A short Account of Major MacDonell

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N: B: Major MacDonell was
the First, that drew Blood in the
Cause. He, with only twelve or
thirteen Highlanders under his
Command, had the Courage to
attack two Companies of Sol-
diers (being eighty or ninety in
Number) whom he chas’dchased for
Seven or eight Miles in Lo-
chabar, &and at last forced them
to lay down their Arms &and sur-
render themselves Prisoners
of War, among whom were Cap-
tain ^John Scott, Son of Scotstarvet,
&and Captain JasJames Thomson, Brother
to Charlton. CapnCaptain Scott had
a very pretty Gelding, which Ma-
jor MacDonell made a pre-
sent of to the Prince. There
was not the least Mark of a
Wound upon the Major or any
of his worthy Few; tho'though many
Firings had been exchanged
in the Chase, &and severals of the Soldiers 69 (69)
Soldiers were wounded.

I had a particular Account of this
gallant &and surprizingsurprising Action (oftener
than once) from the Major's own
Mouth.— He was a brave, un-
daunted, honest Man, of a good
Countenance, &and of a strong ro-
bust Make. He was much giv-
en to ^the pious Acts of Devotion, &and
was remarkably a Gentleman
of excellent good Manners.

That Submission &and ChearfulnessCheerfulness
of Temper, with which he bore
up under all his Sufferings,
may easily be discovered from
the following Copies of Letters,
which are faithfully transcrib’dtranscribed
from the Major's own Hand-writ,
with a Return to one of them,
transrib’dtranscribed from an Holograph
of the Writer.

Robert Forbes, A:M:

See Vol: 2. p: 357, 360. Vol: 4. p: 641.

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Date	1746
Person	Donald MacDonell of Tiendrish
Place	Edinburgh Castle