Copy of Captain Oneille's Journal taken from a Copy attested by his Name subscribed with his own Hand, with several critical Notes upon the said Journal

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670 (670)
Copy of CapnCaptain O neille’s
Journal taken from a Copy at-
tested by his Name subscribed
with his own Hand.

[Having heard &and seen many scan-
dalous Libels, given out in my Name,
of the Conduct &and Retreat of the Prince
since the Battle of Culloden, I
have thought my selfmyself oblig’dobliged in
Duty &and Honour to give an im-
partial &and true Account of yethe same
during ✝ ^this Time that I had the Ho-
nour to be near his Person. This
I don’t pretend in Justification
of that great Prince, whose ini-
mitable Virtues &and Qualifications
as well render him the Darling
of his Friends as the astonishing
SurprizeSurprise of his greatest Enemies,
&and whose Valour &and calm Intrepi-
dity in heretofore unheard of Dang-
ers will usher down his Fame to
the latest Posterity; but to convince
&and assure the World, that all Ac-
counts, as yet given either under
my Name or otherwise, have been
X as spurious as defective &and infamously

✝
Thus the attested Copy had it wtoutwithout yethe Word,
the. —

X
If this be so, how then came I by the Copy
in Vol: 1. p: 181? for I can declare, I was Master of
that671(671)
ly false. I moreover assure this
to be the first &and only Account,
that I have given, or will give,
&and affirm the Contents to be true
upon my Honour.

April 15th, O:Old S:Style 1746, Prince
Charles marched his Army in
three Columns from Culloden-muir,
in hopes to surprizesurprise the Duke of
Cumberland in his Camp at Nairn,
ordering at the same Time two
thousand Men to pass the River
Nairn, &and post themselves between
Elgin &and the Camp of the Enemy.
To deceive the Ships that were in
Inverness Road, he ordered several
Fires to be made on the Mountain,
where he drew up in Battle. ~At
eight at Night He began his March,
&and about two next Morning, being yethe
16th of April, within ✝ a Mile of
the Enemy, our Van halted. The
Prince, who marched in yethe Centre,
dispatched an AidAide de Camp to
know the Motive of the Halt. ~Colo-nel

[t]hat Copy upon July 14th, 1747 i: e: exactly a
Month &and an Half before yethe Date of yethe Captain’s Let-
[t]er, along wtwith yethe attested Copy, to yethe Countess of Dun-
donald. See pag: 700 in this Volume, &and also pag: 697.

[✝]
Three of four Miles, say other Accounts, and
[j]ustly too, as must be confessed by those, who know
any
672(672)
✝nel O Sullivan (who marched in
the Van) immediately hasted to yethe
Prince, &and told Him, Lord George Mur-
ray &and some other of the ChiftainsChieftains,
as they wanted some of their Men,
did not think themselves suffici-
ently strong to attack the Enemy,
and, upon a strong Belief yethe Duke
of Cumberland was appriz’dapprized of
their Design, refused to advance,
maugre1 the Instances he (Colonel
O Sullivan) made Use of to en-
gage them to the Contrary.—Upon
this the Prince advanced to the
Head of the Column, where as-
sembling the Chiefs, in the most
pathetic &and strong Terms demon-
strated to them the visible and
real Advantages they had of an
Enemy, who thought themselves
secure of any such [] Attempt,
&and X descending his Horse drew his
Sword, &and told them he would lead
them to an Enemy, they had as
often defeated as seen. But, deaf
to his Example &and IntreatiesEntreaties, the ma-jor

any Thinganything of the Country about Nairn, where
the Attack was to have been made. Vol: 1. p: 158.
Vol: 3. p: 448. Vol: 4. p: 661.—

✝
This Page con-
tains several Particulars not so much as menti-
oned in any of the Accounts given by others, as
may be seen by making a Comparison. —

X
The Prince
marched all ytthat Night on Foot, says Ker of Gradyne,
see in this Vol: pag: 662.

Robert Forbes, A: M:
673(673)
jor Part declin’ddeclined; which so sensibly
shock’dshocked the Prince, that, remounting
his Horse, he told them, ✝ with the
greatest Concern, he did not so
much regret his own Loss as their
inevitable Ruin. [—He immediately
marched back to the former Camp
at Culloden, where he arrived
at five in the Morning. At ten
he was informed, the Duke of
Cumberland was in full March
towards Him. Whereupon yethe Prince
gave the Necessary Orders for the
Attack, riding from Rank to Rank,
encouraging his Troops, &and exhort-
ing them, X with his usual Spright-
liness, X to behave as they had done
at Prestonpans &and Falkirk.—Between
twelve &and one the Prince engag’dengaged the
Enemy, commanding himself in
the Centre. [The Right Wing imme-
diately broke the Left of the Enemy;
but their Flank being exposed to ☂ se-
ven Squadrons of Horse, who at-
tack’dattacked them whilst they were in Pur-
suit of the Enemy’s Foot, was put in to

✝
With Tears in his Eyes, says yethe other Copy, Volu: 1.
[p]: 181. —

X X
These Words are wanting in the foresaid
Copy, p: 182. — []
☂
Nine Squadrons of Horse,
says the foresaid Copy, pag: 182.

674 (674)
into ~~Disorder~~ so much Confusion,
that it was dispers’ddispersed. — The Prince
gallop’dgalloped to the Right, and, endeav-
ouring to rally them,✝ had his Horse
Xshot under Him. – The Left fol-
lowed the Example of yethe Right,
which drew on an entire DerouteDéroute,
in Spite of all the Prince could
do to animate or rally them; not-
withstanding which he remained u-
pon the Field of Battle, untilluntil
there were no more Hopes left,
&and then could scarce be persuaded
to retire, ordering the Irish Pi-
quets &and Fitz-James’s Horse to
make a Stand, &and favour the Re-
treat of the Highlanders, which
was as gallantly executed. Pre-
vious to [] the Battle, the Prince
had ordered the ChiftainsChieftains, that
(in Case of a Defeat) as the High-
landers could not retreat as re-
gular Troops, they should assemble
their Men near Fort-Augustus. In
Consequence of this, immediately
after the Battle the Prince dis-
patched me to Inverness, to repeat
his Orders to such of his Troops as were

✝
Here in the foresaid Copy these following
Words, but to no purpose. See Volume
1st, page 182.
X
Not true, See Vol. 6. p: 1101.

675 (675)
were there. — That Night the Prince
retired six Miles from the Field
of Battle,✝ &and next Day as far, &and in
three Days more arriv’darrived at Fort-Au-
gustus, where he remained a whole
Day in Expectation his Troops
would have join’djoined Him; but, seeing
no Appearance of it, he went to
the House of Invergary, &and ordered
me to remain there, to direct such
as pass’dpassed that Way the Road he
took. — I remain’dremained there two Days,
&and announc’dannounced the Prince’s Orders
to such as I met, but to no Effect,
every one taking his own Road.
— I then followed the Prince, who
was so far from making a precipi-
tate Retreat,X as has been mali-
ciously reported,X that he retired
by six &and six Miles, &and arrived yethe
☂28th of April, O:Old S:Style at Knoidart,
where I join’djoined Him next Day, &and
gave Him ân Account of the little
or no Appearance there was of assembling

[✝]
The foresaid Copy says here, and next
Day arrived at Fort-Augustus.

X X
These Words are not in the other Copy,
[p]ag: 183. —
☂
The 26th of April says the fore-
[s]aid Copy, which Day Donald MacLeod fixes
[u]pon for their Departure from yethe Continent
[t]o the Isles, Vol: 2. p: 273, 281, 316. Ned Burk says
[m]uch yethe same, Vol: 2. p: 329.

676(676)
sembling his Troops; upon which he wrote circular Letters to all the
ChiftainsChieftains, enjoining them by the
Obedience they owed Him to join
Him immediately with such of
their Clans as they could gather,
at the same Time representing
to them the imminent Danger
they were in if they neglected
it. After remaining some Days
there, in Hopes his Orders would
have been obeyed, &and seeing not
one Person repair to Him, it was
remonstrated to Him the extreme
Danger his Person was in, being
within ✝seven Miles of Lord Lou-
don, SrSir Alexander MacDonald
&and the MacLeods; &and it was propos-
ed to evade it by retreating to
one of the Islands near the Con-
tinent. — After repeated Instanc-
es of the like Nature, he reluctant-
ly assented, leaving Mr John Hay
behind to transmit Him the Answers of

✝
Says Donald MacLeod, “ten or
“twelve Mile by Sea, but a much
“greater Distance by Land.” See Vol:
2. pag: 278.

677 (677)
of his Letters with an Account of
what should pass, 2&and parted for the
Isles in an open fishing Boat
at eight at Night, attended by
✝Colonel O Sullivan x1 &and me only.
About an Hour after we parted, a
violent Hurricane arose, which drove
us X ninety Miles +2 from [our designed
Port, &and next Day running for Shel-
ter into the Island of φ North Uist +3X,
we struck upon a Rock, &and ☂ staved
to Pieces4,+ &and with great Difficul-
ty saved our Lives. — At our Land-
ing we were in the most melan-
choly Situation, knowing no Bodynobody,
&and wanting the common Necessa-
ries of Life. After much Search,
we found a little Hut uninhabi-
ted, &and took Shelter there, &and with
a great deal of Pains made a
Fire to dry our CloathsClothes. Here yethe
Prince remained two Days, hav-ing

✝
Honest Donald MacLeod, the Pilot, &and Allan Mac-
Donald, Clanranald’s Relation, might have had
a Place here, (Vol: 2. p: 281) to say nothing of
[t]he poor Rowers. —2
+X
This must be a Mistake,
t[]ho’though it be so in the other Copy too; for none of the
lochs has so much Bounds as to allow of such a
Drive [from an intended Harbour. I remember, Do-
nald MacLeod called this Nonsense; for he makes the
whole Course but only 96 Miles, 3 Vol: 2. p: 284, 285. —

φ
This
[s]hould be Benbecula; but I think not so much of his mis-
[t]aking Names, being a Stranger. Vol: 2. p: 284. —

☂
This is al-
together
678(678)
ing no other Provisions but a few
BisketsBiscuits we had saved out of the
Boat, which were entirely spoil-
ed with the Salt-water. — As ysthis
Island belonged to SrSir Alexander
MacDonald, &and not judging our
selvesourselves safe, we determined going
else whereelsewhere, and, by the greatest
good Fortune, one of our Boat-
men discovered a ✝ Boat stranded
on the Coast, &and having with great
Difficulty launched it into yethe Water,
we imbarkedembarked for the Harris. In
our Passage, we unfortunately
met with another Storm, which o-
bliged us to put into an Island
near Stornway. Next Day yethe Prince
dispatched X me for Stornway to look
for a Ship, ordering me to imbarkembark
on Board the first I could get, &and
to make the most diligent Haste,
after my Landing on the Conti-
nent, to the Court, of France, or-
dering me to give an exact Account to

together an Error, as plainly appears not only from
the Words of Donald MacLeod &and Ned Burk (Vol: 2. p[:]
270, 343) but likewise from a remarkable Token given
me by CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander Macdonald, which puts this Point
beyond all Doubt, Vol: 3. p: 581, 582. —
✝
One
Error never fails to prove the Foundation of another
if not of many. —

X
This whole Affair is repre-
sented in quite a different Manner by Donald
MacLeod
679 (679)
to his most Christian Majesty of his
Disasters, &and of his Resolution ne-
ver to abandon the Country, un-
tilluntil he knew the final Result
[of France, and, if it was ✝ not
possible, once more to assemble
his faithful Highlanders. Un-
luckily the Person, that the Prince
sent with me, X getting drunk, told
the Master of the Ship somewhat,
that induced him to refuse tak-
ing me on Board, &and immediately
alarmed the Country, which obli-
ged me to return &and join yethe Prince,
who, upon what I told Him, re-
solved for the Continent by Way
of Seaforth’s Country; but the Boat-
men absolutely refused to comply,
which made us take the Road we
came; &and meeting with three Ships ôf War
we were constrained to put into a De-
sert Island, where we remained eight

MacLeod, [in an []]who caused me remark more than once
[th]at O Neille did not accompany him to Stornway,
Vol: 2. p: 270, 287. &and I have heard Ned Burk affirm
[t]he same Thing. —

✝
Here either [not] should
[b]e wanting, or the next Word immediately follow-
[i]ng should be [impossible] to make Sense of the
[W]ords, which were precisely as above in the attested
[C]opy; but in the other Copy (Vol: 1. p: 184) they hap-
pen to be right. —

X
One Error must be the Foun-
[d]ation of another at least. See this whole Af-
fair
680(680)
✝eight Days in the greatest Mise-
ry, having no Sustenance but
some dried Fish, that Provi-
dence threw in our Way in ysthis
Island. When the Ships disap-
peared, we put to Sea again, &and
next Morning met with another
Ship of War, just coming out of
one of the Lochs, who pursued us
for near an Hour; but the Wind
rising we made our Escape. In
the Afternoon we arrived at the
Island of Benbecula, &and one of
the Boatmen being acquainted
with a Herd of the Island, led
us to his House, where, passing
for Friends of the Boatman, we
remained four Days, &and then the
Prince sent the Boat to the Con-
tinent with a Highland Gentle-
man, whom he charged wtwith Letters
to the Chiefs, Secretary Murray &and
John Hay, requiring an exact Ac-count

fair cleared up by Donald MacLeod himself,
Vol: 2. 289, 290. and that too according to the Ex-
pressions of CapnCaptain John Hay upon that Head,
who could have no Interest of By-view in qtwhat
he spoke, Vol: 3. p: 479, &cetc. —
✝
Four Days
&and four Nights says Donald MacLeod, &and not in so
very great Misery, as CapnCaptain O neille represents
them to have been in, though indeed their Case was
bad enough, Vol: 2. from p: 291, to 297. and Ned
Burk’s Account of this Matter agrees with that of
Donald
681 (681)
count how Affairs stood. Not think-
ing our selvesourselves secure in the Cot-
tage, by the Advice of a Friend,
we retired to the Mountain of
Coradale, to wait the Return of
the Gentleman, where we re-
mained two &and twenty Days, when
the Gentleman returned with a Let-
ter from Secretary Murray, import-
ing, that the Clans had almost
all delivered up their Arms, &and
consequently were no more to be
depended on. — He likewise ac-
quainted the Prince of two French
Ships, who had arrived at the
Continent with Money, &and Arms, &and
in which the Duke of Perth, his
Brother, SrSir Thomas Sheridan &and
John Hay had imbarkedembarked for France.
— Here we remained some Days
longer, till the Duke of Cumber-
land having Intelligence, that
the Prince was concealed in the
Long Isle, ordered the Militia of
the Isle of Sky &and the Independent
Companies to go in Search of him.
As soon as we had Notice of their Landing

Donald, Vol: 2. p: 331. One day I read this
[p]articular of the Desert-Island ~~to Ned~~ to Ned Burk, qnwhen
[h]e used this remarkable Expression, — “What Deel
needs
682 (682)
Landing, we retreated to an Island,
about twelve Miles Distance, cal-
led Ouya, where we remained, till
we found, they had followed us; &and
then we went for Loch-boisdale,
&and stayed there eight Days, qnwhen CapnCaptain
Carolina Scott landed within a Mile
of us, which obliged us to separate,
the Prince taking me to the Moun-
tains, &and O Sullivan remaining wtwith
the Boatmen. — At Night-fall we
marched towards Benbecula, being in-
formed, Scott had ordered the Mili-
tia to come &and join Him. — At Mid-
night we came to a Hut, where, by
good Fortune, we met with Miss
Flora MacDonald, whom I former-
ly knew. I quitted the Prince at
some Distance from the Hut, and
went with a Design to inform my
selfmyself, if the Independent Compa-
nies were to pass that Way next
Day, as we had been informed. The
young Lady answered me, not, &and
said, that they would not pass till
the Day after. Then I told Her, I
brought a Friend to see Her; &and she,
with some Emotion, asked me, if it was the

“needs a Man mack mair Wonders than we had
“Faith, we had anew4 o’ them.”5 — Words, tho’though coarse,
yet, very significant.

683 (683)
the Prince. I answered Her, it was,
&and instantly brought Him in.✝ We
then consulted on the imminent
Danger the Prince was in, &and could
think of a no more proper &and safe
Expedient, than to propose to Miss
Flora to convey Him to the Isle
of Sky, where her Mother lived.
This seemed the more feasible,
as the young Lady’s Father, being
CapnCaptain of an Independent Company,
would accord her a pass for her-
self &and a Servant, to go visit her
Mother. — The Prince assented, &and
immediately propos’dproposed it to the young
Lady; to which she answered with
the greatest Respect &and Loyalty;
but declined it, saying, SrSir Alex-
ander MacDonald was too much
her Friend to be the Instrument
of his Ruin. I endeavoured to ob-
viate this by assuring her, Sir A-
lexander was not in the Country,
&and that she could with the greatest
Facility convey the Prince to her
Mother’s, as she lived close by the
Water-Side. I then remonstrated to

[✝]
In all this CapnCaptain O neille is exactly right; for I have
[h]eard Miss MacDonald declare more than once, that
[t]he CapnCaptain ^came to her (bringîng the Prince along wtwith him) qnwhen
[s]he happened to be in a SheallingShieling belonging to her
Brother; that the CapnCaptain was the Contriver of the
Scheme;
684 (684)
to her the Honour &and Immortali-
ty, that would redound to her
by such a glorious Action; &and She at
Length acquiesc’dacquiesced, after the Prince
had told her the Sense he would
always ~~ente~~rêtain of so conspicuous
a Service. — She promised to ac-
quaint us next Day, when Things
were ripe for Execution, &and we
parted for the Mountains of Cora-
dale. Next Day, at four in the
afternoon, we received a Mes-
senger from our Protectress, tel-
ling us All was well. We deter-
mined joining Her immediately;
but the Messenger informed us,
we could not pass either of the
Fords, that separated the Island
we were in from Benbecula, as
they were both guarded. In this
dreadful Situation a Man of yethe Coun-
try tendered us his Boat, which we
readily accepted, &and next Day land-
ed at Benbecula, &and immediately
marched for Rossinish, the Place of
Rendezvous, where we arrived at
Midnight, and, instead of our Protec-tress,

Scheme; &and that She her selfherself was very back-
ward to engage in it: And indeed no Wonder (what-
ever some may say) qnwhen one seriously considers yethe im-
portant Trust, &and the many many Dangers attending
it.
685(685)
tress, found [✝our [selvesourselves [Taylorwithin fifty
Yards of ✝a Guard of the Enemy.
We were constrained to retreat
four Miles, having eat Nothing
for thirty X Hours before. — The Prince
ordered me to go to the Lady,
&and know the Reason she did not
keep her Appointment. She told
me, she had engaged a ☂ Cousin
of hers in North Uist to receive
Him in his House, where, she
was sure, he would be more safe,
than in the Isle of Sky. — I im-
mediately despatched a Boy with
this News to the Prince, &and mentio-
ned him the Place of Appointment,
whither he came; but the Gentle-
man absolutely refused receiving
us, alleging, for a Motive, that
he was Vassal to SrSir Alexander
MacDonald. In this unexpected
Exigence, being within a small
Half-mile of a Captain &and fifty
Men, we hastened for Rossinish,
being apprizedapprised the Enemy had just abandoned

✝
[i]t. Something of all this may be ga-
thered from her own Journal. Vol: 3. p: 524, &cetc.

✝
In yethe oyrother Copy these words are wanting. Vol: 1. p: 187.

X
In the other Copy, 34 Hours. —
☂
See Vol: 3.
[p]ag: 526, 589.

686 (686)
abandoned it. Taylor[The Prince sent me
to acquaint Miss Flora of our
Disappointment, &and to intreatentreat her
to keep to her promise, as there
was no Time to lose. She faith-
fully promised for next Day, and
I remained with Her that Night,
the Prince remaining at Rossinish
attended by a little Herd. — Next
Day I accompanied Miss Flora
to the Rendezvous, where we had
not long been, when we had an
Account, ✝ that General Campbell
was just landed with 1500 Men.
We were now apprehensive,
that we were betrayed, &and in-
stantly got to our Boat, &and put
to another Place, where we
arrived at Day-break. We dis-
patched a Person to Clanranald’s
House to learn what News, who
brought us Word, that General
Campbell was there with CapnCaptain
Ferguson, &and that he saw CapnCaptain
Scott’s Detachment coming to join
them, &and that they amounted in all

✝
Vol: 3. pag: 526, 527, 485, 486. It is truly
a Matter of much Wonder, that the Prince
should escape the Clutches of so many in such
narrow Bounds, especially when the Coast
was
687 (687)
all to 2300 Men. — The Prince
intreatedentreated the young Lady I should
accompany Him; but she Xabsolute-
ly refused it, having a Pass but
for one Servant. The Prince
was so generous as ^to decline, go-
ing unless I attended Him, un-
tilluntil I told him, if he made
the least Demur, I would in-
stantly go about my Busi-
ness, as I was extremely in-
different what became of me,
so that his Person was safe.
[✝]With much Difficulty, &and after
many IntreatiesEntreaties, ✝ he at length
imbarkedembarked, attended only by
Miss Flora MacDonald.☂

Here my hard Fate &and the Prince’s
Safety, which was my only Object,
obliged me to share no longer yethe
Misfortunes of that illustrious He-
ro, whose Grandeur of Soul &and In-
trepidity, with a Calmness of Spi-
rits particular to himself in such
Dangers, increased in these Mo-ments

was swarming wtwith Ships, Sloops, &cetc.

[X]
Vol: 3. pag: 527. —

✝✝
These Words are not in
the other Copy, Vol: 1. p: 189. —

☂
The faithful Mac-
[K]echan might have been named here.

688(688)
ments, when the general Part of
Mankind abandon themselves to
their Fate. I now could only re-
commend Him to God &and his good
Fortune, &and made my Way, amidst
the Enemy, to South Uist, where we
had left Colonel ✝ O Sullivan.
Next day I joined O Sullivan,
&and found (four Days after the
Prince parted) a French Cutter,
commanded by one Dumont, &and
who had on Board two Cap-
tains of the Irish Brigade with
a Number of Volunteers. Here
Colonel O Sullivan &and I concert-
ed what were the properest Mea-
sures to be taken. We agreed, ytthat
he should go on Board yethe Cutter,
as he was ^so reduced by the long
Fatigues, that he had undergone
in the Mountains, as not to be
able to walk, &and that he should
bring the Cutter to Loch-Seaforth,
nigh the Isle of Rasay, where yethe
Prince ordered me to join Him by
a Billet he had sent me the Day
before by one of the Boatmen, who had

✝
Captain O neille speaks more respectfully,
&and is more favourable in his Accounts, of Co-
lonel O Sullivan, than some other Hints,
that
689 (689)
had rowed Him to the Isle of
Sky. — After having seen my Friend
on Board, &and after innumerable
Difficulties, I got a Boat, &and went
round the Isle of Sky to yethe Isle
of Rasay, Place of Rendezvous,
but at my Landing had Intel-
ligence, that the Prince was
returned to the Isle of Sky;
whereupon I hasted to said Isle
of Sky again, &and there too had
the Grief to learn, that he had
departed that Island, but for
what Place no Bodynobody could in-
form me in the least. I then
repaired to Lock-Nammaddy
in North Uist, where, by out A-
greement, Colonel O Sullivan
was to come to me, in Case ytthat
in eight Days I did not join him
at Loch-Seaforth; but not meet-
ing my Friend there, after a De-
lay of four Days, I returned to the
Island of Benbecula, where I pro-
mised my selfmyself greater Safety than any

that are given in this Collection, See
Vol: 3d, pag: 496, 519, 528.

690 (690)
any whereanywhere else; but I met wtwith a quite
different Usage, for the ✝ very Person,
in whom I had entirely confid-
ed, &and under whose Care I was, be-
trayed me to Captain MacNeal
(induced thereto by a great Sum of
Money offered for me) who was
in that Country under the Com-
mand of Captain Ferguson of
the Furnace-Bomb. I was taken
by this Captain MacNeal in a
Rock over a Loch, where I had
skulked for four Days, &and brought
to X Captain Ferguson, who used me
with all the Barbarity of a Pirate,
stripped me, &and had ordered me
to be put into a Rack &and whipped
by his Hangman, because I would
not confess where I thought the
Prince was. As I was just going
to be whipped, being already
stripped, Lieutena^nt MacCaghan
of the Scotch FusileersFusiliers, who com-
manded a Party under CapnCaptain Fer-guson

✝
See the Person named &and yethe whole
Affair cleared up, in this Vol: p: 644.

X
A Man
remarkable for his Cruelties, Vol: 1. p: 192. Vol:
2. p: 216, 251, 252, 309, 311. Even in his younger
Years he was remarkable for a cruel Turn of
Mind among his School-fellows &and Compani-
ons, &and therefore he is the fitter Tool for William
the Cruel. He was born at Old Meldrum in the
Shire of Aberdeen.

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guson, very generously opposed
this barbarous Usage, and, coming
out with his drawn Sword, threaten-
ed CapnCaptain Ferguson, that he’d sacri-
fice himself &and his Detachment,
rather than to see an Officer
used after such an infamous Man-
ner.

I can’t avoid acquainting the Pu-
blic, that, four Days after I was
taken,✝ General Campbell sent
me Word, upon his Parole of Ho-
nour, that if I had Money or o-
ther Effects in the Country, in
sending them to him they should
be safe; upon which (always
imagining that the Word of Honour
was as sacredly kept in yethe English
Army as ‘tis in others) I went wtwith
a Detachment for my Money &and
gold Watch, which I had hid in
athe Rock, when I perceived the Party
searching for me, &and sent to Gene-
ral Campbell by CapnCaptain Skipness
Campbell 450 Guineas, with my Gold
Watch, Broad-sword &and Pistols, all qchwhich
he has thought proper (to be sure con-
sistent wtwith his Honour) to keep from me

✝
In this Vol: pag: 645. Vol: 1. p: 191, 192.
692 (692)
me, upon diverse Applications made
to him to that purpose.

I hope, the Public will excuse ysthis
long Digression, that I have made
since my Separation from the
Prince, the more so, that I have
only made it to shewshow, that I did
every Thing in my Power, as well
to fulfil my Duty, as to endeav-
our to deserve the Confidence,
with which the Prince was ~~ple~~
graciously pleased to honour me.

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