Scotland/Scots > Life and exploits of Rob Roy MacGregor

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Campbell of Gk-niyon. When it was
known that a man of .such inhuman feel¬
ings held this bon J, : ; .r-u? who signed it
were seriously alii .v eah -rd vciriou-; plans
wrere suggested f >r i> c vt ring it. Rob
Iloy, v.dth the ci ns h ; i also affixed his
name; but on bis o'vu account he re¬
garded neither the-king nor his govern-
Rtent. lie w?s, however, urged by se¬
veral chiefs to exert himself, and, if
possible to recover the bond. To ac¬
complish this, he went to Fort William
in disguise ; and getting access to Capt,
Campbell, who was his near relation, he
discovered that he had put the bond in¬
to the possession of the governor, who
was determined to forward it to the Pri¬
vy Council. Rob learned the day cfi
which it was to b- sent off, took leave
and went home. The di'.patqh was made
up by Governor HilK, and sent from Fort
William, escorted by an ensign’s com¬
pany. On the third day’s march, Rob,
and fifty of his men, met the party in
Glendochart, and demanded their dis¬
patches. The officer refused ; but. was
told by Rob, that be must either give
their lives and the dispatches together,
or the dispatches alone. The dispatches
were given up ; and Rob, having taken
out the bond he wanted, begged the of-