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1716. MUTHILL, CRIEFF, ETC. 459
Drumraond and John Balnaves, who had joyn'd and serv'd the Rebells.
And it is observable that Lord George Murray and Collonell Greeme
did not burn one house betwixt Abruthven and Dalrioch, which is about
two miles, where there are good many country Houses and Corn yards
belonging to persons who either actually joyn'd, or were favourers of the
Rebells.
An Account of the Burning of Blackfoord January
the 24 th and 25 th 1715-16.
According to our best information, a party of the Clans consisting of
Sir Donald M c Donald's, Clanranald's, Glengerry's, Lochiell's, Appin's,
M c clean's, and Kepoch's men commanded by Clanranald, brother to him
who was killed att Dumblain, to the number of five or six hundred
marched from Perth, tuesday the 24 th of January 1716 about nine of the
clock att night, and tho' the night was exceeding stormy and the snow-
lying very deep on the ground, they came to Auchterarder, a country
town lying almost straight west from Perth ten miles, and on the road
betwixt Stirling and it, att four in the morning wedensday the 25 th of
said moneth. After they had lodged themselves in that place about nine of
the clock in the forenoon of said day they detatched a party of betwixt
two and three hundred foot and some few horsemen towards Blackfoord,
ane other countrey town lying as aforsaid on the road betwixt Stirling
and Perth, two miles to the westward of Auchterarder and about eight
miles from Stirling.
This party had not marched much more then half a mile from Auch-
terarder when by a violent blowing and exceeding deepness of the snow
they found themselves oblidged to force a guide, tho' they had William
Maitland son to James Maitland innkeeper att Blackfoord alongst with
them who knew that countrey perfectly well, and as both he and his