Category: History - European
This 1875 edition originally was published in eight separate books as a subscription publication. The Preface, Title pages, Tables of Contents and Lists of Illustrations (the Front Matter) were published in the final eighth book, and referenced books 1-4 as Volume I, and books...
Stewart--Stewart of Lorn--Appin--Balquhidder--“Donald of the hammer”--Stewarts of Athole--Grandtully--Balcaskie--Drumin --Ardvoirlich--Steuart of Dalguise--Ballechin--Fraser--Fr...
6. CHAPTER XLV.Extent of Gaelic literature--Claims of Ireland--Circumstances adverse to preservation of Gaelic literature--“The Lament of Deirdre”--“The Children of Usnoth”--“The Book of Deer”...
3. CHAPTER XLII.Social condition of the Highlands--Black Mail--Watch Money--The Law--Power of the Chiefs--Land Distribution--Tacksmen--Tenants --Rents--Thirlage--Wretched State of Agriculture--...
13. CHAPTER VII.Clan Aurias or Ross--Rose--Rose of Kilravock--Kenneth or Mackenzie--Mackenzie of Gerloch or Gairloch--Mackenzies of Tarbet and Royston--of Coul--Scatwell--Allangrange--Applecros...
14. CHAPTER VIII.The most northern mainland county of Scotland is that of Caithness, and the principal clan inhabiting this district is the important one of Mackay, or the siol Mhorgan. With reg...
8. CHAPTER II.The Gallgael, or Western Clans--Fiongall and Dubhgall--Lords of the Isles--Somerled--Suibne--Gillebride Mac Gille Adomnan--Somerled in the West--Defeat and death--His children--...
10. CHAPTER IV.Robertsons or Clan Donnachie--Macfarlanes--Campbells of Argyll and offshoots--Royal Marriage--Campbells of Breadalbane--Macarthur Campbells of Strachur--Campbells of Cawdor, Abe...
4. CHAPTER XLIII.State of Highlands subsequent to 1745--Progress of Innovation--First mention of Emigration--Pennant’s account of the country--Dr Johnson--Emigration fairly commenced in 1760--Th...
11. CHAPTER V.Of the clan Chattan little or nothing authentic is known previous to the last six hundred years. Their original home in Scotland, their parentage, even their name, have been dis...
12. CHAPTER VI.Another clan belonging to the district comprehended under the old Maormordom of Moray, is that of the Camerons or clan Chameron. According to John Major,[202] the clan Cameron a...
7. CHAPTER I.Clanship--Principle of _kin_--Mormaordoms--Traditions as to origin of Clans--Distinction between Feudalism and Clanship--Peculiarities of Clanship--Consequences of Clanship--_Ma...
5. CHAPTER XLIV.Progress of Highlands during present century--Depopulation and emigration--Questions between landlords and tenants--Hardships of the ousted tenants--Sutherland clearings--Compul...
9. CHAPTER III.The Macdougalls--Bruce’s adventures with the Macdougalls of Lorn--The Brooch of Lorn--The Stewarts acquire Lorn--Macdougalls of Raray, Gallanach, and Scraba--Macalisters--Siol G...
19. 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 descr...
36. ii. 617-693,for details, _see_-- Ch. I. 1793-1796, 617-625. II. 1796-1817, 625-640. III. 1804-1856, second battalion, 640-659, till its consolidation with first battalion, 1817, and first b...
37. ii. 803;Some illustrations were in the middle of a multipage paragraph, and a new paragraph has been inserted to allow placement of the illustration at that position. This has been done...
31. i. 234;left in Scotland to watch Montrose, 240; movements, 245-256; escapes from Tower, and appointed generalissimo of all the Royal forces in Scotland, 294; rout of his army by Monk,...
24. ii. 419;the 71st, 509; the 72nd, 549; the 74th, 609; the 75th, formerly a Highland regiment, also engaged, 616; the 78th, 667; the 79th, 715; the 91st, 748; the 92nd, 769; and the 93rd,...
2. VOLUME II.(1.) John, Earl of Crawford. (2.) Sir George Murray, G.C.B., G.C.H. (3.) Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B. (4.) Sir Duncan A. Cameron, K.C.B.
33. i. 12;Pretender, the, son of James II., birth of, i. 341; a reward offered for his apprehension, 424; banished from France, 480; Russia and Sweden unite to restore him, 481; he leaves...
17. i. 409;Brigade Centres, or “Army Sub-districts” of the Highland regiments--the 42nd and 79th is Perth; the 71st and 78th is Fort George; the 72nd and 91st is Stirling; the 74th is Hami...
1. Book 8, pages 593-818:This 1875 edition originally was published in eight separate books as a subscription publication. The Preface, Title pages, Tables of Contents and Lists of Illustrations (the Fr...
25. i. 514;Lorn, the leader of the first colony that settled on the western coast of Argyll and the adjacent islands in 503 A.D., i. 34; his death, 41; the tribe and district of, 34; Macdo...
18. i. 380;Cawnpoor, siege and second massacre of, ii. 667; view of Suttee Chowra Ghât, the scene of second massacre, 668; the third massacre, 669; view of mausoleum over the well, 670; an...
23. ii. 400;Highlanders, agreements and bargains, i. 313; arming in 1745, 521; armour, 327; bagpipe playing, 312; bard’s (influence), 315; bonnet, 301; character, 299; false estimate of it,...
20. ii. 324-445;Appendix, Ashantee Campaign, 803. For details of history see contents of-- Ch. I. 1772-1775, ii. 324. II. 1775-1795, 349. III. 1795-1811, 362. IV. 1811-1816, 380. V. 1816-1854,...
22. ii. 617;Havelock, K.C.B., Brig.-Gen., his portrait, ii. 644; his arrival at Busheer in 1857--his high opinion of the 78th Highlanders, 666; sketch map to illustrate his military operati...
30. ii. 229;Macpherson, Cluny, promises to raise his clan for Prince Charles, 1745, i. 534; with 300 Macphersons joins Lord George Murray, 1745, 641; conducts Prince Charles to a secure ret...
29. ii. 195;Mackintosh, Clan, their history, arms, motto, branches, and etymology of the name, ii. 201; the rival claims of Mackintosh of Mackintosh and Macpherson of Cluny to the headship...
35. ii. 479;Seton, Lt.-Col. (74th), his noble conduct during the loss of the “Birkenhead” troop-ship, Feb. 26, 1852, ii. 604; monument erected by Queen Victoria to his memory in Chelsea Hos...
32. ii. 660;Perth, view of, in 17th century, i. 220; captured by Montrose, 186; return of Charles II. to, 285; captured by Cromwell, 289; Chevalier proclaimed at, in 1715, 436; Prince Charl...
21. i. 419;Gordon, Sir Patrick, of Auchindun, i. 100, 103, 107; Sir Robert, commission to from James I., 144; march upon Caithness, 146; Sir Alexander, at Broray Bridge, 152; of Rothiemay,...
27. ii. 266;Mackay, General Hugh, of Scourie, his portrait, i. 361; resumé of his history, 352; appointed by William and Mary, 4th Jan. 1689, “Major-Gen. of all forces whatever, within our...
16. i. 582;Blair Castle abandoned by the Duke of Athole, and seized by the Marquis of Tullibardine, i. 534; the family residence of the Dukes of Athole, with engravings of as it stood in 1...
28. ii. 238;34. ii. 617;created baron in 1796, 240; raises the 78th or Ross-shire Buffs, 617; engraving of original poster addressed by him to the Highlanders in raising the 78th, 618; his daughter ent...
26. ii. 182;