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326 THE CLAN DONALD.
than ever, and proposals were made to have the
rebel of Lochalsh forfeited for his treason. While
these preparations were going on, the restless Sir
Donald of Lochalsh died, according to MacVuirich,
at Cairnburgh, in Mull, and with him the male line
of Celestine became extinct.^ The character of Sir
Donald Gallda stands out before us in the sketch of
his brief career given in this chapter as that of a
bold and resolute clansman, who possessed in an
unenviable degree the restless ambition and self-
assertion characteristic of the chiefs of Clan Oholla.
His residence at the Scottish Court, and the favours
bestowed upon him by the King, only made this
scion of the House of Isla more determined than
ever to restore and maintain the ancient prestige of
his house against the enemies of his race. Now
that through his death the Lochalsh confederacy
was dissolved, the Council did not feel called upon
to take any harsh proceedings against the rebels,
and for some years to come the Isles are free from
the presence of a claimant to the honours and
dignities of the House of Macdonald.
^ According to Hugh Macdouald, Sir Douald of Lochalsh died on the
Island of Teinlipeil, in Tiiee.