1st As to Murdoch McRa the Kin-
tail-man, he was, as I was inform’dinformed
one that had no concern directly or
indirectly in the late Troubles, but
being at the house of MackDonald
of Leek, about his private Affairs,
in the middle of May 1746, he was
there seiz’dseized by a Party of Sir AlexrAlexander
McDonald’s men, and sent with a Line
from sdsaid AlexrAlexander to LdLord Loudon who then lay 1122 (1122)
lay at Fort-Augustus, his Lop.Lordship sent
him under a strong GaurdGuard to his R.Royal
H.Highness the Duke, then at Inverness, he
arrived there, about 8 o’ Clock in
the morning, and was hang’dhanged before
10 the same forenoon, on an Apple
Tree, which grows at the Cross, with
a written Accusation, of his being a
Spy, hung on his Breast, I my selfmyself
happen’dhappened to be standing by the Cross
and to see this poor unlucky man
hang’dhanged; A little after he was hang’dhanged,
his body was strip’tstripped naked, in which
way it hung over the sdsaid Cross for
the space of 2 days exposed to
the whole Inhabitants, his R.Royal H.Highness
rode by the sdsaid Cross on his Way
to Fortaugustus and the sdsaid Bo-
dy thus exposed, it was at last cut
down by the Beggars and burriedburied at
the back of the Church.

2lySecondly As to Mackvee,✝ alias Came-
ron, his History is a singular In-
stance of Constancy and great Cou-
rage: He was taken, as I was cre-
dibly informed in some Part of My 1123 (1123)
My Lord SeafortSeaforth’s Country, and some
Letters found about him writtwrit in
French without either Direction
or Subscription, he was brought
to Inverness, where, GenlGeneral Black-
ney then commanded, being in
SeptrSeptember or OctrOctober 1746, and was put
in ^to a Vault in the Bridge of the
sd.said Town in order to make him
confess who gave him sd.said Letters
or to whom he was carrying them,
but this proving ineffectual he
was carried to the Cross where,
being strip’tstripped naked, he was lash’dlashed
by the DrumersDrummers of both the Re-
giments then at Inverness from
heel to head; in the Interval
‘twixtbetwixt the Lashes given by each
DrumerDrummer he was alwise1 asked
to Confess, but to no purpose
for confess he would not; I my
selfmyself saw him carried up from
the Vault he was kept in, a second
time, in order to be lash’dlashed, but by
what Accident this second Lashing
was prevented I can’t tell, howe-
ver it is certain Mack-vee made
no Confession, for he was sent back
again to Prison, where he died misera-bly1124(1124)
bly of Cold and Want after lying
there some Weeks: It is remarka-
ble, that while he lay in the
Prison in the greatest misery,
he was desired by some people,
to save his own Life, by mak-
ing a Confession, but he answe-
red, that his Life signified no-
thing in Comparison of those, his
Confession might destroy.

3dlyThirdly and Lastly. As to Anne McKay,
she’s a poor Isle of Sky Woman,
who happened to be at Invr.Inverness the
Time of the battle of Culloden,
&and to live above the cold Cellar
into which one Robert Nairn
and McDonald of XBellfinlay
(two wounded Gentlemen) were
put after the battle, She being
a wise sagacious Creature, some
of the charitable people in Town
thought proper to employ her as
the Person shou‘dshould convey to the
distressed Gentlemen, the Supplies
they intended for them; She con-
tinued faithfully in this Practice from 1125 (1125)
from the 18th of April 1746 ‘tilluntil
the Month of March (If I don’t
mistake) 1747, when a Plot was
laid by some ✝ Charitable Ladies
for helping Nairn to make his
Escape (McDonald not being able
to escape being lame) Of this
Plot the poor HeighlandHighland Woman
was made principal Manager,
and indeed she managed won-
derfully, for after equipingequipping
Nairn in warmest manner he
cou’dcould then be cloathedclothed in, she
decoyed the CenturySentry of the door
of the Cellar, into a back
Close just ofoff it, by which means
Nairn slip‘tslipped out and made his
Escape, the Guard was not alar-
med with this Accident ‘tilluntil
next morning, when all were
in an uproar, but particularly
one Coll.Colonel X Leighton, then Lieut.Lieutenant Coll.Colonel
of Genl.General Blackeney‘s Regiment, who
ordered immediately this Woman, to be 1126 (1126)
to be seized and her house ruf-
fled,2 he caused her first be
brought to his own Room and
called for one Baillie Fraser
to examine her in the Irish
tongue,3 he first caused ask,
who they were used to supply
him with Food, to which she
answered, 4”I no ken5 dat, for
“he no pe Shentleman, he no
“pe a McLeod or McDonald
“or any Mack at all, for he pe
“Nairn a Fisher, and deel a6
“Mans or Womans of dat name
“in a dis Town:” He then put
5 GuenniesGuineas into her hand and
desired her tell who help‘thelped
Nairn away, but she said, ”I
“no tak money I have a Pill
“of my own”, And with so saying,
she pull'dpulled out an old Bill she
had in her Pocket: He then de-
sired she might tell, or he wou’dwould
confine her in the Bridge Hole,
to which she answered, “Lord pless
“your honour, no put me in the
“✝Prick Hole;” All methods prov-ing 1127(1127)
ing ineffectual he ordered her to
be carried to the GaurdGuard, and as
a punishment for not Confessing
he ordered her to be kept on
her Feet, without allowing her
sit or lylie, by this punishment
she contracted a swelling in
her Legs of which She is not
yet recovered; While she was
in the GaurdGuardin this Situation,
there was an Irish Woman a
Soldier’s Wife sent to the GaurdGuard
with some strong Liquors in or-
der to intoxicate her, that
then she might confess, the
Wife came to her accordingly,
and offered her a hot Pot or
some Possat and said she
wou’dwould drink Prince Charles
his health, but she answd.answered “I
“no pe trink Sharly health I
“like de Duke, for I pe a ✝ Mc-
“Leod and McLeods no pe like
“Sharly, but I no trink hot pot
“or Possat, for I no ken dat, I pe 1128 (1128)
“pe trink Milk and Whey,” Every
method proving ineffectual to ex-
tract a Confession She was put
in to the Town‘s Tolbooth where
she was kept for some Weeks,
and she was to be drubbed thro’through
the Town had not Interest
been made to get it prevented.

Leith, SeptrSeptember 13th,
1755. Anne Mac-
kay was with me,
qnwhen I read to her yethe
85 preceedingpreceding Pages, &and
Pag. 1317. And she declared, all concerning her selfherself
was very exactly narrated, only it should be ten in
place of 5 Guineas offer’doffered by Leighton. She told me,
that, after her getting out of Prison, the Soldiers so
beat &and bruised her Son of 17 Years of Age, that
he died three Days after.