CHAPTER VII.--THE M'LEODS OF GAIRLOCH.

The Siol Torquil--Claim to Gairloch--Legal title commenced 1430--MacBeaths expelled--The Tigh Dige--Strongholds of the M'Leods--Eilean Ruaridh--Allan M'Leod, laird of Gairloch--Murdered by his brothers at the "Hill of evil counsel"--They also murder his two boys--The widow takes their bloody shirts to her father--Hector Roy takes the shirts to the king--Who gives Hector commission of fire and sword against the M'Leods--The M'Leods confined to one-third of Gairloch 24