Keppoch song

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were concerned in 1745 and 6, and that at
the battle of Culloden, they formed the
left wing of the Pretender's army, where
they fought with their ancient courage and
resolution, so as to gain the respect of his
royal highness the duke of Cumberland,
who suffered them to make the orderly re-
treat they made, unmolested, while the
rest of the rebel army, flying in confusion,
suffered accordingly. Heroic minds re-
spect courage in an enemy, and bury re-
sentment in the grave.
They were then the tenants of those who,
claiming superiority by the act of 1715,
were in possession of the lands; and who,
of course, were accountable for their te-
nants, and who could and should have re-
strained them, had they been the real and
sincere friends of your royal highness' fa-
mily and government; but they were the
secret and underhand friends of the other
side of the question, and their conduct
was the cause of the tenants rising. The
Alexander Macdonald, designed of Kep-
poeh, who headed them, though bearing
the name of my grandfather, was not he,