CHAPTER V.

HIGHLANDERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

On the Cape Fear--Town Established--Highlanders Patronized--Arrival of Neil McNeill--Action of Legislature--List of Grantees--Wave of Emigration--Represented in Legislature--Colony Prosperous--Stamp Act--Genius of Liberty--Letter to Highlanders--Emigrants from Jura--Lands Allotted--War of Regulators--Campbelton Charter--Public Road--Public Buildings at Campbelton--Petition for Pardon--Highland Costume--Clan Macdonald Emigration--Allan Macdonald of Kingsborough--American Revolution--Sale of Public Offices--Attitude of Patriots--Provincial Congress--Highlanders Objects of Consideration--Reverend John McLeod--Committee to Confer with Highlanders--British Confidence--Governor Martin--Provincial Congress of 1775--Farquhard Campbell--Arrival of the George--Other Arrivals--Oaths Administered--Distressed Condition--Petition to Virginia Convention--War Party in the Ascendant--American Views--Highlanders Fail to Understand Conditions--Reckless Indifference of Leaders--General Donald Macdonald--British Campaign--Governor Martin Manipulates a Revolt--Macdonald's Manifesto--Rutherford's Manifesto--Highlanders in Rebellion--Standard at Cross Creek--March for Wilmington--Country Alarmed--Correspondence--Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge--Overthrow of Highlanders--Prescribed Parole--Prisoners Address Congress--Action of Sir William Howe--Allan Macdonald's Letter--On Parole--Effects His Exchange--Letter to Members of Congress--Cornwallis to Clinton--Military at Cross Creek--Women Protected--Religious Status 102