Upon the 3d of ApApril 1746. LieutennantLieutenant
ThosThomas Brown, an Irish Gentleman, with a
Command of 80 men, did sail with a
Tender from the Baltimore Man of
war by CaptCaptain Ferguson’s order, which
layedlaid then at the Harbour of Lochna-
daal at Sky, at whose end LdLord Loudon
had a Camp then came to yethe Haven
of Canna, and after sending for James
McDonald Bailie of yethe Island &and Uncle
to Glenaladal, told him he was sent
by CaptsCaptains Ferguson &and Dove for some
fresh beef &and mutton, Viz 20 falcons,
&and so many wedders1, The gentlemen
asking his orders, was answered he
woudwould show him noeno commission of ytthat
kind, but if he would not present his
demands wtoutwithout furyrfurther controulcontrol he would
take them brevi manu: He had 60
armed men at his heels, the flower
of the Islanders was wtwith yethe P—[rin]ce, soe ytthat yethe 1634 (1634)
yethe Bailie Judged it Safer both for him-
self &and inhabitants to grant his Re-
quest, &and consequently sent off to yethe
meadows for yethe @above number of cattle;
and look ymthem up in proportion to the
number of yethe tenements the Isle
consisted of, But being wind bound
for 4 dayesdays in Canna=harbour, be-
hold they complained to yethe sdsaid Bailie,
yethe Beef of yethe cattle slaughter,dslaughtered stunk,
and that yethe countreycountry shoudshould give ymthem
the same number over again, the
Bailie reckoned this both unjust &and
cruel, &and ytthat it was enough for yethe poor
Inhabitants to gratify him of qtwhat
they received already, Upon qchwhich, the
Officer was petted2, and said wtwith a rage
he knew where &and by qmwhom he woudwould
be served, by this he meant Laaig’s
Cattle qmwhom he heard was in yethe P—[rin]ce’s
Army, so he hurls away his 60 armed
men, gathers all the cattle of yethe Isle
into a particular Creek, shot 60 of yethe
best dead, threw the old beef over
board, and woudwould not allow yethe poor
distreseddistressed owners to finger a gobbet
of it, no, not a single tripe of yethe first
or former, 40 of the last cattle be-
longed to Laaig, 20 to the tennantstenants. CaptCaptain 1635 (1635)
CaptCaptain Duff &and CaptCaptain Ferguson aboard yethe
Commodore came again a little, or
about yethe 15 of Ap:April harass’dharassed all the
Isle, and at a certain night, qnwhen they
became fully acquaint through all
the country, they (I mean all the
young luxurious men among ymthem)
Combined to make ane attack upon
all yethe young girls &and young women
in all the Isle marryedmarried or oyrwiseotherwise;
But a certain Marine who had some
grains of Christian principles about
him advertised the whole, and was
obliged to climb and hide them-
selves in Grottos &and in yethe hollow
of hideous precipices ytthat were
somewhat unaccessableinaccessible, which
rescued ymthem from the unhumanity
of those Libidinous hounds — A cer-
tain company of ymthem came to execute
yrtheir Sensuality into a certain family
Evan MoreMòr MacIsaac his house,
from qchwhich fled 2 girls yethe Landlord’s
daughters, their moyrmother, who was fif-
ty years old, worn wtwith Sickness &and wtwith-
in a month of her time stayed at
home, as dreading noeno danger of
ytthat sort, But they missing yrtheir aim, &and getinggetting 1636 (1636)
getinggetting none of yethe females wtinwithin a
house roof, but that poor Creature, they
settsset a strong guard wtwith drawn swords
upon yethe door of her house, fettered
her husband, in order to quench yrtheir
Concupiscence on his spouse, Provi-
dence favourdfavoured yethe creature so far,
that she wonnwon out through yethe
guard, and yethe Darkness of yethe night
ConcurrdConcurred to make her rescue for they
got out in pursuit of her in a great
hurry, and 12 of ymthem was at her
heels, qnwhen she meeting &and sinking
down into the very depth of a Quagg-
mireQuagmire, they Leaps over her, believ-
ing she was still before ymthem, the
poor woman contented her selfherself to
continue yrthere all the night, till she
understood they were all back to
yrtheir Ships, but then she was soeso
much afflicted wtwith yethe rigour of the
cold, &and she being biggbig wtwith child, turndturned
ill, aborted &and Died next night; The
rest continued yrtheir sculkingskulking (in a starv-
ing condition) till yethe men of war
saildsailed off, After yethe battle of Culloden
was heard fought, CaptCaptain Dove &and CaptCaptain
Fergusone went to Canna Successive-
ly &and committed several branches of cruelty 1637 (1637)
cruelty upon yethe poor people want-
ing ymthem to inform ymthem of yethe P—[rince]: or
any of his Officers, After General
Campbell turned back from the search
of his R:Royal H:Highness from the western Coast,
he calls at Canna, and hurls away
yethe honest Bailie prisoner into his
ship wtoutwithout allowing him to speak
for himself, or as much time as
to shift himself or take leave of
his wife, At this stretch he was
brought yethe length of Horseshoe in
yethe shire of Argile, from Horseshoe
was brought back to Canna, then he
believed he would be liberate, but
instead yrofthereof, they caus’dcaused 40 of his
cows to be slaughtered woudwould not
permit him as much Liberty as goego
ashoarashore to take leave of his wife
or children or to bring his CloathsClothes
with him But brought him prisrprisoner to
London, qrwhere he continued upwards of
12 month notwithstanding of Loudon’s
Protection in his pocket