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106 AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE REBELLION
dismissed in the following manner. Mr. Bailey, factor to
the Lord Ross in this country, ordered the company to
attend at his house at Ardmore, in order to be received
by Mr. Ross of Inverchasley and others. The night
before the Day of the Review the said Pitcalnie lodged
at the house of Mr. Baillie (Mr. Baillie not being in the
knowledge of his design) and when the men appeared
ready for the intended Review, Mr. Ross younger, of
Pitcalnie, ordered them to follow him, which they did,
and he lead them back to the Highlands. Mr. Ross of
Inverchasley coming up soon thereafter, and joined by
Mr. Baillie went after them and having come up with
them, very seriously expostulated with Pitcalnie for his
conduct, and dealt earnestly with the men to return, and
engage in the intended service for the Government; which
Pitcalnie refused and the men also at that time (but
they absolutely declined entering to the Rebellion and when
the Master of Ross came to the Country they appeared
for the Government), upon which Pitcalnie repaired to Lord
Lovat’s, openly joined the Rebels attended only by his
servant, after the President who is his grand uncle had been
at the utmost pains to reclaim him. He was debauched
with the hopes of being made Laird of Balnagowan, nor
were his family formerly tainted with Jacobitism.
The President’s house of Culloden was attacked in
October by a body of Frasers, commanded by Fraser of
Foyers, to the number of about 150 in the night time:
they were repulsed and one of their number found wounded
in an adjacent wood next day, who was brought to the
President; and upon examination he discovered who
were of the party. After which the President ordered
him to be carried to Inverness to be cared for by a
surgeon, gave him a piece of money and liberty after his
cure to go where he had a mind. Some time thereafter
the Earl of Loudon marched from Inverness with a body
of 800 men, and apprehended Lord Lovat at his house
of Castledownie and carried him prisoner to Inverness,
where he was kept under a guard in a private house and
in a few days found means to make his escape.