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THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
Jll
CLUNY AND LADY CLUNY OF THE
'45, AFTER CULLODEN.
Bt Alexander Macpherson, Kingussie.
V.
" Am fear a dh' fhag an duthaich so,
Bu mhath air cliul na cruadhach e,
Be "n Gaidheal sgaiteach, cliuiteach e,
'S bu diitlichasach air Cluainidh e ;
B'e 'n crannchur croiseil, diiibhalacli,
A dhruid a null thar chiiainteaii e ;
Thug teisteas fir thar cheudan leis.
' A chaoidh nach nieud a bhuadhaich jas.
'.TfT-^ previous papers some pai'ticulars bave
Op been giveu of the sufferings and un-
^ exampled hardships endured bj- Cluny
and Lady Olimy of the 'l5 after the Battle of
Culloden. Let me now proceed to give an
account of some of his providential escap)es
from his active and relentless persecutors
during the terrible times of oppression and
cruelties which followed that sad day's disaster
— cruelties even more inhuman, in some
respects, than those we read of with such
horror in the present day, as being practised
by "the unspeakable Turk" on the poor long-
sufl'ering Armenians.
THE CAVE IN BEX ALDER IX WHICH I'RIXCE CHARLIE, LOCHIEL, AXU
FOUXD REFCOE AFTER CULLODEX.
I'LUXY OF THE
"Oh heavens!" — exclaimed Captain John
iJacpherson of Strathmashie, in alluding in
1748 to the merciless cruelties perpetrated on
Prince Charlie's adherents after Culloden —
" Li what characters wOl what follows Vie writ !
Murders, burnings, ravishings, pluuderings '.
Ane amiy of fiends let loose from Hell with
Lucifer himself at their head ! Barbarities
unheard of — noe distinctions of sex or age —
cruelties never as much as named among any
people who made profession of or pretended to
Christianity, and all, not only with impunity,
but by command. Oh ! "*
Nothing, it has well been said, is more
remarkal:>le in the history of the Highlanders
than the loyalty with which they clung to theu"
kings, theu- chiefs, or the leaders who for the
time being secured their affection. A finer
example could not be given than the incor-
ruptible fidelity of the men of Badenoch to
Cluny of the '45 The experiences and hair-
breadth escapes of that devoted chief, who so
enthusiastically risked life and fortune for the
* Vide The Lyon in Mourning issued by the Scottish
History .Society, Vol. II. p. 93.