was
agreed, that all Fitz- -James's Horse, and all other
Horsemem, should go to Ruthven in Badenoch,
except some few. Here it was the Pr. desired the
Gentlemen to begin to separate, that their
Enemies might not so easily know what Route
each of them should take j and accordingly the
Hon. Charles Boyd, Esq ; second Son of the Earl
of Kilmarnock, and some others, kissed the Pr.'s
Hand, and went off on their respective Routes.
The Pr. then, with some other Gentlemen, pro-
ceeded on his Journey ; and the first Place where
he stopt, was at Tordarroch, about nine Miles
from Inverness : But, as there was no Person at
home, they all went to Aberardar, in Macintosh's
Country, three Miles farther ; thence to Faroline,
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in Lovafs Country, five Miles ; and thence one
Mile more to Gorlulaige, where they met Lord
Lovat, and drank two or three Glasses of Wine.
Here Lord Elcho took his leave, and set for-
ward for Kinlochmoidart ; where he arrived a few
Days after the Battle ; not a little disgusted, that
other Officers would not be led by him in every
thing.
There came hither with the Pr. Sir Thomas
Sheridan, Sir David Murray, (one of the Pr.'s
Aid de Camps), Stillivan, Mr. Alexander Macleod,
(one of the Pr.'s Aid de Camps, and Son of Mr.
John Macleod Advocate), John Hay, (who was
Secretary in Murray's Sickness or Absence),
Edward Burk, {Alexander Macleod'?, Servant),
Mr. Hay's Servant, and Allan Macdcnald, who
went as a Guide.
About Ten o'clock at Night, the Pr. and his
few Attendants proceeded on their Journey.
They arrived at Glengary, or Invergary Castle,
about Four or Five o'Clock in the Morning, and
found only one Man there ; who said, Glengary
and his Family were abroad, and had left no Pro-
visions or Furniture in the House : So the Pr.
was obliged to lie on the Floor without any
Refreshment.
When Day-light appeared, Edward Burk
above mentioned saw a Net ; which he drew in
the Water, and catched two Salmons ; on which
they dined very well.
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Here all the Company took their leaves of the
Pr. and went to Arnaby, except Sullivan, Allan
Macdonald, and Edward Burk, whom Mr. Mac-
leodldt to be the Pr.'s Guide.
About Two o'clock in the Afternoon, the Pr.
set forward with his three Companions, having
dressed himself in Edward BurKs Cloaths ; and
went to Donald Cameron's at Glenpean, in
LochieVs, Country, where they arrived about Nine
at Night.
On the 1 8th, the Pr. went to Mewboll, in Clan-
ranalrf's Country ; where he staid all Night, was
well entertained, and got some Sleep, which he
had not had for five Days and Nights ; his Army
having been under Arms, marching and counter-
marching, without Sleep, or much Meat, for
forty eight Hours before the Battle.
The next Day, being the igth, the Pr. waited
some Hours in hopes of getting Intelligence of
some of his Friends after their Defeat ; but hear-
ing nothing, he was obliged to set out on Foot, the
Horseroad not only being about, but so bad, as to
be scarce, if at all passable. He therefore walked,
over almost innaccessible Mountains, to the Glen
of Morar, or Kinloch-Morar ; and thence to Glen
jBiasdale, or Horadale, in Arisaig, Clanranalds
Country, through as bad Ways as can be conceived.
Hither Mr. ^Eneas Macdonald, the Banker, came
to meet the Pr. who had wrote to him for that
Purpose ; and returned again the same Night to
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his Brother's House at Kinlochmoidart. About
two Days after this, Lord Elcho, and Oneille, got
to Kinlochmoidart.
Here the Pr. waited several Days till Captain
Oneille came to him, by Sir Thomas Sheridan's
Directions, and told him, that all Hopes of draw-
ing his Troops together again were now over : Upon
which he resolved at last to go to the Western
Islands, whence he thought that he could get a
Vessel to France.
Strong were the Debates about leaving the
Continent of Scotland, and going to the Isles.
The Highlanders endeavoured to dissuade the Pr.
from undertaking so dangerous a Step : But, at
last, Sullivan, whose Advice had injured his
Master more than once, prevailed upon him
to go, asserting the great Probability of getting a
Ship there soon, and the great Danger of staying
where they were. But the Pr. following this
Advice, had like to have lost his Life many ways ;
as we shall find in the Sequel.
In one Day three several Messengers got to
Donald Macleod, who had been with Mr.
s-Eneas Macdonald to the Isles, to fetch some
Money from the Isle of Barra, and was returning
when the Battle was ended. These three were
sent, lest any of them should have missed him.
Their Errand was to desire Mr. Macleod would
go to the Pr. at Boradale.
Pursuant to this Summons, Donald went ; and,
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in going through a Wood on the 2Oth or 2ist of
April,.iriK\. the Pr. walking alone. The Pr. seeing
Donald, went up to him boldly, and asked him,
"If he was Donald Macleod of Gualtergil, in
" the Isle of Sky ? " " Yes," said Donald. Then
said the Pr. "You see the Distress I am in; I
"therefore throw myself into your Bosom; do
" with me what you like ; I am your Prince.'"
In repeating these Words, the poor old Man
burst into a Flood of Tears, and said, "I hope,
" Sir, (meaning the Person he was telling this to),
" you'll pardon me ; for who can forbear weeping
"in relating so sad a Subject?" Donald, having
wiped his Eyes, proceeded, and said, he told the
Pr. " That as he (Macleod) was old, he was afraid
"he could not be of any Service to the
" Pr. but yet was willing to do what he could."
Then says the Pr. " I desire you'll go with Letters
' ' from me to Sir Alexander Macdonald and the
"Laird of Macleod; for I am persuaded that
' ' those Gentlemen, notwithstanding what they
"have done, will yet endeavour to protect me."
This last Declaration of th(ffr. struck DonalJ
with Surprise ; and he immediately told the Pr.
" He would do anything for him [the Pr.] except
"that: Because, says Donald, your Highness
' ' knows they have played the R e already ;
" and you must not trust them again : For at this
" very Time they are in search for you, with their
" Forces, within ten or twelve Miles of you, if
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" they come by Sea, though it be more by Land ;
"and therefore the sooner you remove from this
" Place the better."
Upon Donald's, Refusal as above, the Pr. said,
" As you are a good Pilot, I desire then, that you
" will conduct me through the Islands to some
"safer Place than this." Which Donald Madeod
readily agreed to ; and accordingly procured an
eight-oar'd Boat, late the Property of John Mac-
donald, Son of &neas or Angui Macdonald of
Boradale. This John was either killed at the
Battle of Culloden, or murdered the next Day ;
for he has never been heard of since. Donald
Madeod also bought a Pot to boil Meat in, when
they should arrive on Shore, and a Firlot of Meal ;
which was all the Provision he could get there.
On the 26th, they went onboard in the Twilight
in the Evening, at Lochnannuagh in Boradale ;
being the same Place where the Pr. first landed on
the Continent of Scotland, and Boradalfs House
was the first he entered. There were in the Boat,
the Pr. Oneille, Sullivan, Allan Macdonald, of
Clanranakfs Family, and Donald Madeod, who
was Pilot, and betwixt whose Knees the Pr. sat.
The Names of the Boatmen were Rhoderick
Macdonald, Lauchlan Macmurrich, Rhoderick
Macaskgill, John Macdonald, Murdoch Madeod,
Son of the Pilot, Duncan Roy, Alexander Mac-
donald, and Edward Burk, who had conducted
the Pr. from the Battle of Culloden to this Place.
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The above Murdoch Madeod was then only fifteen
Years old ; and when he heard of the speedy
Appearance of a Battle, provided for himself a
Claymore, a Durk, and a Pistol, and went to the
Battle of Culloden ; whence he escaped, though
hurt ; and hunting out the Pr. all the Way,
followed him, and here met both the Pr. and his
own Father very well.
I can't help remarking here, that the Pr. must
have been greatly beloved in this Country, when
this Lad could hunt him out so as to find him, and
the military Folks never could. So backward
were People to tell where the Pr. was, when his
Life was in danger.
When they were about to go into the Boat,
Donald Madeod begged the Pr. would not go that
Night, because it would prove a Storm. But the
Pr. was so anxious to be gone, that he was deter-
mined to set forwards.
They had not gone far, before the Storm, which
Donald Madeod foresaw at ar distance, reached
them ; and was greater than Donald had ever seen
before, though always a seafaring Man, on that
Coast : but with this additional grief, that it rained
most violently all the Time they were out. And,
what was still worse, they had neither Pump nor
Compass with them ; and the Night was as dark
as possible, insomuch that none of them knew
where they were. This increased their Fears, lest
they should be drove on the Isle of Sky, where the
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Militia were in Arms. But next Morning, as the
Light increased, they discovered they were on the
Coast of the Long Isle, (as that Chain of Isles is
commonly called here) ; where, about Seven
o'Clock in the Morning, with great Difficulty, they
landed at a Point of Land called Rossinish, in the
N.E. Part of the Isle of Benbecula, and haled their
Boat on Shore to dry Land ; having run about
thirty Leagues in eight Hours : A most extra-
ordinary quick Voyage. This Isle lies in 57 deg.
40 min. N. Lat. is about five Miles long from East
to West, and three broad from North to South,
and lies betwixt North and South Uist Islands.
Thus this Storm, which the whole Crew thought
a great Misfortune at first, was one of the most
providential Things that could befal them : For
it prevented any immediate Attempt to follow the
Pr. and if any Boats were out, and could get into
a secure Place, they would certainly put in, rather
than run such an apparent Hazard of being
drowned ; which nothing but the immediate Hand
of Providence could prevent, especially in an eight-
oar' d open Boat, crowded and overloaded with
thirteen People. .So ready is the Frailty of human
Nature to find fault with what Providence sends
as a real Good ! At this Time, very lucky for the
Pr. the Duke of Cumbrland and his Army thought
he had sailed for St. Kilda in the North ; a Place
so remote, that no Suspicion would be readily
entertained of the Pr. being there. This Place
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belongs to the Laird of Macleod ; and the People
there pay their Rents in Feathers of the Solan
Geese ; for which that Laird's Factor goes thither
annually. This is so still.
The Duke of Cumberland, imagining that the
Pr. was gone to St, Kilda, sent Gen. Can.pbdl
(John Hay, Commander of a Customhouse-yacht,
being Pilot) with as considerable a Force as could
be conveyed by the Fleet then present.
On Sight of this Fleet, the inhabitants fled to
hide themselves in the Cliffs of Rocks, being
terrified, having never seen such a Sight before.
Some of the Forces, being landed, inquired of
such of the Inhabitants as they could find, what
was become of the Pretender? To whom these
poor Creatures replied, That they had never heard
of such a Person. They said, indeed, they had
heard a Report, that their Laird \_Macleod] had
lately been at War with a Woman a great Way
abroad, but that he had got the better of her : and
that was all they knew of the Affairs of the World.
So the General then returned reinfecia.
The Pr. here, in Benbecula, got on Shore into
an uninhabited Hut, and helped to make a Fire to
warm the Crew, who were almost starved to Death
with Cold and Wet. The Storm continued for
fourteen Hours after they landed.
Here the Pr. bought a Cow for thirty Shillings,
and immediately shot her, and had some of her
boiled in the Pot which Donald Macleod had
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bought. After which the Pr. lay down on the
Floor, having no other Bed than an old Sail-cloth,
and slept very sound ; but the Crew were obliged
to keep a good Look-out, lest they should be sur-
prised by any Party of Men.
They staid two Nights in this Place ; so that
on the 29th in the Evening, the Weather being
favourable, they set sail about Six o' Clock for
Stornway in the Island of Lewis, in N. Lat. 58
deg. 8 min. where Donald Macleod did not doubt
but he should be able to procure a proper Vessel
to convey the Pr. safe into France. They took
some of their Beef with them, and set sail ; but,
meeting with another Storm, they were obliged to
put into the Island of Scalpay or Glass, near the
Harris, belonging to the Laird of Macleod, and is
about fourteen Leagues North of Benbecula. This
Island is about one Mile long, and half a Mile
broad.
Here they all went on Shore about two Hours
before Day-light on the 3Oth in the Morning, and
passed for Merchants shipwrecked in their Voyage
to the Orkneys ; the Pr. and Sullivan going by the
name of Sinclair ; the latter for the Father, and
former for the Son ; and were well entertained at
one Donald Campbell's House, a farmer.
The next Day, May i. Donald Macleod, so
often mentioned, procuring a Boat of his Friend
Campbell, went to Stornway with Instructions to
freight a Vessel for the Orkneys.
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On the 3rd of May, the Pr. received a Message
from Mr. Macleod, That a Ship was ready. The
next Day, therefore, the Pr. having got another
Boat with four Men, landed at Loch-Shefort ;
where Allan Macdonald took his Leave, and went
lot South-Uist.
The Pr. then having Oneille, Sullivan, and his
Guide, with him, set out on Foot for Stornway,
which is about sixteen Miles by Land, and arrived
at the Point of Arynish, about half a Mile S. E.
from Stornway, on the 5th about Noon ; having
travelled eighteen Hours on the Hills in a wet
stormy Night, without any kind of Refreshment,
and were misled by their Guide, either through
Ignorance or Design, having conducted them eight
Miles out of the Way, when they might have
avoided that Trouble by crossing the Ferry from
Scalpay to the Harris, which is about a Quarter
of a Mile over. This, though they then thought
it a Misfortune, yet proved to be the very provi-
dential Means of preventing the Pr. from being
taken ; which, had they arrjj^d there sooner,
would have been the Case, as we shall see
presently.
From this Place the Pr. sent his Guide to
Donald Macleod at Stornway, desiring he would
send some Brandy, Bread and Cheese, for they
were almost starved and famished. The faithful
Donald soon brought it himself to the Pr. and his
two Companions on the Moor, all wet to the
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Skin, and much wearied with their Journey ;
wherefore Donald took them to Lady Kilduris
[Mackenzie] at Arynish, to wait there till every
thing should be ready for setting sail. Being
wearied, the Pr. went to Sleep.
This done, Donald Macleod returned to Storn-
way ; but was greatly surprised to find the Men
there rising in Arms, above 200 having already
got up. Donald, not knowing what was the
Occasion of this Rising, went directly into the
Room where the Gentlemen were, who had taken
upon them the Rank of Officers, and asked them,
"What was the Matter?" On which they im-
mediately began to curse him, saying, "We hear
" the Pr. is upon Lewis, and not far from Storn-
' ' way, coming with 500 Men, to burn the Town
" and take away our Cattle, <5rY. and to force a
" Vessel from Stornway to carry him to France."
Donald replied, ' ' I think you are all mad. Where
" the Devil could the Pr. in his present Condition,
"get either 500 or 100 Men?" They replied,
" That Mr. John Macaulay, a Presbyterian
" Minister in South-Uist, had wrote this to his
' ' Father in the Harris ; and that the Father had
' ' sent the same to Mr. Colin Mackenzie Minister
" in the Lewis."* " Well then, (says Donald),
" since you know the Pr. is already on the Island,
* This Isle of Lewis belongs to Lord Seafortk, and is
inhabited by the Mackenzies. (Original Note).
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" I own he is ; but he is so far from having any
" Forces, that he has only two Companions, and,
" when I am there, I make a third : And let me
" tell you farther, Gentlemen, if Seaforth himself
" was here, he durst not (by G 1~.) put a Hand
" to the Pr.'s Breast."
Upon this the Mackenzie! declared, " That they
" had no Intention to do the Pr. any, even the
" least Harm ; or to meddle with him at present
" in any shape; but then desired, he might leave
" them, and go to the Continent, or any where
"else." The Wind being fair, Donald Machod
then desired a Pilot ; but they refused him one.
Donald then returned to the Pr. and gave him a
full and honest Account how Matters stood ; on
which they were all at a loss what Step to take.
Some proposed to fly to the Moor ; but the Pr.
replied, " He would not. I'll stand my Ground,
" (said he); for, if we fly, our Enemies may be
" encouraged to pursue."
Now the Reader may observe, that, had not the
Pr. been taken out^Sf the Way eight Miles by the
Guide, he would have been in the Town of Storn-
way when Mr. Macaulay's Letter to Mr. Colin
Mackenzie arrived ; and then the People would
have risen upon him, and have eith -r killed him
in their Fury, or taken him Prisoner : Both which
he thus providentially escaped.
At this Time, the Pr. Oneille, and Sullivan,
had only six Shirts amongst them, and
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were frequently obliged to strip off the
wet ones before the others were half dry.
Two of the four Boatmen had fled up to the
Moor, upon seeing the People rising at Stomway ;
and the other two went off to Sea with the Boat.
While they were at Lady Kildun's, they killed
a Cow ; for which the Pr. would have paid, but
she at first refused, till the Pr. insisted upon it.
When they left the Place, they took some of the
Cow with them, two Pecks of Meal, and Plenty
of Brandy and Sugar ; and, at parting, Lady
Kildun gave Edward Burk a large Lump of
Butter. This Man was generally Cook ; but the
Pr. was the best Cook, and made them a Cake,
or Bread, of the Brains of the Cow mixed up with
Meal, and baked it upon a Stone before the Fire.
They staid here all Night ; and, about Two
o'Clock in the Morning, being the 6th of May,
the two Boatmen returned with the Boat : And,
as soon as Day-light appeared, they got into the
Boat, and rowed away with only two Boatmen,
the other not returning from the Moor.
The Pr. and Company resolved to go, in Donald
Campbell's Boat, to the Orkneys ; but the Men
would not venture ; so they were obliged to steer
South, along the Coast-side, hoping to meet with
better Success. But they soon espied two English
Ships ; which obliged them to put into a desert
Island, called Euirn or Iffurt, being about half a
Mile long, and as much broad ; and is twelve
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Miles distant from Stornway, and lies a little
North of Scalpay or Glass.
At this Place there were some Fishermen, who,
taking the Pr.'s Boat to be a Press-boat belonging
to the Men of War, ran away, leaving their Fish,
Pots, &<:. The Fishermen of Lewis dry their
Fish here upon the Rock ; some of which the Pr.
and Company found, and was a Feast for them.
The Pr. at first, was going to put some Money,
whence he took the Fish, as Pay for them ; but
recollecting, that it would show the Fishermen,
that some Person of Note had been there, and
might thereby be attended with bad Consequences,
he thought proper to put his Money up again into
his Pocket.
They staid on this Island till the roth, lying in
a low pitiful Hut, like a Hog-sty, belonging to
the Fishermen ; so ill roofed, that they were
obliged to spread the Boat's Sail over the Top of
it, and lie upon the bare Floor ; keeping Watch
by turns.
About Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, on the
lOth of May, they embarked for the Harris,
taking about two Dozen of Fish with them, and
got to Scalpay or Glass to their hospitable Farmer's
again ; and, in that Place, offered Money to some
Men for a Boat, it. being safer and better than
that which they had ; but the Men rejected the
Offer.
No Wind serving, they thence were obliged to
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row : But, about Break of Day on the I ith, the
Wind rising, they hoisted Sail, and, wanting
Food, made Dratnmack (in Erse Stappack) with
salt Water mixed with Meal ; of which the Pr.
ate heartily. The Pr. then called for a Bottle of
Brandy, and gave a Dram to each Person.
Soon after this they were chased by an English
Ship commanded by Capt. Ferguson, but made
their Escape among the Rocks at the Point of
Roudil, in the Harris, in Ma-dead's Country. The
Ship followed them three Leagues. They then
kept close on Shore, and sailed to Lochmaddy to
the South of Uist; thence to Lochniskiway in
Benbecula ; and thence to an Island in that Loch
called Loch-Escaby, where they arrived about
Four in the Afternoon.
In this Voyage they were within two Musket-
shot of the Ship before they saw her at Finslay in
the Harris : They were to the Windward, and
the Ship was in the Mouth of the Bay ; so they
made all the Haste they could to the Coast of
Benbecula.
In this Course they saw another Ship in Loch-
maddy in North-Uist. They had scarce got on
Shore when the Wind very remarkably turned
quite contrary, and blew and rained very hard,
and drove the Ships that were pursuing quite off.
At this the Pr. said, "I see Providence will 'not
" let me be taken alive this Time. "
It being low Water, one of the Boatment went
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among the Rocks, and catched a Parian*, which
he held up to show to the Pr. in great Joy. The
Pr. then took up a Cog t in his hand, and,
running to the boatman, desired to partake of his
Diversion, and they soon filled the Cog.
There was no House, Cottage or Hut nearer
than two Miles, and that only a poor Hut ;
whither they resolved to go.
When they set out, the Pr. took up the Cog
full of Partans, and marched away with it : But
the faithful Donald Macleod soon ran after him,
and desired Leave to carry it ; but the Pr. would
not let him, saying, " If I carry this, Donald,
" then every one of the Company will take more
" or less of our small Baggage, and so it will be
" more equally divided amongst us ; therefore I'll
" not part with this." And accordingly he
carried it.
When they came to the Hut, it was so low
that they were obliged to creep into it upon their
Hands and Knees : Wherefore Edward Burk was
ordered to dig Part of the Ground away to make
it easier to get into it.
At this Hut the Laird of Clanranald went to
pay his Respects to the Pr. and promised him all
the Assistance he could give him to get him safe
out of the Kingdom : Towards which his Lady
afterwards assisted ; for she sent the Pr. six good
Shirts, some Brandy and Wine, and every Thing
* A Crab-fish. t A Wooden Pail.
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else that was necessary and comfortable ; as we
shall see in the Sequel.
On the 1 6th, it was thought proper that the Pr.
should remove from this nasty Hut, and go six-
teen Miles farther into the Country, as far as the
Mountain of Curradale or Coradale, in Souih-
Uist, and there wait till Fortune would be more
favourable ; having first sent Donald Macleod,
in Campbelfs Boat, to the Continent of Scotland,
with Letters to Lochiel, and John Murray the
Secretary, to know how Affairs stood ; and Donald
was to carry Cash and Brandy back with him to
the Pr.
Donald met Lochiel and Murray at the Head
of Loch-Arkaig ; but got no Money from Murray,
who said, "He had none to give, having only
sixty Louis-d'ors for himself."
Donald, having received his Letters from
Lochiel and Murray for the Pr. purchased two
Ankers of Brandy, at one Guinea each, with
much Difficulty. " At this Time (says Donald}
the Pr. looked upon Murray to have been one of
"his honest firm Friends: But, alas! how he
" was mistaken !"
Dcmald immediately returned, and found the
Pr. at Coradale where he left him, having
been eighteen Days upon this Expedition ; but
found him in a better Hut, and having two Cow-
hides placed upon four Sticks, to prevent the
Rain from falling upon him when asleep. During
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Macleod's Absence, the Pr. diverted and suppor-
ted himself and Company with Hunting,
Shooting and Fishing ; for he used often to go
down to the Foot of the Hill upon the 'Shore,
and there go on board a small Boat, which was
rowed a little Way, and then with Hand- lines
catched Lyths, somewhat like a young Cod.
The Pr. also used to shoot Deer and other Game.
It is surprising to think that the Pr. could be
kept safe above three Weeks in such a Place,
when upwards of an hundred People knew where
he was, and his Enemies were daily out upon the
Scout on all Sides. Both Clanranald and his
Brother Boisdale saw the Pr. at Coradale.
The Militia about this Time went to the Island
of Eriska, lying between the Islands of Barra and
South- Uist, which is about three Miles long and
one broad, and is the very first British Ground
the Pr. landed at. The Militia, I say, being got
thither, obliged the Pr. and Company to think of
parting, and shifting their Quarters.
On the 1 4th of June, the Pr. Oneille, Sullivan,
Edward Burk, and his Pilot Donald Macleod,
sailed from the Foot of Coradale in Campbell 1 *
Boat, and landed in Ouia or Fovaya, an Island
lying between South-Uist and Benbecula.
Here they staid four Nights ; and, on the i8th,
the Pr. Omille, and a Guide, went to Rossinish,
and Sullivan and Madeod were left in Ouia.
Here the Pr. staid two Nights ; and then received
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Information, that the Militia were coming towards
Benbecula. On this he found it necessary to get
back again to the Foot of Coradale ; but he scarce
knew what to do, as the Militia-boats had been
some Time between Ouia and Rossinish. Donald
Madeod and Sullivan, hearing of this, set sail in
the Night, and brought the Pr. from Rossinish
to Coradale again : But, meeting with a violent
Storm and heavy Rain, they were forced into
Uishness Point, two Miles and a half North of
Coradale, called Achkirside-allich, a Rock upon
the Shore ; in a Cleft of which they took up their
Quarters. This Storm lasted a whole Day.
At night, finding their Enemies within two
Miles of them, they sailed again, and arrived
safely at Celiestiella ; from whence they steered
towards Loch-Boisdale ; when one on board swore
there was a Long boat before them in their Way,
and no doubt full of Marines ; so would go no
farther; although Donald Maclcod was positive
of the contrary, assuring them, that it was nothing
but a little Rock in the Water, which he knew
very well, and which had the Appearance of a
Boat at a Distance. But yet the Sailors would
not believe him. So they returned back again to
Celiestiella, and staid there that Night ; and
next Day got to Loch-Boisdale ; where they got
the disagreeable News of Boudale^s being made a
Prisoner, &c. When they first set out from Cora-
dak for Loch-Boisdale, they espied three Sail
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within Cannon-shot of the Shore, by Break of
Day ; and therefore were obliged to return back
again to Celiestiella, in South-Uist,
One Day, as the Pr. was sailing up and down
Loch Boisdale, Donald Macleod asked the Pr.
" If he once got the C n, what would he
" do with Sir Alexander Macdonald and the Laird
"of Macleod?" "Oh Donald! (said the Pr.)
"are they not our own People still, let them do
" whatever they will ? It is not to be imputed as
" their Fault what they have done ; but it is
' ' altogether owing to the Power President Forbes
' ' has over their Judgments in these Matters.
" Besides, (continues he), if ever the K was
" r d, we should be as sure of them for
' ' Friends as any other whomsoever, they being for
" those in Power. I blame indeed (says the Pr.)
"young Madeod much more than his Father;
' ' for he was introduced to me in France, and
" solemnly promised me all the Service in his
" Power; but, when put to the Trial, did not
" perform the least Tittle of it."
While they were here, Donald Macleod espied
two Sail, which he took for French Ships, but,
they proved to be English Men of War ; which
however gave them no trouble.
Here the Pr. rested some Days, and found him-
self in a most dreadful Situation ; for he had got
Intelligence, that Captain Caroline Scot had
landed at Kilbride, within less than two Miles of
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him. This obliged the Pr. to part from his con-
stant Attendants, Stillivan, his faithful Pilot
Donald Macleod, and his Guide Edward Burk,
and all the Boat's Crew ; keeping only Oneillt :
And two Shirts was all their Baggage.
When he parted with Donald Macleod, it was
with a full Resolution to meet again at a certain
Place, but by different Roads. Donald then went
South about ; but all the Men left him, except
one : Upon which he was obliged to sink the Boat,
and shift as well as he could for himself.
The others, after parting with the Pr. staid in
the Field two Nights, having only the Sails of the
Boat for a Cover. On the third Night, they went
farther into the Loch, and rested thereabouts for
other two Nights ; when they got Sight of some of
the Red-coats ; which then forced them to the
North-side of the Loch.
On the 5th tfjuly, Donald Macleod was taken
Prisoner by Allan Madonald of Knock in Sleat, in
the Isle of Sky, a Lieutenant ; who, at the same
Time, took Mr. Macdonald of the Family of
Glenaladale, and Mr. Forrest a Romish Priest.
They were carried from Place to Place, and at
last to Applecross Bay, opposite to the Isle of Sky ;
and there put on board the Furnace, Capt.
Ferguson. Donald Macleod was immediately car-
ried into the Cabbin, to Gen. Campbell; who ex-
amined him very circumstantially.
The General asked him, " If he had been along
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"with the young Pretender?" "Yes, (said
"Donald), I winna deny it." "Do you know
" (said the General) what Money was upon that
" Gentleman's Head? No less than 3O,ooo/.
' ' Sterling which would have made you and your
" Family happy for ever." "What then? (replied
" Donald), what though I had gotten it? I could
" not have enjoyed it for two Days ; Conscience
" would have gotten the better of me : And
" although I could have gotten all England and
" Scotland for my Pains, I would not have allowed
" a Hair of his Body to be touched, if I could
"hinder it; since he threw himself under my
"Care." The General said, "He could not
" much blame him ; " or Words to that Effect.
Donald was conveyed on Ship-board to Tilbury
Fort, and thence removed to London ; and at
last was discharged out of a Messenger's Hands
(where he had been a little Time) on the loth
of June 1747 > which he said he would ever after
celebrate as the Day of his Deliverance.
Edward Burk, after parting from the Pr. went
over North-Strand to North-Uist, his native
Country ; where he skulked in a Hill called Eval,
for near seven Weeks ; twenty Days of which he
had not any Meat, except Dilse and Lampocks*.
About this Time a Paper had been read in all the
Kirks, strictly forbidding all Persons to give so
A Kind of Shell-fish.
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much as a Mouthful of Meat to any Rebel, upon
Penalty of making them suffer very severely.
Thus the Place appointed to preach the Doctrine
of Christ, was prostituted to prevent any Person
from feeding the Hungry, orclothing the Naked, &*c.
After various Distresses, occasioned chiefly by
this Order, he at last was obliged to hide himself
in a Cave, in North- Uist ; where he was fed by a
Shoemaker's Wife in the Night ; and, after various
Troubles, is now safe, and carries a Chair at
Edinburgh ; not being excepted in the general Act
of Grace.
Donald Madeod says, " That the Pr. never
" slept above three or four Hours at a time ; and
" in the Morning called for a Chopin fa Quart] of
" Water, which he drank off at once ; first instill-
" ing a few Drops out of a little Bottle ; which
" indeed he did, into every thing that he drank."
Thus far, Reader, this Account is taken from the
Journals and from the Mouths of both Donald
Macleod and Edward Burk in Scotland ; which,
after it was wrote down, was read to them, and
acknowledged to be true and just.
The Pr. having only Oneille with him, now re-
tired to the Mountains ; where he lay that Night,
being June 1 8th; and next Day he received In-
formation, that Gen. Campbell was at Btrnera, an
Island about two Miles long and one broad, lying
between North-Uist and the Harris, and belongs
to the Macleods,
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The Pr. had now military Forces on both the
Land Sides of him, and the Sea on the others,
without any Kind of Vessel to venture to Sea in
securely.
In this Perplexity, Capt. Onellle thought proper
to apply to a young Lady called Flora Macdonald;
who was gone to her Brother's at Milton, in South-
Uist, from the Isle of Sky, to make him a Visit.
Here Oneille, having some little Acquaintance with
this young Lady, proposed to her to assist the Pr.
to escape from thence.
Miss Flora Macdonald is daughter of Mac -
donald of Milton, in the Island of Uist, descended
from Clanranald's Family. Her Father died
when she was but one Year old, and left one Son
and her. Her Mother married again to one Hugh
Macdonald of Armadale, in the Isle of Sky ; and
has by him two Sons, and two Daughters. This
Gentleman is esteemed the strongest Man of the
Name of Macdonald.
Miss Flora is about twenty four Years of Age,
of a nrddle Stature, well shaped, a very pretty
agreeable Person, of great Sprightliness in her
Looks ; and abounds with good Sense, Modesty,
Good-nature and Humanity.
Oneille desired this Lady to go along with him
to the Pr. and to concert with him, what would
be the best to be done. She objected very much
at first, for Reasons which she offered. But Oneille
convincing her, that the Pr. 's Situation would not
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admit, either of his going to her, or of any long
Delay ; she then at last complied : And taking
her faithful Servant Neil Mackechan, originally
Maclean, with her, she accompanied the Captain
to the Pr. where everything necessary was con-
certed, and Miss promised to use her utmost to put
the Scheme in execution, provided another Method
failed, which she then contrived for them : And
then she returned to Milton again. Oneille
promised to get about what she had proposed im-
mediately, and to let Miss Macdonald know the
Answer. Oneille tried ; but could not bring the
other Scheme to bear : So he then went to Milton,
to acquaint Miss Macdonald therewith ; who
ordered him to return back to the Pr. with a
Message.
Pursuant to the Plan laid down, Miss Flora set
forwards on Saturday, June 21. for Clanranald 's
House, to get Things necessary for the Pr.'s Dis-
guise, c,
to that Time ; as also what she was then about,
and what she intended to say upon Examination.
She had not gone far, after parting from her
Father-in-law, before she was taken Prisoner by
an Officer and a Party of Soldiers, who were going
to her Mother's to search for her. They carried
her immediately on board a Ship, without suffering
her either to go and get her Cloaths and Linen, or
to take leave of her Friends.
She was carried on board the Furnace, Capt.
Ferguson ; which put her under terrible Appre-
hensions, on account of that Captain's reputed In-
humanity and Cruelty, which was spread through
the whole Country. But, very lucky for her, Gen.
Campbell was on board ; who gave strict Orders,
that Miss should be used with the utmost Civilly
and Respect ; that she should have a Maid-ser-
vant ; and that they two should have one of the
Lieutenants Cabbins to themselves, forbidding
every Person to go into it without her Leave or
Consent. This Favour I have heard Miss Flora
acknowledge many times.
About three Weeks after she was thus a
Prisoner, the Ship being very near her Mother's,
Gen. Campbell permitted her to go on Shore to
take leave of her Friends, but yet in Custody of
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two Officers and a Party of Soldiers ; however she
was not to speak anything in Erse, nor any thing
xcept what the Officers heard. So she staid
bout two Hours, and then returned again to the Ship.
When she went from home, and was taken
risoner, she, upon her Examination, told, "That
"she had seen a great lusty Woman, who came to
"the Water-side as she [Miss Flord\ was going
"into the Boat ; and told her, that she [the sup
"posed lusty Woman] was a Soldier's Wife, and
''was left on the Island without Friends, Meat or
" Money, and desired that she [Miss Flora] would
" give her a Place in the Boat, that she might get
' ' to the Continent of Scotland to her Husband ;
"and that she [Miss Macdonald\ granted the
" Request : And that, when they landed in Sky,
" she [Miss Flora] went directly to Sir Alexander
" Macdonald's ; and the lusty Woman went on
" her own Way, thanking her [Miss Flora] for the
" Favour." This Story Miss at first told : But,
when she got to Gen, Campbell, she found the
Boatmen who had conveyed her to Sky, were
taken, and had told all they knew of the Matter ;
therefore she acknowledged and told the whole
Truth.
Mirs Macdonald was removed on board Commo-
dore (now Admiral) SiitA's Ship ; where she
was exceeding well treated, and he was very kind
to her : For which, when she was in London, she
sat for her Picture at his Request. ,
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The Ship on which she was aboard was some
time in Leith Road : And, from that Time being
conveyed from Place to Place, she was at last, on
November 28. 1746, put on board the Royal Sove-
reign, lying at the Nore; whence, on the 6th of
December following, she was removed to London,
in Custody of Mr. William Dick a Messenger,
having been five Months on Ship-board. In this
Messenger's Custody she remained till July 1747 >
when she was discharged, without being asked
any Questions, and returned to Edinburgh
This delation is taken from the Remainder of
Oneille'j Journal, and from the Mouths of Kings-
borough, his Lady, and Miss Flora Macdonald.
Having concluded the History of Kingsborough
and Miss Macdonald, I must now return to the
Pr. again.
Kingsborough having sent to the Laird of Rasay,
to desire his Assistance, Capt. Malcolm Macleod,
(who had been an Officer under the Pr. and was
at the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden), and
Murdoch Macleod, third Son of Rasay, (who was
also at the Battle of Culloden, and was there
wounded in the Shoulder by a Musket-shot), met
the Pr. at Portree in the Isle of Sky, where Miss
Macdonald\& him. This was on Monday Night,
June 30. when it was very dark ; having come in
a small Boat that would only contain six or seven
Men.
They staid but a little Time after their Arrival ;
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and then they attended the Pr. to the small Boat,
wherein John Madeod the young Laird of Rasay
was waiting, being desirous of seeing what sort of
Man the Pr. was. They set out immediately ;
there being in the Boat only the Pr. Capt. Malcolm
Madeod his Guide, the young Laird of Rasay, and
his Brother Murdoch, the two Boatmen, viz. John
Mackenzie and Donald Macfrier, who had both
been out in the Pr.'s Service ; the one a Serjeant,
and the other a private Man. Early in the Morn-
ing on July I. they arrived safe at Glam in Rasay,
being six Miles.* They staid here two Days and
a half, in a mean low Hut ; and young Rasay
brought the Pr. a Lamb and a Kid in the Corner
of his Plaid. They were obliged to lie on the
bare Ground, having only a little Heath for a
Pillow.
There was a Man went into this Island to sell a
Roll of Tobacco: But, after he had sold the
Tobacco, he continued strolling up and down the
Island, in an idle Way, for twelve or fourteen
Days, without having any apparent Business ;
which made the People of the Island suspect he
was a Spy.
When the Pr. and Malcolm were in the Hut,
the Captain saw this very Man approaching to-
wards them. On which Malcolm was determined
to shoot him through the Head, to prevent his
* But I must advertise the Reader, that all the Miles I
have, or may mention in this Account, are Scots Miles.
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going to tell Tales. " No, Malcolm, (says the
" Pr. taking hold of him), God forbid that any
" innocent Man should suffer by us. If we can
" but keep ourselves safe, let us not take that
" from any Person, which we can't restore to him
"again;" and would not allow the Captain to
stir. Malcolm had the more Reason to suspect
this Man to be a Spy, because this Hut was not
near any Road. But however, luckily for the
Man, he passed by without ever offering to look
into it ; which, if he had attempted, Malcolm was
determined to have shot him, in order to preserve
themselves.
On July 3. the Pr. proposed going to Troternish
in Sky, although it blew very hard, and had no
other than the small Boat above mentioned ; and
accordingly set forward about Seven o'clock in
the Evening, having the same Company to attend
him.
They had not gone far before the Wind blew
harder ; and the Crew begged to return back
again. But the Pr. encouraged them ; and told
them, " That as Providence had carried him
" through so many Dangers, he did not doubt of
" the same Care as before : " And then sang them
a merry Highland Song. The Waves washed
very frenquently into the Boat, and Malcolm was
sufficiently employed in laving the Water out
again.
About Eleven o'Clock at Night they landed at
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a Place in the Island of Sky, called Nicholson's
Great Rock, near Scorobreck in Troternish, being
about ten Miles from Glam in Rasay. When
they got to the Rock, it was bad Landing ; and
the Pr. was the third Man who jumped into the
Water, and helped to hale the Boat up to dry
Ground.
The Pr. had on a great Riding-coat ; which
being wet through, and the Rock they were going
up being very steep, Malcolm desired the Pr. to
let him carry it : But he would by no means con-
sent ; alledging, " he was as able to carry it as
"the Captain." They travelled thus to a Byre*
belonging to one Mr. Nicholson, about two Miles
from Scorobreck,
Here the Pr. and Company took up their
Quarters ; and Malcolm would have had the Pr.
to put on a drier Shirt, and take some Sleep.
He would not change his Shirt ; but Sleep at la c t
seized him as he sat. He often started in his
Sleep ; and, sighing deep, would say, "Ah ! poor
"England! poor England! "
The Pr. after some little Time awakened ; and,
rinding Malcolm upon the Watch, earnestly de-
sired him to take some Rest ; who at that Time
would not : But, the Pr. renewing his Request
again, the Captain thought, perhaps he might
want to say something to the rest of the Company
*A Cow-house.
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in private ; and therefore the Captain went out
for a little Time.
The two Brothers and the Boatmen here left the
Pr. and returned ; the Pr. promising to meet the
younger at Camtnistinnawagg, another Place ir.
the same Island.
The Pr. and Malcolm staid here eight Hours in
all, without any kind of Refreshment, not even so
much as a Fire to dry their Cloaths with.
On the 4th, about Seven o'clock in the Morn-
ing, they left the Byre ; the Captain passing for
the Master, and the Pr. for the Man, who always
carried the little Baggage, whenever they saw any
Person, or came near any Village : And at those
Times, whenever he spoke to the Captain, or the
Captain to him, he always pulled off his Bonnet.
They marched through the worst Ways in
Europe, going over Hills, wild Moors and Glens,
without halting, till they arrived at Ellagol, or
rather Ellighuill, near to Killmaree or Kilvory
in Strath ; and near to a Place in some Maps
called Ord, in the Laird of Mackinnon's Country,
and not far from where that Laird lived ; having
walked twenty four Miles at least.
In their Travelling, the Brandy Bottle was near
out, having only one Dram in it ; which the Pr.
would force Malcolm to drink, declaring, " He
" wanted none himself;" which Malcolm then took,
and afterwards hid the Bottle, which he has found
since. In their Road, the Pr. said, "Suppose,
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' ' Malcolm, we two should meet any body, who
" should attempt to kill or take us, what shall we
"do?" "That depends upon their Numbers,
' ' (replied Malcolm) : For if there be no more than
" four of them, I'll engage to manage two."
" And I'll engage to manage the other two,'
(said the Pr.)
The Pr. observing to Malcolm, that his own
[the Pr.'s] Waistcoat was rather too good for a
Servant, being a Scarlet Tartan, with a Gold-
twist Button, proposed to change with him ; which
was accordingly done.
As they were approaching near Strath, Mackin-
non's Country, the Captain suggested to the Pr.
that now he was coming to a Country where he
would be known, and therefore might be discovered
in every Corner of it, as MacKinnon's Men had
been out in his Service ; and that therefore he
must be more disguised. To do which, the Pr.
put on a dirty Napkin, and his Bonnet over it ;
putting his Wig into his Pocket. " But nothing
" (says Malcolm) could disguise his majestic
" Mien and Carriage. "
They no sooner were arrived in Strath, than
they met two of MacKinnon's Men who had been
out with them in the Expedition. They stared at
the Pr. and soon knew him ; and, with lifted-up
Hands, they burst into Tears on seeing him in
such Distress. The Captain desired they would
take care what they did, and compose themselves ;
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for otherwise they would discover who the Pr. was
by their Concern : Which they complied with as
well as they could. And then Malcolm swearing
them to Secrecy, dismissed them ; and they proved
faithful.
Being come near the Place they proposed going
to, Malcolm told the Pr. that he had a Sister mar-
ried to one John Mackinnon, a Captain in the Pr.'s
Army : And then he advised the Pr. to sit down
at a little Distance from the House, whilst he [the
Captain] went into the House, and should inquire
of his Sister, or her Husband, whether any of
their Enemies were in that Neighbourhood in quest
of him ? and likewise to know, whether he [Mal-
colm] could be safe there with her ; telling the Pr.
he was still to pass as his Servant Lewis Caw.
Malcolm went, and found his Sister at home ;
but her Husband was out . And, after the usual
Compliments at meeting, he told her, " That he
" was come to stay some little Time there, pro-
' ' vided there was no Party of the military People
" about them, and that he could be safe." She
gave a suitable Answer ; and then he told her,
" He had no Person along with him, except one
" Lewis Caw, Son of Mr. Caw Surgeon in Crief,
' ' who had been out in the late Affair, and conse-
" quently in the same Situation with himself; and
" that he was to pass as Malcolm's Servant." She
very readily agreed to take him, and Lewis Caw,
as the Pr. was called, into the House.
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When Lewis entered the House with the Bag-
gage on his Back, and the Napkin on his Head,
he took off his Bonnet, made a low Bow, and sat
at a Distance from his Master. But the Captain's
Sister could not help looking at Lewis, observing
something very uncommon about him.
The Captain desired his Sister to give them
some Provisions ; for he was almost famished with
Hunger. The Provisions were soon set out. And
then the Captain called to poor sick Lewis, to draw
near, and eat with him, as there was no Company
in the House. Lewis seemed very backward,
alledging he knew better Manners. But, his
Master ordering him again, he obeyed, and drew
nearer ; but still kept off his Bonnet.
After having got some Refreshment, the Cap-
tain desired the Maid-servant to wash his Feet ;
which being done, he desired her then to wash his
Man's. But she replied, "That tho' she had
" washed his [the Captain's], yet she would not
" wash that lubberly Lown his Servant's." But
the Captain told her, " His Servant was not well,
" and therefore he asked her to do it." She then
undertook it ; but rubbed his Feet so hard, that
she hurt him very much. On which the Pr. spoke
to the Captain in English, to desire her not to rub
so hard, nor go so far up with her Hand, he hav-
ing only a Philibeg on.
After this Refreshment, both the Pr. and the
Captain went to sleep. During which Time, the
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Captain's Sister went to the top of a Hill, to keep
watch, lest they should be surprised.
The Pr. did not sleep above two Hours ; though
the Captain, being weary, slept much longer. But
when he awaked, he saw the Pr. dandling a Child,
and singing to it, and seemed as alert as if he had
been in Bed all Night. " Who knows (says the
" Pr.) but this Boy may hereafter be a Captain in
" my Service?"
The Captain being thoroughly awake, arid hear-
ing his Brother-in-Law was coming, went out to
meet him. After usual Ceremonies, Malcolm
asked him, " If he saw those Ships of War (point-
ing to them) that were at a distance hovering about
the Coast?" "Yes, said Mr. Mackinnon,"
" What, says Malcolm, if the Pr. be on board one
" of them?" "God forbid, (replied Mackinnon). "
" " What, said Malcolm, if he was here, John ?
" do you think he would be safe enough ?" " I
" wish we had him here, (replied John} ; for he
' ' would be safe enough, and nothing would hurt
" him here."" Well then, (replied Makolni), he
" is now in your House : But, when you go in,
" you must not take any notice of him, lest the
" Servants or others observe you; for he passes
" for one Lewis Caw my Servant." John pro-
mised very fair : But he no sooner saw the Pr. in
that Condition, than he burst out into a Flood of
Tears ; which Malcolm observing, obliged John
to retire immediately.
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When the Pr. and Malcolm were alone, the
Captain desired he would tell him the Perils he
had already escaped. Which being told, Malcolm
seemed amazed. Upon which the Pr. replied,
' ' This is nothing to what I am to undergo : But
" Providence will guard me through the whole, as
" well as it has hitherto done. What I have un-
" dergone, is a Lesson I wish every Pr. underwent
' ' before he came to govern ; for it would then
" give him an Insight into the distressed Situation
" of his Subjects; and be thereby a Means to
' ' make him cautious, not wontonly to throw away
"their Riches."
After much more of this sort of Conversation,
they began to consult how the Pr. was to get to
the Continent of Scotland; and both agreed not
to let the Laird of Mackinnon know of their being
there, on account of his being so old. They then
called in John Mackinnon, and desired him to go
and hire a Boat, as if for Malcolm only ;
and made John promise not to communicate
any thing of what he had heard or seen about
them to the Laird, if he and John should chance
to meet.
John having his Instructions, set forwards ; but,
soon meeting with his old Chieftain, he could not
refrain letting him into the Secret.
The good old Man hearing John's Relation,
ordered him to give himself no Trouble about
the Boat ; for that he [the Laird] would
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provide a good one, and would soon be with
thePr.
John returned, and told the Pr. what had hap-
pened, and that the Laird would soon be with
him. Malcolm then said to the Pr. " As the
" Case now stands, it will be best to leave all the
"Management to the old Gentleman ; who will
"be firm to his Trust." The Pr. notwithstanding
this, was uneasy at the Thought of parting with
his faithful Captain. But Malcolm represented to
the Pr. that, as he [the Captain] had been some time
absent, the military People might pursue him
upon Suspicion ; and, if so, he might be the
Cause of the Pr.'s being taken also. " But, if I
"return, and should be taken Prisoner, (said
"Malcolm], which may very likely be the Case,
"it will yet enable me to prevent so quick a
" Pursuit after you ; because, as I am alone, I
" can tell my own Tale without being confronted,
"and can send them upon a wrong Scent. For
" myself (continued Malcolm) I care not ; but for
' ' you I am much afraid. And, as I can do you
" more Service by leaving, than staying with you,
" I desire you'll follow the Laird of Mackinnon's
" Directions." The Pr. at last consented ; and
just at that Time the old Gentleman got to them,
and told them he had got the Boat ready.
Upon which they set out for it directly ; being
accompanied thither by John Mackinnon also ;
who even went with his Laird to the
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Continent of Scotland, and saw the Pr. safe landed
there.
As they were on their Way towards the Boat,
the Captain espied two Men of War coming to-
wards them with full Sail before the Wind : And
thereupon "he intreated thePr. not to attempt to
" go on board at that Time, but to wait till the Men
"of War had steered another Course; for just now
"[continues Malcolm\ the Wind is fair for them,
" but against you." " Never fear, replied the Pr.
" I have not had so many Escapes to be catched
"here; I'll go on board ; and you'll find the
" Wind will change immediately, and make those
" very Ships steer a contrary Course. Providence
' ' will yet take care of me ; and it will not be in
' ' the Power of those Ships to come near me at
"this Juncture."
By this time they were got to the Sea-side. And
the Pr. being about to step into the Boat, being
Eight o'clock at Night, turned suddenly to
Malcolm, and said, " Don't you remember I
" promised to meet Murdoch Macleod at such a
"Place, naming it?" "No matter, [said the
Captain] ; I'll make your Apology : For, as
"Necessity drives you another Road, he'll
"excuse you." "That's not enough, (replied
" the Pr.) Have you Pen, Ink and Paper
' ' about you, Malcolm ? I'll write him a Line
"or two; I'm obliged in good Manners to do
" so. " Accordingly he wrote the following Words.
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Sir,
T Thank God, 1 am in good Health, and have got
off as designed. Remember me to all Friends,
and thank them for the Trouble they have been at.
I am, Sir,
Your humble Servant,
JAMES THOMPSON.
The Pr. then gave this Letter into the Captain's
own Hand, and desired him to deliver it, though
open ; for he had neither Wax nor Wafer with
him.
The Pr. then desired Malcolm to light his Pipe.
Accordingly the Captain fired a Piece of Tow
with his Gun, and held it to the Pipe.
At parting, the Pr. presented Malcolm with a
Silver Stock-buckle ; embraced and saluted him
twice ; and, thanking him for what he had done,
put ten Guineas into his Hand ; which the Cap-
tain refused ; but the Pr. forced him to take them.
Here also, the Pr. having got a better Pipe, had
no farther Occasion for the short one, which was
black with Use, and which was called the Cutty.
This Malcolm took, and some time after gave it
to a Friend of his in England.
Having taken leave of Malcolm, the Pr. the old
Laird oiMackinnon, yohn Mackinnon, (Malcolm's
Brother-in-law), and the Boatmen, all went on
board in the Evening of Friday the 4th Day of
July.
What the Pr. had said to Malcolm about the
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Wind soon changing fair, and being spoken with
such Confidence, made so great an Impression
upon Malcolm, that he was determined to sit
down upon a Hill-side, and see the Event. He
waited, and does declare, " That the Pr.'s Crew
' ' had not rowed half a Mile, and that towards the
"Men of War too, before the Wind chopped
" about ; and not only blew fair for the Pr. but
" blew so brisk a Gale, that it soon drove the
' ' Men of War out of Sight. " The Truth of this,
1 oth Capt. Malcolm, and those in the Boat, will
attest upon Oath, if required.
I must observe here, that it is no difficult
Matter, in many Cases, to foretel a speedy
Change of the Wind j for almost any Sailor can
do that : But what is the most providential for the
Pr. is, that it should be about to change at the
very identical Time he was going on board.
As the Captain had seen the Pr. in the Height
of Prosperity, and in the greatest Adversity, a
worthy Clergyman of my Acquaintance asked him
his opinion of that young Gentleman. His Answer
was, That " the Pr. was the most cautious Man
" he ever saw, not to be a Coward ; and the
"bravest, not to be rash."
Capt. Malcolm returned home again ; but was
not many Days there, before he was taken
Prisoner. He was detained on board a Ship, con-
veyed into the Thames, and, on the 1st of
November 1746, was removed to London, and
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there kept in the Hands of Mr. William Dick a
Messenger, till jfuly 1747 ; and then was dis-
charged without being asked any Questions. He
had cleared himself of taking Arms in behalf of
the Pr. by surrendering with his Men, according
to the Duke of Cumberland's Proclamation. He
and Miss Macdonald returned to Scotland together.
All this Account was given by Capt. Malcolm
Macleod himself ; and was wrote down as he
dictated.
I observed, that the Pr. left the Island for the
Continent of Scotland the 4th of July, under the
Care of the old Laird of Mackinnon. The Night
proved tempestuous, and the Coast was very
dangerous. They also met a Boat, in which were
some armed Militia, with whom they spoke ; and,
as the Militia did not much exceed their own
Number, the Pr. and Crew were resolved to make
all the Head they could, and to fight in case they
had been attacked. But, in spite of all these
Dangers, they landed safe in Moidart, being about
thirty Miles from the Place they set out from ;
and went again to Mr. Angus Macdonald 's
House at Borodale, changed his Dress, and sent
for Macdonald of Glenaladale, of Clanranald's
Family.
Many of those who read this Account, will
scarce think it possible that the Pr. could have es-
caped being drowned in so many Storms, when in
the open Seas, in such small Vessels ; the largest
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of which was heavy laden with thirteen Men ; and
some of them would scarce hold six People.*
After having landed the Pr. the Laird of Mac-
kinnon took his leave, and set forwards in the
same Boat on his Return home ; but was taken
Prisoner in Morar, in his Passage back, (so close
was the Pr. pursued) ; and was conveyed into the
Thames by Sea ; and there, partly on board, and
partly at Tilbury Fort, was kept a close Prisoner,
until he was removed to the new Goal in South-
wark, where he was put into Irons ; and, in 1 747,
was removed into the Hands of a Messenger.
Glenaladale, as I observed, being sent for,
came ; and then informed the Pr. about Lochiel,
Keppoch, and others ; and that the loss at Culloden,
and after the Battle, was not near so great as
Sullivan and Oneille had told him.
The Pr. then proposed to go to Lochaber, where
he believed his beloved Lochiel was. But, as all
the Passes were so closely guarded, it was deemed
at that time impracticable. For one Line was
formed from Inverness to Fort- Augustus, and from
thence to Fort- William, to prevent either the Pr.
or any other from escaping ; and another Line was
formed from the Head of Locharkaig, to prevent
* Something like this appears in the Octavo Edition of
Anson's Voyage,/. 375. " The Cutter of a sixty Gun Ship
" (being only an open Boat of about twenty two Feet in
" Length) was six Weeks on the Ocean, exposed to Storms
" and Tempests, and yet weathered it the whole Time."
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any passing into or out of Lochaber. The Pr.
continued some Days in that Country, being in
Glen-Biasdale, about ten Miles from Moidart ; and
staid, till he heard of the Arrival of Gen. Campbell
with 400 Men on one Side of him, and Capt.
Caroline Scot with 500 more on the other. They
having received Intelligence whereabouts the Pr.
was, were forming a Circle round him ; and were
not two Miles distant from him.
The Pr. then having an Account of this, was
advised to go to the Braes of Glenmoriston ; and
there, and in Lovat's Country, to continue until
the Passes should be opened. In this Situation
he sent for Mr. Donald Cameron of Glenpane, to
be their Guide to the Braes of Locharkaig. He
came ; and, in the Night, conducted the Pr. very
safe through the Guards who were in the Pass ;
and went so close to their Tents, as to hear every
Word that was said, being obliged to creep upon
their Hands and Knees. At the same Time, there
went with the Pr. Glenaladale, his Brother, and two
young Boys, Sons of Angus Macdonaldoi Boradale.
After this, the Pr. continued his Journey for
Glenmoriston^^ Country. As they were travelling
one Day, and having only Glenaladale with him,
the latter lost his Purse, with forty Guineas in it,
in going about three Miles. He lamented this
Misfortune the more, because it was all the Money
they had ; the Pr. having none left. This Gentle-
man proposed to go back, and seek for it, saying,
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" He was certain he could go the very same Road,
" and should find it." The Pr. opposed it, and
desired he would not go back. But all in vain ;
for he was resolute, and accordingly went back ;
desiring the Pr. to wait, and rest himself behind
the Hill adjoining, till he should return.
The Gentleman being gone, the Pr. was at his
Post, meditating upon the Goodness of Providence
in preserving him hitherto, though often in the
midst of the greatest Dangers ; when, at a Dis-
tance, he spied a Party of Soldiers advancing.
Upon which, he hid himself as well as he could ;
but yet in such a manner as to see the Soldiers ;
who went by not far from him, and then went the
very Rout where the Pr. and the other Gentleman
would have gone, had not the Purse been lost, or
had it not been their whole Stock ; and then they
both rftust have been taken or killed. Thus, what
they were regretting as their very great Misfortune,
was the Means of their Preservation*. The Pr.
* Something like this we find in the Voyage above men-
tioned,/. 412. "Thus were we forced upon [Tim'an] the
" most desirable and salutary Measures by Accidents which
" at first we considered as the greatest of Misfortunes : For )
" had we not been driven by contrary Winds and Currents
" to the Northward of our Course, (a Circumstance which
" at that time gave us the most terrible Apprehensions), we
" should, in all Probability, never have arrived at this de-
" lightful Island ; and consequently we should have missed
" of that Place where alone all our Wants could be most
" amply supplied."
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watched the Soldiers as far as he could : And then
soon after his Friend returned with the Purse ; to
whom the Pr. communicated what he had seen ;
and both of them "joined in returning God Thanks
" for his Care of them ; " and then proceeded on
their Way ; but not as they had at first proposed.
They got into Glenmoriston very safe ; but were
almost famished with Hunger, when the Pr. saw a
little Hut at a Distance, and some Smoke going
out of the Hole in the Roof. " Thither (says he)
" will I go, let the Consequence be what it will :
" For I had better be killed at once, than be
" starved to Death with Hunger ; having been
' ' forty eight Hours without Meat. " His Friend
did all in his Power to dissuade him from it ; but
he would go.
When they got to the Hut, the Pr. went boldly
in, without showing any manner of Concern ; and
there found six stout lusty Fellows at Dinner upon
a large Piece of boiled Beef : A Sight he had been
long a Stranger to.
These Men were six noted Thieves, who had
made this Hut in that Place for Privacy and Safety,
and were not a little amazed at seeing the Pr. go
in there. One of them knew the Pr. and also knew
he was skulking ; but, not thinking it safe to tell
the rest of the Company who their new Guests
were, had the Presence of Mind, upon seeing the
Pr. to cry out, ' ' Ha ! Dougal Maccullony, I am
" glad to see thee ! " The Pr. by this Expression,
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found he was known, and with equal Steadiness of
Countenance, thanked him, sat down among them,
and ate very heartily.
The Pr. his Friend, and the Man who knew the
Pr. walked out after Dinner, and then consulted
what farther was to be done. And, being informed
of the State of the Country about, and of the
military People, found it absolutely necessary to
wait here for some time ; and that the other five
Men must be intrusted with the Secret : Which
being done, they rejoiced that they had it in their
Power to serve the Pr. and proved of great Service,
and were very faithful. With these Men, and
Glenaladale, the Pr. continued betwixt the Braes
of Glenmoriston and Glen- Sir ath-Ferrar, till the
Guards were removed, and the Passes opened.
About this Time, viz, the middle of July, one
Rhoderick Mackenzie, a Merchant in Edinburgh,
who had been out with the Pr. was skulking among
the Hills about Glenmoriston, when some of the
Soldiers met with him ; and, as he was about the
Pr.'s Size and Age, and not much unlike him in
the Face, was a genteel Man, and well dressed,
they took him for the Pr. Mr. Mackenzie tried to
escape them, but could not; and, being determined
not to be taken and hanged (which he knew, if
taken, would be his Fate), he bravely resolved to
die Sword-in-hand ; and, in that Death, to serve
the Pr. more than he could possibly do by living.
This Bravery and Steadiness of Mr. Mackenzie
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confirmed the Soldiers in their Belief, that he
was the Pr. On which Account one of them shot
him; who, as he fell, cried out to them, "You
" have killed your Prince ! You have killed your
" Prince ! " and expired immediately. The
Soldiers, overjoyed with their supposed good For-
une in meeting with so great a Prize, immediately
cut off the brave young Man's Head ; and made
all the haste they could to Fort- Augustus, to tell
the News, and to lay claim to the 30,000 1. ; pro-
ducing the Head, which several said they knew to
be the Pr.'s Head. This great News was soon
carried to the Duke, with the Head ; who so far
believed the great Work was done, that he set
forward, for London, from Fort- Augustus, on the
l8th Qijuly; as soon after Mr. Mackenzie 's Death
as he could possibly go. It was about this Head
that Kingsborough was asked the Question before
mentioned by one of the Captains of the English
Forces.
The Soldiers and Militia sent out to take the
Pr. and his Adherents, now imagining that he was
killed, and his head sent to London, began to be
less strict, and not to keep so good a Look-out as
before ; by which means the Pr. escaped from
Place to Place with less Danger.
I observed before, that the Pr. continued be-
twixt the Braes of Glenmoriston and Glen-Strath-
Ferrar, till the Guards were removed, and all the
Passes opened. About the Beginning of August,
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he went with his Retinue (as above) to Lochaber,
and to Achnasual on the Side of Locharkaig, two
Miles from Achnacarie, the Seat of Lockitl.
The Pr. and Company had brought no Provis-
ions with them, expecting to be supplied in that
Country ; where there used to be greater Plenty
than whence they had come. But they were
greatly disappointed ; finding all the whole Country
plundered and burnt, and no Cattle, or any other
sort of Provisions to be got. In this Distress they
remained some time ; when, at last, one of the
Glenmorislon Men espied a single Hart, and shot
him. On this they lived, without Bread or Salt.
The next Day, the Pr. being informed, that
Macdonald of Lochgarie, Cameron of Cluns, and
Cameron of Achnasual, were in the neighbouring
Mountains, sent after them ; and, at the same time,
sent a Messenger to Lochiel, who was then about
twenty Miles off, to let him [LochieZ] know where
he [the Pr.] was. Before the Pr. sent to Lochiel,
he \Lochiel\ had heard also, that it was supposed
the Pr. was in the Country ; and sent his Brother
Doctor Archibald Cameron, and the Rev. Mr.
John Cameron, by different Roads, to get all the
Intelligence they could of the Pr.
The Person sent by the Pr. to Lochiel, met Dr.
Cameron within a few Miles of the Place where
Lochiel was ; who was obliged to return with two
French Officers, whom he had met with ; and who
were in ouest of the Pr. also.
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This faithful Person, sent by the Pr. would not
own to the Doctor, or to the two French Officers,
that he knew any thing about the Pr. his Orders
being only to tell it to Lochiel himself; which he
punctually obeyed. And, as he said he had
Business of the utmost Consequence, the Doctor
conducted him, with the two Officers, to Lochiel.
Next Day, Lochiel sent Dr. Cameron, with four
Servants, to the Pr. and sent the Officers at the
same time, to be under the Care of one of his
Friends, till farther Orders.
Mr. Cameron the Minister, whom Lochiel had
sent out, to get Intelligence of the Pr. after
travelling and searching several Days, went to
Achnacarie ; where he met with Dr. Cameron
going to the Pr. with the four Servants ; who, as
the River was not fordable, raised a Boat, which
Capt. Monro of Culcairn had sunk, after searching
the Isle of Locharkaig,
When Culcairn was plundering in this Island,
he saw some new-raised Earth; and, imagining
there would be either Money or Arms concealed,
had it dug up ; but only found a Man's Corpse,
with a good Holland Shirt on ; which made him
believe it to be Lochiel. He thereupon sent an
Express to the Duke of Cumberland, to tell him
that Lochiel was dead of his Wounds. But it
really was the Corpse of Cameron, Brother
of Allan Cameron of Callart ; which last was taken
at Cul'.oaen, and carried to London. However,
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rather than have no Plunder, they took the Shirt,
and left the Corpse lying on the Ground.
Dr. Cameron and the Minister, observing some
Men by the Water-side in Arms, sent some of
duns 1 * Children to see who they were. They
soon found, that they belonged to Cluns ; sent
the Boat for them ; and then sent the four Servants
back again to Lochiel; pretending they were going
to skulk in the Wood for some Days, and that
keeping such a Number together, might be dange-
rous.
They then crossed the River, and went to the
Hut where the Pr. was ; which was built on Pur-
pose in a Wood betwixt Achnasual, and the End
of Locharkaig. The Pr. and Cameron of Achna-
sual, upon seeing the Doctor and his Brother at a
Distance, and not then knowing who they were,
had left the Hut, and went a little from it : But,
being soon informed who they were, immediately
returned ; and then there was a joyful Meeting.
And when they told the Pr. that Lochiel was well,
and recovered of his Wounds, he returned God
Thanks thrice for it, and expressed an uncommon
Satisfaction.
The Pr. was at this time bare-footed ; had on a
dirty Shirt, an old black Kelt Coat, a Plaid, and
a Philibeg, and a long Beard, a Gun in his Hand,
and a Pistol and Durk by his Side. He was very
chearful, and in good Health. They had killed a
Cow the Day before, and the Servants were roast-
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ing Part of it. At Dinner the Pr. ate heartily of
the Beef, and some Bread which they had got from
Fort- Augustus ; and no Man could sleep sounder
than he did. He now began to speak some little
Erse.
The Pr. proposed going immediately to Lochiel:
But, a Friend telling him, that he saw in the
Newspapers, (which they got at the same time
they got their Bread), that it was said the Pr. had
passed Coriarrick with Lochiel and thirty Men,
which probably might occasion a strict Search in
those Parts; he therefore resolved to stay some
Days longer where he was. However, two or
three Days after this, the Pr. sent Lochgary and
Dr. Cameron to Lochiel: And then dismissed
Glenaladale, to look out for Ships on the West
Coast ; and the Glenmoriston Men, to return home
again. And the Pr. continued in the Hut with
C/uns's Children, Capt. Macraw of Glengarry's
Regiment, one or two Servants, and the Rev. Mr.
John Cameron.
The two Officers I mentioned above, who went
to Lochiel with Dr. Cameron, came from Dunkirk,
in a small Vessel, with sixty other Gentlemen, who
had formed themselves into a Company of Volun-
tiers under the Command of the said two Officers.
They got to Pollieu in Seafort's Country ; where
four of them landed, to deliver their Dispatches.
Two of whom were taken Prisoners, viz. one Fitz-
gerald, a Spanish Officer, whom they hanged at
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Fort- William, pretending he had been a Spy in
Flanders ; the other was called Mons. de Berard,
a French Officer, and was after some time exchang-
ed upon the Cartel. The other two wandered in
Seaforfs Country, till Lochgary, heaving they had
Letters for the Pr. sent Capt. Macra-w and his own
Servant for them, that they might be sent to
Lochiel, since the Pr. could not be found. This
was about the middle of July.
When they came to Lochiel, some Person told
him, these Officers had left their Letters with
Alexander Macleod, one of the Pr.'sAidde Camps.
Though this proved true ; yet, as they themselves
had not told it to Lochiel, it made him suspect
them to be the Government's Spies.
The Pr. was very desirous of seeing these Offi-
cers : But the Rev. Mr. John Cameron told him
what both Lochiel, the Doctor, and he himself
were afraid of. Upon which, the Pr. resolved to
act in this Affair with great Caution ; and said,
" He could not help observing, that it probably
" might be as they conjectured ; because, if they
" were not Spies, it was surprising that two Men,
" without one Word of Erse, and quite Strangers
" in the Country, could escape the Troops, who
' ' were always in Motion in quest of himself [the
" Pr.] and his Followers."
However, as these Officers had told Lochiel,
that they had never seen the Pr. he [the Pr.] laid
a Scheme to see them safely ; and therefore he
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wrote a Letter himself to them, to this Purpose,
viz. "That, to avoid falling into his Enemies
" Hands, he was under a Necessity to retire to a
" remote Country ; where he had no Person with
'" him, except one Capt. Drui/imond, and a Ser-
" vant : And, as he could not remove from where
" he was, without Danger to himself and them,
"he had sent Capt. Drummond with this Letter ;
"and, as he could repose entire Confidence in him,
"he desired they would tell whatever Message
' ' they had to the Bearer, Capt. Drummond ; and
"take his Advice as to their Conduct." This
Letter the Pr. proposed to deliver himself, as
Capt. Drummond. Accordingly the Officers were
sent for, and were introduced to the Pr. under this
borrowed Name.
The Pr. then delivered the Letter to them ;
with which they seemed very well pleased ; and
told him every thing they had to say ; which he
afterwards said was of no great Consequence, as
his Affairs then stood. They continued there two
Days ; and asked Capt. Drummond many
Questions about the Pr.'s Health, his Manner of
Living, &c.
The Pr. thinking the Packet left with Mr.
Alexander Madeod might be of Use to him, sent
for it. But, as it was in Cypher, and directed to
the French Ambassador, he could make nothing
of them. Lochiel still took care of these Officers,
till the Pr. was ready to go away ; when they
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were conducted to the Ship : And when they saw
that they had before conversed with the Pr. in so
very free a Manner, taking him then really for
Capt. Drummond, they were greatly ashamed,
and asked his Pardon.
The Pr. and Company continued in this Wood,
and in that over-against Achnacarie, (having three
Huts in different Places, to which they removed
by turns), until about the loth of August. On
which Day, Cluns's Sons, and Mr. Cameron the
Minister, went to the Strath of Cluns to get
Intelligence.
They were not half an Hour in the Hut which
Cluns had built for his Family, (after his House
was burnt), when a Child of six Years of Age
went out ; and, returning hastily, said, " That she
"saw a Body of Soldiers." This they could not
believe, as Lochgary had promised Lochiel to have
a Guard between Fort- Augustus and Cluns's, to
give Intelligence.
They went out however, and found all true as
the Girl had told. Cluns skulked to observe the
Motion of that Party. One of his Sons, and Mr.
John Cameron the Minister, went to inform the
Pr. who was that Day in one of the Huts on the
other Side of the Water Kaig, a short Mile from
Cluns's ; and, in crossing the Water at the Ford,
under Cover of the Wood, and going within
Pistol-shot of the Hut, Mr. Cameron observed the
Party advancing.
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The Pr. was asleep, it being about eight o' Clock
in the Morning : Mr. Cameron however awoke
him ; and told him, that a Body of their Enemies
was in Sight. He then arose very composedly,
called for his Gun, and sent for Capt. Macraw,
and Alexander, (C/uus's Son).
As they had not received Intelligence of this
Party's marching out of Fort-Augustus, they con-
cluded that there was some Treachery in the Case ;
and that they were surrounded on all Sides.
However, they were determined, though but eight
in Number, that, rather than yield to be butchered
by their merciless Enemies, to sell their Lives as
dear as they could, in the Defence of their Pr. and
to die like Men of Honour.
The Pr. examined all their Guns, which were
in pretty good Order ; and said, he hoped they
should do some Execution before they were killed :
"For his pait, (he said), he had been bred a
" Fowler, and could charge quick ; was a tolerable
" Marksman ; and would be sure of one at least."
They then left the Hut ; and marched to a
small Hill, above the Wood, from whence they
could see a great way up Glenkengie, and not be
discovered. They got there unobserved ; which
was owing to the Wood. The Pr. then sent Cluns
and the Minister to take a narrow View of the
Party ; and resolved that Night to go to the Top
of Mullantagart, a high Mountain in the Braes of
Glenkcn&e ; and sent one to Cluns and the
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Minister, to know what they discovered, or were
informed of.
When Chins and the Minister had got to the
Strath of duns, the Women told them, that the
Party was about 200 of Lord London" 1 ?, Regiment
under Capt. Grant of Knockando in Strathspey ;
that they had carried away ten Milk Cows, which
Cluns had bought after he was plundered before ;
and that they had found out the Hut the Pr. had in
the Wood of Tervalt ; and said they were gone to
fetch Barrisdale 1 ?, Cattle to the Camp.
In the Evening, Chins' s Son went to his Father
from the Pr. and then they all returned, and
carried some Whisky, Bread and Cheese ; and
got to the Pr. about Twelve o' Clock at Night.
He was on the Side of the Mountain, without
Fire or any Covering. They persuaded him to
take a Dram, and male a Fire ; which however,
they durst not keep above half an Hour, before
they extinguished it.
By Day-light, they went up to the Top of the
Mountain ; where they staid till Eight o'Clock in
the Evening, without rising up. The Pr. slept all
the Forenoon in his Plaid and wet Stockings ;
though it hailed. From hence they went that
Night to the Strath of Glenkengie ; where they
killed a Cow, and lived merrily for some Days.
From this Place they went to the Braes of
Achnacarie, and waded through the Water of
Arkey, which reached up to the Mid-thigh. In
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which wet Condition the Pr. lay all Night and
next Day, in the open Air ; yet catched no Cold.
In a Day or two, Lochgary and Dr. Cameron
returned from Lochiel, (to whom they had been
sent) ; and told it as LochieFs Opinion, that the
Pr. would be safer where Lochiel was skulking ;
which pleased the Pr. very much.
The next Night the Pr. set out with Lochgary,
Dr. Cameron, Alexander (Cluns's Son), the Rev,
Mr. John Cameron, and three Servants. They
travelled in the Night, and slept all the Day, till
they got to Lochiel', who was then among the
Hills between the Braes of Badenoch and Athol.
The Doctor and his Brother went by another
Road on a Message to Badenoch. The Minister
returned about the I3th of September; and the
next Day was sent South, by Lochiel, to hire a
Ship to carry them off, from the East Coast.
The Ship was provided ; and one sent to inform
the Pr. of it ; who, with Lochiel and others, was
to go where the Ship then lay. But, before this
Messenger got to the Place where the Pr. and
Lochiel had been, two of his Friends, who had
orders to watch on the West Coast, had been to
tell them, that two French Ships were arrived at
Moidart.
Upon this the Pr. set out from where they were
the Night following ; and, at the same Time, sent
to inform others who were skulking in different
Places. Some arrived at the Place appointed in
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time ; but several, by some Accident or other, had
not that good Fortune.
The Pr. reached Moidart on September 19,
1 746 ; and, on the 2oth, imbarked on board the
Bellona of St, Maloes, a Nantz Privateer of 32
Carriage and 12 Swivel Guns, and 340 Men,
brought hither by Col. Warren of Dillon's Regi-
ment, who went on purpose for a Vessel. The Pr.
after seeine his Friends all on board both the
Ships, then imbarked himself ; set sail immedia-
tely for France ; where he landed safely at Roscort,
near three Leagues West of Morlaix, on the 2gth
of the same Month, having had a pleasant Voyage;
though narrowly escaping Admiral Lestock" 1 ^, Squad-
ron, who were then upon the Coast of Bretagne.
The Bellona was afterwards taken, on the 2d of
February following, by three Men of War, viz. the
Eagle, the Edinburgh, and the Nottingham.
From the above Account we find, that the Pr.
was twice in danger of being shot ; and five times
in danger of being drowned, being in great storms
in little open Boats ; nine times pursued, and in
sight of the Men of War, and armed Vessels ;
many times in danger of being taken, often seeing
his Pursuers, and sometimes being within hearing
of what they said ; six times miraculously escaped
being taken.
He was often almost famished for want of Meat
and Drink ; and must have starved inevitably, had
he not found the Fish at the desert Island of
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Euim or Iffurt, and if one of the Glenmoriston
Men had not found and shot the Hart.
He was mostly obliged to lie in miserable Huts,
or on Mountains ; having no other bed than the
bare Ground or Heath, and without any other
Covering than the Dews or Rains. And add to
all these, that he had frequent Returns of the
Bloody Flux.
Thus, Reader, you have a faithful Account of
the whole Escape, taken from the Authorities
which are already mentioned. And this Account,
since the Pr. 's Return to the Continent of Scotland,
is chiefly taken from the Journal of the Rev. Mr.
yo/in Cameron, Presbyterian Minister, and Chap-
lain to Fort- William ; who, you find, has been
much with the Pr. I shall therefore conclude with
his own Words, viz. : "I have told you what I
' ' was witness to, or informed of by such as I could
" absolutely depend upon. I shall only add, that
" the Pr. submitted with Patience to his adverse
" Fortune ; was chearful; and frequently desired
" those who were with him, to be so. He was
' ' cautious when in the greatest Danger ; never at
" a loss, in resolving what to do, with uncommon
" Fortitude. He regretted more the Distress of
" those who 'Suffered for adhering to his Interest,
" than the Hardships and Dangers he was hourly
" exposed to. To conclude, He possesses all the
" Virtues that form the Character of A TRUE
" HERO and A GREAT PRINCE."
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The Pr. after landing at Roscorl, proceeded on
his Journey to Paris; where the Chaleatt St.
Antoine was fitted up for his Reception. He was
scarce well arrived here, when he went to Versail-
les, and was there received by the King and Queen
ot France with all the Marks of the most tender
Affection, and seeming Demonstrations of Joy.
At different times he related to them the chief of
his Sufferings ; and they seemed to be greatly
affected with the melancholy Story ; and endea-
voured to comfort him with fair Promises. But
the Memory of his Disappointment was yet too
recent, and the News which was continually arriv-
ing, of the Commitments, Trials and Executions
of some of the most faithful of his Followers, filled
him with an Anxiety not easily to be removed ;
and left but little Room for pleasurable Ideas.
This was only a private Visit : Therefore it was
thought necessary for him to make his Compli-
ments to the King and his Court in Form, and in
the Character which he had borne by Commission
from his Father. This he did in about ten Days
after.
The French soon raised some new Regiments
wholly composed of Englis 
