History of the Clan MacLean from its first settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period

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Commission on — -Rpport of^Rebellion against the king — In 1641 the Iting visits
Edinburgh — Argyle's duplicity — Tries to involve Sir Lachlan — Argyle throws off the
mask — Montrose proceeds to Scotland — Raises an army — Joined by Sir Lachlan —
Battle of Inverlochy — Slaughter of the Campbells — Cowardice of Argyle — Campbell
of Skipness saved by Ewen MacLean — MacLean of Brolass arms other MacLeans,
the MacQuarries, and MacNeils, to the number of eleven hundi'ed — Join Sir Alex-
ander MacDonald — Progress of Montrose — Sir Laohlan's complete forces join Mon-
trose after battle of Alford — MacLean of Treshnish with twelve men puts three
hundred of Baillie's army to flight — MacLeans burn castle Campbell — Indignation
of Lochiel — Battle of Kilsyth — Heroic conduct of MacLean of Treshnish — High-
land army disbanded — More plots against the king — Montrose surprised at Philip-
haugh — Highlanders rally to the support of Montrose — MacLean of Coll — Charles
deceived by the Scottish nobles — Sold to the English parliament — David Leslie
marches against the Islesmen — Murder of MacDonalds — Mull overrun — Career of
blood and plunder — Duard castle besieged — Castle surrendered to Leslie — Murder
of the Irish gentlemen — Remarkable escape — Savage brutality — Argyle secures a
claim against the lands of Sir Lachlan— rSir Lachlan thrown into prison — Death of
in 1648 — Sons and daughters of — Sir Hector Roy, eighteenth chief of MacLean —
Evil times — Charles II. — Argyle harrasses the MacLeans^Sir Hector resents the in-
juries — Sir Hector honors the bond extorted from his father — Pays a large part of
it — -Renewal of feuds — Sir Hector avenges the murder of Kingerloch — Murder of
MacLean of Muck — At the command of Charles, Sir Hector enters the field at the
head of eight hundred MacLeans — Battle of Inverkeithing — Sir Hector and nearly
all liis clansmen slain — Devotion to their chief — Sir Allan MacLean, nineteenth
chief — Donald of Brolass and Hector of Lochbuy manage the estates — Argyle aug-
ments his claims — Argyle agrees to subjugate his native country for £12,000 — Exe-
cuted for his many crimes — Archibald, his successor, prosecutes his claims against
MacLean — Sir Allan attempts a settlement — Sir Allan goes to London ii 1672 — Ar-
gyle assisted by Lauderdale — Duplicity of Argyle — Sir Allan agrees to payment — Sir
Allan's marriage — Sir John, twentieth chief — Lachlan' of Brolass and Lachlan of
'I'orloisk become guardians — Brolass proposes to arbitrate with Argyle — -Argyle in-
vades Mull — Possesses Duard and Aros castles — -Depredations — Inhumanities — Lord
MacDonald promises the MacLeans assistance — Argyle prepares for another in-
vasion — The fleet driven back by a hurricane — The state of the dispute and the
debts given in a document drawn up by Brolass and Torloisk — Original cause of the
debt — The debt manipulated — Allies of MacLeans assault a Campbell frigate — Raids
by MacLean of Lochbuy — Campbells suffer depredations — MacDonalds become party
to the MacLeans — Argyle obtains a commission against — In lieu of his claim Argyle
is given Tiree — Unsavory Lauderdale — In 1679 Argyle invades Coll — Capitulation —
Sir Ewen Cameron deserts, by purchase, the MacLeans^Argyle obtains commission
for Cairnburg — Argyle executed in 168.5 — MacLeans burn castle Carnassary — Death
of Brolass and Torloisk — Sir John manages his estates— Appoints overseers — Travels
in England and France — Goes to Ireland with James II. — At the seige of Derry —
Keturns to Scotland — Sacheverell's description of the people of Mull — James's cause
upheld by Dundee — Cause of Highland uprising — Argyle's insignificance and un-
popularity — Sir John joins Dundee — Lochbuy fights the battle of Knockbreck — Sir
Alexander MacLean relieves MacNeil of Callechilly — Duard castle assaulted — Athol
the seat of war — Battle of Killiecrankie — Sir John commands the right — Death of
Dundee — Incompetency of General Cannon — Attack on Dunkeld — Battle of Crom-
dale — Sir John protects Cannon — Compact of the chieftains — Characteristic letter to
MacKay — Argyle represents Sir John to William as an enemy — Procures letters of
fire and sword against the MacLeans— Sir John retires to Cairnburg — By order of
James cajiitulates — Goes to London — Argyle seeks to ruin Sir John — Proceeds to