Several remarkable Narratives taken from the Mouth of Dr Archibald Cameron's Lady

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Copy of several remarkable
Narratives, taken from the
Mouth of Dr Archibald Ca-
meron's ☂Lady, by Dr John
Burton, when in Edinburgh.

The Prince, in going into the Hut,
where the X Thieves were (being forc-
ed to do it, having been eight and
forty hours without any Kind of̃
Sustenance) was discovered by one
of them, who knew him well. This
trusty Fellow, knowing the Princes's Con[-]
dition, and, at the same Time, not dar-
Vol: 7th, pag: 1451.
ing

☂
Vol: 2. pag: 374
X
Meaning here, I sup-
pose, the Glenmoriston Men, See Vol: 1. pag:
172, 173, for these Men (as I have often heard)
were such infamous Thieves, &and noted Lifters
of Cattle, in a Word, such remarkable Ban-
ditti by profession, that the Country-people,
who knew them, would not drink with them;
&and yet they ^proved most faithful &and trusty Friends to yethe
Prince in his greatest Dangers &and Distress-
es. These very Men, (consider &and wonder!) that
could, at any time, risquerisk both Body &and Soul for less
than the Value of a single Shilling, were found
Proof of thirty thousand Pounds sterling, &and generously
despised548(548)
ing to tell his Companions who their new
Guest was, had the presence of mind to
call out, —“Ha, Dougal MacCullony, I
“am glad to see Thee!” — By this the
Prince found, that he was known to
this Man, &and that the Man behoved to
be a Friend by the Expression he had
now used. The Prince took the Hint,
&and humoured the Joke so well, that
he owned the Name given him, &and
accordingly sat down, &and ate very
heartily of some boyledboiled Beef and
Pottage. The Man, who knew the
Prince, found (after talking private-
ly with the Prince) that it was ne-
cessary to inform his Companions
who their new Guest was. Upon
knowing of this, they rejoiced great-
ly, &and made it their Study how to
serve him in the best Manner they
could, two of them being always em-
ployed, by Turns, to keep Sentry, or, a
good Look-out, &and to bring in Provisions,
which they did in Plenty. In short, they
behaved with the utmost Fidelity and
Respect to him, while amongst them.

When The Prince, and (I think) Cameron
of ✝Glenbean, or Glenpane, were travelling
together

despised the tempting Bait, whilst others (Gentle-
men by Birth, improved by a proper Education) greedily
sought after it! — This is a most surprizingsurprising Instance
of Fidelity &and Heroic Virtue!
Robert Forbes, A: M:

✝
Vol 1. Page 172
549 (549)
together, one Day the latter, after
going about three Miles, missed ✝
his Purse, wherein he had forty
Guineas, &and would needs go back
for it; but the Prince was not
at all for his returning upon any
Account. However, Glenbean was
positive not to want the Purse; &and
therefore he desired the Prince to
wait behind a Hill near the Place
where they then were, till he should
come to him again. The Prince was
obliged to comply &and Glenpean had
not gone far, before a party of Sol-
diers appeared, &and marched the very
Road, they should have gone, had
not Glenbean lost his purse; by qchwhich
means the Prince must inevitably
have been taken. The Prince
lay snug, &and watched the Road
the Soldiers went, waiting Glen-
pane's Return. Glenbean found
his Purse, &and returned with Joy, the
Prince, at that Time, having no
Money, which was the chief Rea-
son, ~~so positive~~ that made Glen-
pane so positive upon returning
to seek for the Purse. The Prince told

✝
See this Point corrected, pag: 620.
550 (550)
told him what he had seen; on qchwhich
they took a different Route, heartily
thanking Providence, for so lucky and
so seasonable an Accident.

The Prince, not many Days after
his Return from Sky to the Continent,
sent One to ✝Glenbean (I think) de-
siring Glenbean to meet him at such
a Place. But before the Messenger
&and Glenbean came to him, he was ob-
liged to remove from the Place ap-
pointed, upon seeing some Soldiers
approaching towards it. Glenpane
&and the Guide, coming to the Place, &and
not finding the Prince, parted, &and went
different Roads, in order (if possi-
ble to find him out. After the Prince
had left the Place appointed for the
Meeting, it became so very misty, or
foggy, that a Person could not see a
Yard before him. During the Continu-
ance of this Fog, Glenbean, walking
up a Vale, accidentally met with the
Prince, being so near as to rub upon
one another before the one could dis-
cern the other. The Prince, in a
bold Manner, asked the other who
he was; the Prince being ready for
a Defence, provided it had been
an Enemy. The Answer being given, the

✝
In this Vol: p: 569, &c.etc. 608, &cetc.
551 (551)
the Prince said, You are the Man
I sent for, &and I am such a One. Soon
after this, another Guide being got,
(for they never heard any more
of the former Guide, who parted
from Glenbean, when both of them
were endeavouring to find out
the Prince;) they set out for the
Place, whither the Prince was a
going, and, the Fog still remain-
ing as thick as before, the Prince
happened to fall, &and was going
headlong down a precipice of a-
bove twenty Fathoms deep, when
the Guide most happily catched
Hold of his Foot; but the Prince’s
Weight brought him down also,
&and both of them must inevitably
have had their Brains knock'dknocked
out, had it not been for Glenbean's
seizing fast hold of the Guide,
who still kept fast hold of the
Prince, though in so much Dang-
er himself. By the Help of Glen-
bean, &and some Shrubs growing on
the Side of the Precipice, they re-
covered themselves, &and were both
preserved.
As 552 (552)
As soon as the Besiegers of Fort-
William left the Place, a Party
of Caroline Scott's Men, from wtinwithin
the Fort, went to the House of Ca-
meron of Gleneavis, &and ✝plundered
it, &and striptstripped his Lady of all her
CloathsClothes, one Petticoat only excepted,
taking the very Shirt off her, &and look-
ing upon it as a Favour to allow
her ^to untie her own Petticoats. They
striptstripped one of Dr CameronsCameron's Daug-
ters, a Girl, that was staying with
her Aunt Gleneavis. They striptstripped
Gleneavis’s only son, a Boy about
seven Years of Age, who having
Gold Loops &and gold Buttons on his
CloathsClothes, the Soldiers were so greedy
of them, though half-worn, that one
of them took out his Knife, &and cut ymthem
all off. In his Hurry, cutting off the
Button upon the Child's Shoulder,
he cut with so great Force, that he
wounded the Side of the Boy’s
Neck. The Mother, seeing yethe Blood,
immediately swooned away, imag-
ining, the Villain had cut the Boy’s
Throat; but when she came to her
selfherself, she examined the Wound, &and

✝
Vol: 2. p: 220.
553 (553)
&and found it of no great Consequence.
This Lady, with her own &and two
of her Brother's Children, was
forced to go, &and live in a Cave
of a Rock, where she stayed
six Months, making the best
Shift the could for Provisions to
her selfherself &and the poor helpless Chil-
dren. Captain Scott sent her a
Message, pretending, that what
was done, was without his Know-
ledge or Consent, &and that, if she
would go to Fort-William, she
should have such Things, as be-
longed to her. She consulted her
Brother, Lochiel, who advised
her to go. She went accordingly.
The Captain gave her her Shoe-
buckles, her Buttons for her Shirt-
sleeves, which, in the Hurry of
taking, the Soldiers had broke, &and
a Cloak, that had been taken
from Dr Cameron's little Daurdaughter.

N:B: Gleneavis was never out,
and only, during the Siege of
Fort-William, some of the Be-
siegers took up their Quarters at
his House. — Not withstandingNotwithstanding Scott pretended, 554 (554)
pretended, he knew nothing of the
SoldiersSoldiers' Actions, yet he never pu-
nished any one of them for what
had been done. He wrote to the
Duke of Cumberland an account
of what He or his men had done,
who sent for Answer, that he great-
ly ^approved of what had been done. This
Letter from the D:Duke of Cumberland
(amongst many others) was taken,
when the Post-boy was seized by
some of the Highlanders; and, I
believe, it may be got.

The Soldiers, or rather some
of the Independent Companies,
being out upon the plundering Af-
fair, among others, met with a poor
old Woman, who, instead of a Cap,
had a piece of Linen-CloathCloth about
her Head. One of the Soldiers,
rather than have no Prey at all,
took off the Piece of CloathCloth; &and one
of the Officers (a Campbell) seeing
a Head of Gray Hairs, likely to make
a good Wig, had it instantly cut off.
Upon this yethe poor Woman begged
to have her Piece of Linen-cloth a-
gain to prevent her Catching Cold; but, 555 (555)

but, in Lieu of that, the Officer
gave her a Kick in the Breech,
&and badbade her be gone for an old
Bitch. She went to General
Campbell, to make her Com-
plaint; but he said, as the Officer
was not under his Command, he
could not relieve her; but, that
had it been ~~one~~^ ^ ^any of his Officers
or Men, he would have made
them restore what was taken. In
the present Situation, he said, he
could not assist her. — This
the old Woman told to Dr Ca-
meron’s Lady Verbatim.

After plundering every Place, &and
destroying all the Meal, &c.etc. and
driving away all the Cattle, &c.etc. they
destroyed all the Ferry-boats, or
removed them, &and would neither
suffer the People to go out for
Provisions, nor suffer any Provisions
to be brought ^to them.

The Prince kept a regular
Journal.

The D:Duke of Cumberland gave Orders
in writing sealed up, &and not to be opened 556 (556)
opened, till they should happen
to catch the Pretender; and, if they
should miss him, to return the Or-
ders unopened.

✝A Captain asked Kingsburgh at
Fort-Augustus about knowing the
young Pretender's Head. The Per-
son, so killed, cried out, as he fell,
“You have murdered your Prince;”
which so far deceived them, that the
D:Duke of Cumberland went up direct-
ly for London in full Persuasion
the Thing was done.

XThe two Gentlemen, who came
over with Letters in Cyphers to the
French Ambassador, sent to find out
Lochiel. A Third was taken, and
hanged immediately, by the Military,
they pretending, that he had once
been a Spy in Flanders; but he
was really an Officer in the French
Army. There were about forty Vo-
lunteers on Board the same Ship
with the said Gentlemen. They
knew nothing of the Battle of
Culloden till their Arrival in
Scotland. The Prince, in Disguise,
took a Letter to them (as from the Prince)

✝
Vol: 1. p: 146, 147.
X
Vol: 1. p. 173, 175,
176. Vol: 4. p: 628, 635.
557 (557)
Prince) desiring, they would de-
liver up their Letters to the Bear-
er, whom they might trust; for yethe
Prince was afraid they might
be Spies, and, as he could talk
French well, he chose rather to
go himself under a borrowed
Name, than to send any Person
to them. When he came to ymthem
they delivered to him all the
Letters, which, being in Cyphers,
he could not make any Thinganything
of. They were left by their
own Vessel, &and so Lochiel took
Care of them, till the Vessel
came for the Prince. When
again they saw the Prince, &and
knew him to be such, they were
greatly ashamed, that they had
used him like a common Man,
in which Shape he had formerly
appeared to them✝.
Colonel Warren went over
to France, on purpose to fetch
a Vessel for carrying off yethe Prince
&and such as should be wtwith him.
The

✝
See the 2d Note at the Foot of the pre-
ceeding page.
558 (558)
The Prince &and Lochiel were oblig-
ed to remove their Quarters, when
✝Monroe of Culcairn was killed, be-
cause they apprehended, there would
be a much narrower Scrunity upon
that Account.

As the Military had destroyed all
the Provisions in the Country, the poor
old Women used to follow where
they had seen the Soldiers marched,
in order to get the Bowels &and the
green Hides of the Cattle, which
had been killed. These they used
to cut, &and to broil them upon a
Fire. The Soldiers, finding this out,
used frequently to leave a Party
concealed, who, when the poor Wo-
men were regaling themselves
about the Fire, as above, used to
shoot them for Diversion, and for
Wagers, &cetc..

CapnCaptain Ferguson, having one of Lo-chiel’s

✝
One Day, when I was conversing wtwith John
Cameron (in EdrEdinburgh) Uncle of Mr. John Ca-
meron, Presbyterian Preacher &and late Chap-
lain at Fort William, I asked him, if he
could inform me who the Person was that
had shot Culcairn out of the Wood. He
answered, he had good Reason to assure
me, that the Father (an old Man) of that
Cameron, whom CapnCaptain Grant had basely ^murder'dmurdered near the
559(559)
chiel's Brothers as a prisoner, would
not allow him a Bed to lie on,
nor any Thinganything else but Ropes &and
Cables. He fell ill, &and was so bad,
that, in his then Situation, it was
thought he could not recover, Com-
plaint was made to Lord Albe-
marle, who sent a Physician to
see him &and make his Report
of him. He returned, &and said,
if Mr Cameron was not brought
ashore, or was better assisted, he
must die soon by Neglect &and ill
Usage. Accordingly Lord Albe-
marle sent a Party for him, wtwith
an Order to Ferguson to deliver
up Mr Cameron; but Ferguson
said, he was his Prisoner, &and he
would not deliver him up to
any Person, without an express
Order from the Duke of Newcastle
or the Lords of the Admiralty. On this

the same Spot, was the Person; &and that his
Aim was agtagainst the said CapnCaptain Grant; but as
he &and Culcairn were walking together,
the latter had the Chance to receive
the Bullet &and to fall for his Compani-
on. See Vol: 1 pag: 167.

Vol: 4 pag: 637.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
560 (560)
On this Refusal, Mr Cameron's
Friends sent a Bed &and Bed-CloathsClothes,
with some other Necessaries, with
Intent to put them on Board: But
Ferguson swore, if they offered to
put them on Board, he would
sink them &and their Boat directly.
The Captain soon after sailed,
and when in the Thames, poor
Mr Cameron died.

N: B: The preceedingpreceding remarka-
ble Narratives, &c.etc. I transcribed fmfrom
Dr Burton's own Hand-writ.

Robert Forbes, A.M.

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