The Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, Volume 1 (of 2)
i. 414;
his claim to succeed Queen Anne, 421; reward for his apprehension, 422; proclaimed at Aberdeen, Castle Gordon, Brechin, Montrose, and Dundee, 436; the Master of Sinclair’s description of, 468; utter failure of his cause, 475; contract of marriage, 481; letters to Clementina, 500; proclaimed as James VIII., 523; his death, 758.
Chiefs, Highland, their status and authority, i. 322; their power and influence previous to 1745, ii. 3; their idea of land rights, 34; sometimes deposed, 130.
Chieftains, their position and status, ii. 6.
Chisholm, clan, its history, arms, crest, and mottoes, ii. 307; view of Erchless Castle, the family seat, 308.
Chumie or Tyumie--this river (Kaffraria) crossed by the troops in 1846 (an illustration), ii. 737.
Ciudad Rodrigo, its siege in 1811, ii. 579.
Clan, Gaelic and Erse, Clann or Cland Manx = Cloan (note), literally “children,” or “offspring,” “tribe,” ii. 117.
Clan, legal status of, decision given by Lord Ardmillan in 1860, ii. 213.
Clan and clanship, Highland import, ii. 116; Clan influence, latest instance, 777.
Clanranald, its arms, history, and mottoes, ii. 153.
Clanranald of Lochaber, ii. 142, 147; its suppression by Argyll, 182.
Clan regiments, mode of commanding--list of them for invading England, i. 585.
Clans, origin of the Highland clans, ii. 117; division of people into, i. 316; matrimonial arrangements--power of chiefs--warlike spirit--military ranks, 317; places of rendezvous--The Fiery Cross--war cry or slogan--effects of omens in--number of fighting men, 318; succession of chiefs--fidelity of followers to chiefs--administration of laws--feuds, 319; union and opposition among--degrees of insult among--feeling of revenge, 320; fidelity to their chiefs, 325; a list of Breadalbane’s proposed forces of the Highland chieftains (note), 404; their valour in 1745, 533; their disputes anent rank and precedence, 659; their costume by Sobieski and Charles Edward Stuart, 761; the forfeited estates of clansmen, 769; Border clans early broken up--chief works respecting them, ii. 116.
Clarior hinc honos (“hence brighter honour”), arms motto of Buchanan, ii. 281.
Claverhouse, Graham of, _see_ Dundee.
Clephane, Lieut.-Col., his anecdotes of the 79th, ii. 722.
Cluny, Macpherson of, chief of Clan Macpherson--is called in the Highlands Mac Mhurich Chlanidh, ii. 212; The Cluny meets the Prince in Lochiel’s hut, i. 746; nine years of cave life, 719; commands the Clan Pherson at Dalkeith, 584.
Cluny Castle, relics of the rebellion of 1745 in, ii. 212.
Clyde, Lord. _See_ Campbell, Sir Colin.
Cnoc elachan (“willow hill”), the slogan of Colquhoun, ii. 284.
“Cock of the North,” the Marquis of Huntly, i. 170; the Duke of Gordon, ii. 318, 775.
Cògaidh nà Sith (“war or peace”), Kenneth Mackay plays it at Waterloo, ii. 707.
Colonsay island, and Lord Colonsay, ii. 165.
Colquhoun Clan, its history, arms, crest, and mottoes, ii. 284.
Colquhouns and Macgregors at feud, i. 113.
Columba, St, birth, i. 37; preaching to the Picts, 21; landing at Aberdour, 22; conversion of Picts, 33; death, 39.
Comyn, Cumin, Cummin, Cumming, ii. 318.
Comyn, John, Earl of Buchan, i. 61.
Coomassie, the capital of Ashantee, ii. 803; its capture and cremation, 805.
Cope, Sir John, commander-in-chief in Scotland, i. 527; his progress in the Highlands, 530; his autograph, 531; Prince Charles resolves to encounter him--his flight, 533; Prince Charles drinks his health, 534; his march to Aberdeen, 537; at Prestonpans, 559.
Cornwallis, Lord, his victory at Jeffrey’s Ford, ii. 353; his command in America in 1780, 471; commander-in-chief in 1791, 485; his arrival in India, 527.
Corunna, Moore’s retreat thither, and his death, ii. 377; battle of, in 1809, 490.
“Courage,” motto of the Cummings, ii. 318.
Covenant, Charles II. signs it, i. 279.
Covenanters, ii. 177-217, 219-232, 233-246, 257-280, 335.
Craggan an Fhithich (“the raven’s rock”), scroll motto of Macdonnell, ii. 156.
Craigellachie (“rock of alarm”), the slogan of the Grants, ii. 256.
Craigievar Castle, engraving of, ii. 294.
Crawford, John, Earl of, the first colonel of the “Black Watch,” his portrait on steel, ii. 325.
Creachs, or predatory excursions, i. 321.
Creag Dhu, or Cragi Dhu (“black rock”), the slogan of the Macphersons, ii. 212.
Crimea, Map of, ii, 777; invasion in 1854, 409; evacuation in 1856, 548. _See_ Highland Regiments.
Cro (“fine,” “ransom,” or “forfeit”), Celtic = Eric in the Brehon Law, i. 46.
Cromwell, Oliver, Scotch army surrender to him, i. 256; his siege of Berwick, 259; crosses the Tweed, 279; his fortress at Leith, 442; his narrow escape at Ribble Bridge, 451.
Culloden, Forbeses of, ii. 295; battle of, i. 657, 664, 667, 669; plan of the field of battle, 661.
Culloden House, engraving of it, i. 657; Prince Charles occupies, 651.
Cumberland, Duke of, his portrait engraved on steel, i. 631; his movements, 602; presented with the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, 631, 636, 639; his measures and rapacity, 648; at Culloden, 661-666; his futile efforts to capture Prince Charles, 676; his movements in suppressing the rebellion, 678.
“Cumberland and Murray’s Descent into Hell,” a song, i. 773.
Cumming, sept or family of, its history, arms, and motto, ii. 318; adopt the name of Farquharson, 319.
Cymric origin of the Picts, i. 22, 28, 30.
Cymric roots of the Pictish tongue, i. 28.
Dalcross Castle, an engraving of it, one of the seats of the Mackintosh, ii. 209.
Dalkeith, insurgents’ camp (1745), i. 564.
Dalkeith House, surrender of, i. 167.
Dalriads, or Irish Scots, i. 33.
Dalrymple, Master of Stair, his treachery to Glencoe, i. 396; bears the blame of the massacre of Glencoe, 402.
Dalrymple, Sir David, his inquiry about the medal presented to the Advocates by the Duchess of Gordon, i. 419.
Danish Fleet in the Clyde, i. 50.
Daoine Shith, or men of peace, i. 304.
Daoine Matha, or good men, i. 307.
Data fata secutus (“following the allotted fates”), scroll motto of Mackenzies, ii. 238.
David I., his influence, i. 57.
David II., i. 64; recalled from France, ii. 138.
Davidsons’ and Macphersons’ feud, i. 66.
Davidsons, the, their fate at the battle of Invernahavon, ii. 203.
Davoch-lands in the Highlands, ii. 16.
Dawson, Jemmy, origin of “Shenstone’s Ballad” of, i. 723.
Dear or Deer, its site and antiquity, i. 39
Dee, Bridge of, battle of the, i. 85, 175.
Deemster or judge, the Brehon, ii. 129.
Deer, Book of, its character, ii. 68, 70.
Deer-forests, their recent formation, ii. 63.
Defoe on the Highland dress, i. 328.
Depopulation (Highland), its progress, ii. 54.
Derby, arrival here of Prince Charles on foot--the crisis of his enterprise, i. 598.
Derwentwater, Earl of, his espousal of the Chevalier’s cause, i. 436; his Jacobite zeal, 452; sent to General Willis as a hostage, 455; beheaded, 477.
Dettingen, battle (June 1743), i. 509.
Dh’aindheoin co theireadh è (“in spite of, who would gainsay”), motto of Clanranald, ii. 153.
Dick, Colonel (afterwards Sir) R. H., 42nd, his portrait, ii. 396; his death and tablet to his memory in St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, 408.
Dingwalls of Ross-shire, i. 62.
Dirk, the Highland, i. 301.
Disarming Act (in 1716), i. 495 and 489.
Donald, Clan, its history, arms, crest, and motto, ii. 136.
Donald Dubh escapes from prison, ii. 144.
Donald Gorme (of Sleat), claims the lordship of the Isles, ii. 145.
Donald, Lord of the Isles, i. 69.
Donnachie, Clan, their name, ii. 170.
Donnibristle Castle, Huntly attacks, i. 105
Donolly--cadets of this family, ii. 161.
Dornoch, the Duke of Perth advances on, and Lord Loudon abandons (1746), i. 641.
Dornoch Castle, view of, i. 117; town besieged, i. 91, 92.
Douglas, Chevalier, an assumed name of Prince Charles, i. 509.
Douglas, Lady, she presents new colours to the 79th, ii. 709.
Douglas, Major-General Sir John, K.C.B., his portrait as colonel of the 79th, ii. 711.
Douglas, Sir Neil, K.C.B., K.C.H., colonel of the 72nd, his portrait on steel, ii. 479; colonel of the 78th, 694.
Drammach, peculiar preparation, i. 685.
“Dread God,” motto of Munro of Foulis, ii. 231.
Dress, Highland, its advantages, i. 300, 302, 699; remarks on, 326; Highland armour, 327; Highland women’s dress, 302.
Druid, derivation of the word (note), i. 36.
Druidheachd, Gaelic term, i. 307.
Drummond, origin of the name and clan, ii. 312; history, arms, and motto, 313.
Drummond, Captain James, falls at Prestonpans, his dying address, i. 562.
Drummond, the first Lord, ii. 314; his confinement in Castle Drummond, i. 421; his attempt to seize Edinburgh Castle, 431; he embarks with the Pretender, 475; attainted, 478.
Drummond’s Edinburgh Volunteers, i. 544.
Drummossie Moor, Culloden battlefield, i. 651; plan of this moor, 661.
Duart Castle, view of, i. 98; Argyll unable to take it, 393.
Duffie, history of this clan, ii. 261.
Duffus, Laird of, i. 91, 150, 152.
Duinewassels, ii. 129.
Dulcius ex asperis (“sweeter out of adversity”), the motto of the Ferguson or Fergussons, ii. 320.
Dumbarton Castle taken, i. 167.
Dunadd, capital of Dalriadda, i. 34.
Dunaverty Castle, siege of, i. 252; seized by James IV., ii. 143.
Dunbar, battle of (1650), i. 283.
Dunbeath Castle taken, i. 265.
Dunblane, engravings of, about 1715, i. 460; burnt by the Danes, i. 49.
Dunchattan, Macintosh of, murdered, i. 85.
Duncrei (Crieff), i. 40.
Dundee, Viscount, John Graham of Claverhouse, his portrait--steel plate of armour worn by him at Killiecrankie, i. 376; antecedents, 350; education at Seneffe--Prince of Orange saved by--appointed captain in Scotland by Charles II., raised to the peerage, 351; outlawed, 352; resumé of his character (note), 353; joined by Macdonald of Keppoch and clan, 355; before Dundee, 356; joined by various clans in Lochaber, 357; men desert from, 358; joined by Athole men and enters Athole, 366; movements at Killiecrankie, 369; at Urrard House, 369; battle of Killiecrankie, 372; death--note from present Duke of Athole on death of Dundee, 376; alleged letter from to the king (note)--character, 377; buried at Blair-Athole, 378.
Dunfermline, seat of government, i. 57.
Dunkeld, view of, as in the 17th century, i. 384; church built by Kenneth, i. 49.
Dunolly Castle, i. 34.
Dunottar Castle, Earl Marshal shut up in, i. 204; view of in the 17th century, 205.
Dunrobin Castle, Old, view of, besieged, i. 83; an ancient seat of Sutherland chiefs, ii. 273; view of, from a photograph by Collier & Park, 277.
Dunstaffnage Campbells, ii. 190; the castle taken by the Bruce, 161; castle, i. 34.
Dunyveg Castle, view of, taken by Angus Oig, i. 129; by Campbell of Calder, 131; by Sir James Macdonald, 131.
Edgar Ætheling, seal of, i. 55.
Edgar, Secretary, on Charles incog., i. 754.
Edinburgh captured from the English, i. 51; approach of Prince Charles, 542; freedom of the city presented to the Duke of Cumberland, 631.
Edinburgh Castle, view of, as in 1715, i. 432; surprised by General Leslie, 167; Montrose imprisoned in, 268; siege by Cromwell, 285; surrender of, 287, 362; attempt to seize it by Jacobites, 431.
Edinburgh city guard, i. 352.
Edinburgh, Duke of, visits India, ii. 775.
Edward, son of Malcolm III., i. 55.
Edward the Confessor, i. 55, 57.
Edward the Constable, i. 59.
Eglinton, Earl of, advances on Edinburgh, i. 257; offers to assist the Stewarts, 481.
Egypt, battle of, March 21st, 1800, ii. 369.
Eigg, all its inhabitants suffocated, ii. 195.
Eighty-first, Old, ii. 565.
Eighty-fourth, Old, ii. 565.
Eighty-seventh Regiment, Old, ii. 475.
Eighty-eighth Regiment, Old, ii. 475.
Eighty-ninth Highland Regiment, history and reduction of, ii. 478.
Elephant, the, His Majesty’s order that the troops engaged at Assaye should bear it on their colours--the regiments thus honoured, ii. 632.
El Hamet, the battle here (1807), ii. 648.
Enfield Rifles, their first issue to the 74th, ii. 609; to the 78th (1857), 664.
English soldiery, their ferocity after Culloden, i. 665; their brutality at Culloden, 667; their barbarities in Scotland, 680.
Episcopacy, attempt to introduce, into Scotland, i. 165.
Episcopalians, stringent laws and stern penal enactments against them, i. 769.
Erchless Castle, the seat of the Chisholm (with an engraving), ii. 308.
Erig, or compensation tribunals, i. 321.
Errol, Earl of, attainted, i. 107; restored, 110.
Erskine, Rev. Ebenezer, commanded two companies of Seceders at defence of Stirling, i. 616.
Erskine, John, Earl of Mar, _see_ Mar.
Espoir, Comte d’--one incognito of Prince Charles, i. 753.
Euzofzai, an erroneous orthography of Yûzûfzai, ii. 511; engraving of a monument to the 71st Regiment, 517.
Fairies of Shetland (note), i. 306.
Fairy legends in the Highlands, i. 304.
Falkirk, the field of battle in 1746, i. 624.
Famine, the Highland, in 1750, ii. 24.
Fantees, a tribe on the Gold Coast, ii. 803.
Farmwork in the Highlands (1760), ii. 11.
Farquhar, progenitor of the Shaws, ii. 213.
Farquharson, Clan, their history, arms, crest, and motto, ii. 215.
Farquharson (of Invercauld), opposed General Wills at Ribble Bridge, i. 451.
Farquharson of Inverey in Cromar, i. 293.
Farquharsons join Colonel Cannon, i. 380.
Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of, the first Baronet (father of Colonel John Cameron, 92nd Regiment), ii. 222.
Fencible Corps, chronological list, ii. 807.
Ferguson or Fergusson, a Highland sept, their badge, ii, 320.
Ferguson, Lt.-Gen. Sir R. C., his portrait on steel plate of the colonels of the 78th and 79th, ii. 617; colonel of the 79th, 708; his death in 1841, 709.
Feros ferio (“I strike the cruel”), Chisholm’s scroll motto, ii. 307.
Feudal and Celtic manners, i. 72.
Feudalism differs from clanship, ii. 119.
Feudality, its remnant abolished, i. 768.
Feuds among clans, their causes, i. 319.
Fide et fortudine (“by fidelity and fortitude”), motto of the Farquharsons, ii. 215.
Fide parta fide aucta (“acquired by fidelity, increased by fidelity”), the crest motto of the Mackenzies, ii. 238.
Field of Shirts, battle of, i. 87.
Fiery Cross, last instance of its use, i. 318.
Fighting men, number of, in clans, i. 318.
Findlater, Earl of, i. 202.
Fingall, Gallgael, and Dugall, ii. 131.
“Fire and Sword, Letters of,” how easily obtained, i. 404.
Fish, supply of a century ago, ii. 26.
Fletcher of Saltoun, Scottish patriot, i. 410.
Flight Cairn or Carn-Teiche, i. 112.
Flodden, the Highlanders there, i. 80.
Flora Macdonald. _See_ Macdonald.
“Follow me,” the motto of the Breadalbane Campbells, ii. 186.
Fontenoy, victory of the French, i. 511; the Black Watch at, ii. 333.
Forays, Highland, i. 321.
Forbes, Clan, their history, arms, and motto, origin of the name, ii. 290.
Forbes, Duncan, his defence of Culloden fortalice, i. 457; hanged after the battle of Culloden, 668.
Forbes, Lord President, i. 323; portrait, 679; his worth, sagacity, and opinion of the Highlanders, 765.
Forbes of Craigievar taken prisoner, i. 168; released, 191; ii. 293.
Fordyce, Lt.-Col., 74th, his death, Nov. 6, 1851, ii. 597; engraving of the scene, 598.
Forres, town of, burned by Badenoch, i. 68.
Fort Augustus, with illustrations, i. 485; its erection, 489; Prince Charles determines to reduce it, 640.
Forteviot, battle of, i. 43.
Fort George, its capture, i. 638, 670.
Fortis et fidus (“brave and trusty”), motto of Maclachlan, &c., ii. 165.
Fortitudine (“with fortitude”), motto of the Macraes, &c., ii. 280.
Forty-Second Royal Highland Regiment (“The Black Watch”), its history,