Then I began to read ^such parts of
Glanalladale’s Journal, as I knew
Patrick Grant to be interested in, he
having been an Eye-Witness of qtwhat
was narrated therein (Vol:Volume 3. pag:page 623)
in which Parts Patrick Grant agreed;
but telling moreover, that when the
Prince, Glenalladale, &and those with
them, came towards their Cave, there
were only three of them (Vol:Volume 7. pag:page
1451) together, viz, John XMacDonald^alias Campbell,
Alexander oMacDonald &and Alexander
Chissolm, the other four being out
a foraging, or, providing Provisions for
the whole Company.✝ These three,
well knowing the Prince, were sorry
to see him in that Condition, &and imme-
diately complied with taking an Oath
of Fidelity &and Secrecy, at the Prince’s
own Desire; which Oath was administredadministered by 1662 (1662)
by Glenalladale in the following
or like dreadful Terms: “That
“their Backs should be to God, &and
“their Faces to the Devil; that all
“the Curses the Scriptures did pro-
“nounce might come upon them &and
“ all their Posterity, if they did not
“Stand firm to the Prince in the
“greatest Dangers, &and if they should
“discover to any Person, Man, Woman
“or Child, that the Prince was in
“their Keeping, till once his Person
“Should be out of Danger, &cetc.”
Which Oath they most sacredly observed,
never once mentioning, that the Prince
had been among their Hands, till
about a Twelvemonth after he had
set Sail for France.

It is remarkable, that the Prince &and
Glenalladale, much pleased with
the resolute Behaviour &and Firmness
of these Glenmoriston-Men, made
an offer (which was indeed first
Suggested by the Prince himself)
to take a like Oath of Fidelity to them,
viz “that, if Danger should come upon
them, they would stand by one a-
nother to the last Drop of their
Blood:” But the Glenmoriston-Men
refused to take any Oath at all of
the Prince and Glenalladale.

When at this Time in the Braes
of Glenmoriston, Patrick Grant &and A-
lexander Chissolm one Day were
set out a foraging, &and happened acci-
dentally to meet with the Laird
of Glenmoriston, who asked them ma-
ny Questions, viz, “Where they now
“lived, as they were now seldom seen?
“What were they doing, &and how ^they made
“Purchase for Sustenance? &cetc. What is
“become of the Prince (said he) as I
“have heard, that he has passed the
“Braes of Knoydart, &cetc? I wish (ad-
“ded he) if he came this Way, that I
“might know of it; for he should be
“taken good Care of.” — But as to all
this they kept Glenmoriston much in the
Dark, &and would not at all acknowledge,
that they knew any Thing about the
Prince or his Motions, &c.etc “that as the
“Enemy were pillaging &and plundering
“the Country, it were pity not to share
“in the Spoil, upon part of which they
“made a Shift to live, rather than the
Enemy 1668 (1668)
Enemy should have all, &cetc.”

Patrick Grant remarked, that the
Prince walked so✝ nimbly in the Day-
Time, that few persons could hold
out with him; but then he was as bad
at ^it in the Night-Time; for not being
used with such rough &and plashy3 Foot-
ing, as is commonly to be found in
the Hills, Braes &and Glens of the High-
lands in Scotland, he was every
Now &and Then (through the Darkness
of the Nights) Slumping into this &and the 1677 (1677)
the other Clay-hole or Puddle; in-
somuch that very often he would
have been plashed4 up to the Navel,
having no Breeches but a Philibeg5;
and, when he had arrived at any
Place to take a little Rest, he
would have taken a Nook of his
Plaid, &and therewith have rubbed his
Belly &and Thighs, to clean them the
best Way he could. In narrating
this Patrick Grant smiled, &and said, “I
“believe, this Story is not so fit to be
“noted down, though it be literally true.”
— This Account agrees exactly with
what is narrated by Malcolm Mac-
Leod, Vol:Volume 2d, pag:pages 238, 243.

Patrick Grant cannot read. He said,
he had come to Edinburgh in his way to
go beyond Seas, to seek out his Master,
the Prince; “for (said he) if he be on
“the Face of the Earth, I’ll find him
“out, as I hear, they are good Christians
“on the other side of the Seas. And,
“meet when we will, the Prince &and I
“Shall never part again.” — In a Word,
it cost some pains to persuade ^him not to
think of going abroad, as he could Speak
nothing but Erse, &and that it was impossi-
ble for him to find out the Prince, as he
had 1678 (1678)
had thought fit to conceal himself
even from many, who were among
his best &and greatest Friends. At last
^he was persuaded to think of return-
ing once more to the Breas of Glen-
moriston, &and to desist from an EnterprizeEnterprise
he was exceedingly fond of.

Ibid. Lockhart Shot a Man, wading
a Water, &and having the Whig Teacher’s
protection in his Hand to show him,
viz, Hugh Fraser with a protection
from Mr Chissolm Preacher at Kil-
morack, Vol:Volume 7. pag:page 1580. — True, said
Patrick Grant, that one was thus shot
(though having Mr Thomas Chis-
solm’s Protection) named Fraser; but
Patrick does not remember his chri-
stian name.

As to Glenmoriston’s own House; Pa-
trick Grant said, that Lord Loudon,
SrSir AlexrAlexander MacDonald &and the Laird
of MacLeod, coming from the Isle
of Sky, immediately after the Bat-
tle of Culloden, lodged a Night in
Glenmoriston’s House, &and next Day burnt
it to the Ground, destroying at the
same Time all the Ploughs, Harrows,
&and 1683 (1683)
&and other such like Utensils they
could find. The Militia of the Isle
of Sky (at the same Time) dividing
themselves in three Parties, went
a rummaging up &and down the Glen,
destroying all the Ploughs, Harrows,
&cetc. Pots, Pans, &and all HousholdHousehold-
Furniture, not excepting the Stone-
Quarns, with which they grind their
Corn, breaking them to Pieces, and
driving along with them Such Cattle
as (in their then Hurry) they found
in the Glen. — “Our Country (said
Patrick Grant) “blame the Laird of
“MacLeod more than any other for this
“piece of military Execution, that Lord
“Loudon was against it, but that
“MacLeod should have insisted upon
“it as a meritorious piece of Service,
“fir to recommend them to the good
“Graces of the D:Duke of Cumberland.” —
As President Forbes was a man of
great Humanity, &and having fled with
Lord Loudon, &c.etc to the Isle of Sky,
I R:Robert F:Forbes asked at Patrick Grant, if
the President was along with them,
when they thus burnt Glenmoriston’s
House, &and pillaged his Glen? To qchwhich
Patrick said, he could not be positive,
that the President was then with
them, 1684 (1684)
them, as he knew Nothing about his
being present at these Doings.

Patrick Grant affirmed, that three
men6 were shot in Glenkengie by a
Party of Cumberland’s Army, tho’though
they had a Presbyterian Minister’s
Protection in their Custody. They were
three Camerons, two of them7 being
Brothers. “I know (said Patrick Grant)
“the very Spot, upon which these three
“were killed, viz, Tommadon in
“Glenkengie. This happened in the
“Beginning of their bloody ^Doings through
“the Country, towards the End of May,
“1746.” Vol:Volume 1. pag.page 168.

Patrick said, that, some time after
the Battle of Culloden (about the
Beginning of June) some Bickerings
happened between some parties of
Red-Coats &and Lochgary, who had a-
long with him about a Dozen of
stout resolute Fellows taking Care
of his Cattle; that in Glenkiaig Loch-
gary &and his said attendants killed
three Red-Coats, in defending his
own Cattle; &and that, about eight Days
thereafter, they killed, much about
the same place, eight Red-Coats
more, &and chased the party to the Dis-
tance of some Miles. Lochgary,
finding such Difficulty in preserv-
ing his own Cattle, sold them after-
wards to Cluns✝ Cameron, who (tho’though
he had never joined neither the
one Side nor the other) had these
&and all his Cattle taken from him
at last. Some short time after
Lochgary &and his partizanspartisans had kill-
ed the eight Red-Coats, a strong-
er party came to seek out Lochgary, but 1686 (1686)
but not finding him or any of his
Accomplices, they were resolved not
to return without Blood, whether
innocent or guilty no Matter to
them; &and therefore they basely
murdered in Glenkiaig on Alex-
ander MacDonald^^^MackDonell, a Glengary-
Man, about eighty Years of Age.

In Glencanna, upon Lammass-
Day (said Patrick Grant) the Prince
Spoke much to the Praise of one
of the Daughters of the King of
France, &and drank her Health, &and
made all the Company do so
likewise. Patrick does not remem-
ber her Name; but that the Prince
told them, that her Hair was as
black as a Raven, that she was
a mighty fine, agreeable Lady, be-
ing Sweet-natured &and humble; that
he [the Prince] could not fail to
love her, as he was very sure,
She entertained a great Regard
for him, as did likewise the Dau-
phin, whom [] the Prince com-
mended much. — Upon this John
MacDonald^^^^MackDonell said, “As that Lady is
“so good-natured, agreeable &and humble,
would 1687 (1687)
“would to God we had her here; for
“we would take the best Care of her
“in our Power, and, if possible, be
“kinder to Her than to your Royal
“Highness.” — This made them all laugh
very heartily, &and the Prince answered,
“God forbid; for were She here &and seized,
“to ransom her Person, would make
“Peace over all Europe upon any
“Terms the Elector of Hanover would
“propose.” — They spoke upon this La-
dy about a whole Hour without In-
termission.

“About twenty Days before the Prince
“came to us Glenmoriston-Men (said
“Patrick Grant) Seven Red-Coats, go-
“ing from Fort-Augustus to Glenealg
“with some provisions (Wine, Loaf-bread.
“&cetc) upon two Dragoon-Horses, had
“gone out of their Way about six Miles,
“whether designedly by their Guide (Archibald
“MacPherson of Sleat in Sky, afterwards a
“Corporal in Loudon’s Regiment, &and now
“living in Inverness) or to take a short-
“er Way to Glenealg (which last seems
“most probable) I will not say; but so it
“happened, that as the Seven Sogers
“with their two Dragoon-Horses came
“among some rough Rocks, four of our
Number 1688 (1688)
“Number (viz, AlexrAlexander &and John^^^MackDonells Macdo-
“nalds, Alexander &and Donald Donald Chis-
“solms) made up to them, &and firing
“upon them, killed two of them; the
“other five threw away their Arms,
“&and made off with themselves, de-
“siring the Guide to do the best
“he could for himself.” They buried
the two Soldiers. In the End
of the Fray Patrick Grant came
up to his Companions. They lived
like Princes (for some time) upon
the good Bread &and Wine; “&and O (said
Patrick Grant) “we made a bonny
“Bonfire of the two Sogers Red
“Coats. The Wine being contained
“in Square Hampers of Leather
“with Padlocks, we fell to break-
“ing up the Hampers with Stones,
“whereby (wowoe be to the Stones) we
“broke some of the Bottles; and,
“when we got them opened, we
“were very angry, we found no
“Money in the Hampers.” — They
held a Council of War upon the
two Horses, what they should do
with them, whether they should
kill 1689 (1689)
kill them or not; but (after some
Debate) they allowed the poor
Beasts to Shift for themselves,
taking them three Miles from
the Place where they had Slain
the two Sogers, which was near
the Cave of Coiraghoth. They
put some of the Bread under
Ground, which, when dug up again,
was all Spoiled. The Wine did
last but about five Days. When
the Prince came to them, they
were angry with themselves for
living so lordly upon the Wine,
as they might still have had
some of it for the Prince’s Use,
who was much pleased to hear
this Narrative from them, as it
convinced him, that such Men would
by no Means trust to the Mercy of
their Enemy; but would stand out
to the last, &and die rather than
yield, or deliver up their Arms; &and
consequently they were the fitter
for his purpose in his present Cir-
cumstances. This Action happening
upon Chissolm of Strathglass his
Ground, 1690 (1690)
Ground, just upon the March of
Glenmoriston, he was much threaten-
ed upon that Account; &and there-
fore Strathglass undertook to take
the suspected Glenmoriston-Men
Prisoners. Accordingly John MackDonell Mac-
Donald, ^alias Campbell, was at last made Prison-
er in his Bed some time in NovrNovember
1746. and carried to the Prison of
Inverness; but there being no
Proof against him, that he had
any Hand in that Affair, he was
therefore dismistdismissed , especially as
the Act of Indemnity too was
past before he was liberate.
Patrick Grant said, “Had the
“Daughter of France been with us,
“we would have made the best
“Bed we could of Heather or Ferns
“for the Prince &and Her, &and would
“have kept Sentry upon them,
“that no Bodynobody Should have dis-
turbed them.”

Patrick Grant remarked, that, when
the Prince came to the three of
them at the Cave of Coiraghoth,
he declared himself very well
pleased with them alone, &and that
they 1691 (1691)
they needed not wait for the other
four, but that they might go im-
mediately with him whithersoever
it should be thought most proper. The
three desired Glenalladale to tell
the Prince, that they could not com-
ply with that Desire, as they were un-
der a mutual Oath of Engagement
to one another, which they would
by no means break; &and that if the
Prince wanted them to be useful
to him, which they would gladly be
with all their Heart, he behoved
to trust himself to the other four
as well as to them. — This is a
Strong Instance of the Steady Re-
solution &and good Sense of these
three; for they were resolved invio-
lably to adhere to their Oath of
Association, &and in the mean timemeantime to
do their Duty to the Prince to
much better Purpose with the As-
sistance of the four, than they
could possibly do without them,
as thereby they could more strictly
keep a Sentry-Post where they
lay most open to Danger or Alarm,
&and 1692 (1692)
&and could more easily detach one
or two of their Number now &and
then to procure Provisions. — This
should be insert in Pag:Page 1661 of
this Volume.