CHAPTER XII.--EXPULSION OF THE M'LEODS FROM GAIRLOCH.

Murchadh Riabhach na Cuirce--Slays Mac Iain Dhuibh M'Leod--Ruaridh Mac Allan M'Leod assassinates Iain Mac Ghille Challum M'Leod and his sons by Janet Mackenzie--John Roy revenges the murder--Expels the M'Leods from Gairloch--The Cnoc a Chrochadair--The affair at Leac nan Saighead--Mor Ban persuades the M'Leods to invade Gairloch--They come to Fraoch Eilean--Donald Odhar and his brother shoot them from Leac nan Saighead--Only two M'Leods escape in the birlinn--Donald Odhar's long shot from Craig a Chait--Young M'Leod of Assynt asks John Roy's daughter for his wife--Is refused--Fionnla Dubh na Saighead insults him--The M'Leods return to take vengeance on Finlay--He and Chisholm shoot many of them--Finlay pursues Neil M'Leod to the Bac an Leth-choin and shoots him at the Druim Carn Neill--Fight at Lochan an Fheidh--Affair at Raasay--Murdo Mackenzie in his ship driven into Kirkton--Young M'Leod of Raasay and his companions visit him--All the party get drunk except four Gairloch men--A fight ensues--Murdo drowned--All on board slain except three of the abstainers--They escape 43