Some time before, &and at the Time
of, the Battle, Lady Inches was
living with her Family in Inver-
ness, her Husband being in a dy-
ing Condition, who was laid in
his Grave just as the Canonad-
ingCannonading began upon Drummossie-muir.
On Friday after the Battle, A-
pril 18th, she went home to her
House, called the Lees, within
a Mile or so of the Field of Bat-
tle. Upon the Road, as she went
along, she saw Heaps of dead
Bodies, striptstripped naked &and lying a-
bove Ground. When she came
to the Lees, she found sixteen
dead Bodies in the ClossClose1 &and about
the House, which, as soon as
possible, she caused bury. When
She came into the ClossClose, some of the 376 (376)
the Sogers came about Her, calling
her a Rebel-bitch, &and Swearing, that
certainly she behoved to be such, or
else so many of these damned Vil-
lains would not have come to get
Shelter about her House. Then, pul-
ling Her by the Sleeve, they desir-
ed Her to come along with them,
&and they would shewshow her a rare Sight,
which was, two dead Bodies lying
in the ClossClose with a Curtain laid o-
ver them. They took off the Curtain,
&and made her look upon the Bodies,
whose Faces were so cut &and mangled,
that they could not be discerned to
be Faces. They told her, that the
Party, who had been formerly there,
had cut &and mangled these Villains,
&and had left them in the House in
their Wounds; but when they them-
selves came there, they could not
endure to hear their Cries &and Groans,
&and therefore they had dragged them out
to the ClossClose, &and given them a Fire to
their Hinder-end; “for (said they)
“we roasted &and smoked them to Death,
“&and have cast this Curtain, taken down
“from the Side of one of your Rooms,
“over them, to keep us from seeing
“the nauseous Sight.”— Lady Inches
said, She saw the Ashes &and Remains
of the extinguished Fire.

The House of the Lees was all
pillaged, the Doors of the Rooms
&and Closets, the outer Door, the Win-
dows &and all the Lining being broke
down to Pieces. The Charter-Chest
was broke open, &and the Papers were
scattered up &and down the House.
All her Horses &and Cattle were tak-
en away, though Inches was not
in the least concerned in the Affair,
save only that he was a great
Whig, &and had a Son out with the
D:Duke of Cumberland.

When she complained to David
Bruce, he told her, to go through
the Camp, &and see, if she could spy
out any of her Furniture or Goods
among the Sogers, &and, if She did,
The Fellows should be seized u-
pon, &and she should have the Sa-
tisfaction of having them hanged.
But, seeing she could have no Re-
paration of Damages, she did not
chusechoose to follow Mr Bruce’s Advice;
and She declared, she had never
received one Farthing for the Loss-
es sustained.

On the Day of the Battle, when the
ChaceChase happened, one of Inches’s Ten-
ants &and his Son, who lived at the Gate
of the Lees, steptstepped out at the Door to see 378 (378)
see what was the Fray, &and were shot
by the Red-coats, &and fell down in
one another’s Arms, the Son dying
upon the Spot, but the Father did
not die till the Friday, the 18th, qnwhen
Lady Inches went to see him, &and
he was then expiring. Much about
the same Place, they came into a
House, where a poor Beggar-Wo-
man was spinning, &and they shot
her dead upon the Spot. — In
a Word, Lady Inches said, they
were really✝ mad, they were furious,
&and noX Check was given them in the
least.

Upon the Day of the Battle, about nine-
teen ☂ wounded Men (but so, as, with pro-
per Care, they might have been all
cured) got into a Barn. Upon the
Thursday (the Day after the Battle)
ⓧOrders were issued out to put them
to Death. They were accordingly
taken out, &and set up at a Park-wall
as so many Marks to be sported with,
&and were shot dead upon the Spot.
In the Barn there was one of the Name
of Shaw, whom a Presbyterian Mini-
ster was going forwards to inter-
cede for, because he was his par-ticular 379(379)
ticular Acquaintance; but, seeing
the Fury &and Madness of the Sogers,
he thought fit to draw back, lest
he had been let up amongst the
poor wounded Men, as a Mark to
be sported with in this Scene of
Cruelty. Lady Inches said, she
had forgot the Minister’s Name;
but she believed, he was settled
at Castle-Stewart, but she would
not be positive about the Place
of his Abode, though She had
got the particular Story from a
Sister of that Minister, a mar-
ried Woman in Inverness.

To confirm this the more, it is to be
remarked, that, when Provost Frazer
&and the other Magistrates of Inverness
(attended by Mr Hossack, the late
Provost) went to pay their Levee
to Cumberland &and his Generals, the
Generals were employed in giving
Orders about slaying the foresaid
Men &and other wounded Persons.
Mr Hossack (the SrSir Robert Wal-
pole of the Place, under the Di-
rection of President Forbes, &and a Man
of Humanity) could not witness such a 380 (380)
a Prodigy of intended Wickedness
without saying Something, &and therefore,
making a low Bow to General Haw-
ley, ^or General Husk, he said, “I hope, your Excellen-
“cy will be so good as to mingle Mer-
“cy with Judgment.” — Upon this, Haw-
ley, ^ or Husk, cried out in a RageX, “Damn the
“Rebel-Dog! kick him down Stairs, &and
“throw him in Prison directly!”— The
Orders were literally &and instantly o-
beyed; &and those, who were most firm-
ly attached to the Government, were
put in Prison at the Same Time.

Lady Inches said, it was really
Loudon’s Piper, that the✝ stout Black-
Smith killed; &and that MacIntosh’s House
is seven or eight Miles from Inver-
ness. — When Lady MacIntosh was to
be brought a Prisoner into Inverness,
a great Body of Men, consisting of se-
veral Regiments, were sent upon
the Command, &and, when she was leav-
ing her own House, the Dead-beat
was used by the Drummers. In the Command’s [] 381 (381)
Command’s marching from &and to Inverness,
the Horses trode many Corpses under
Foot; &and the generous-hearted Lady
MacIntosh behoved to have the Mortifica-
tion of viewing this shocking Scene.