Series 3 > Highland papers

TO WILLIAM OF ORANGE IN SCOTLAND 115
been forced to move Southwards, since they could not
make head against Maj. Gen. Mackay in those parts, &
to come cross all the mountainous countries of Badenoch
& Athol in great haste, suffering great want of forage
& provisions, with an intention to surprise those places
that are upon the skirts of the Highland Countries. Maj.
Gen. Mackay is on his march southwards & it’s believed
he may meet with some of the Rebels in his way. The
army that comes from the north, is to be this night at
Dunkell, consisting of all the foot that were at Aberdeen,
except Coll. Cunningham’s Regiment that stays there.
The Southern army is upon its march towards the Frontiers
of the Highlands ; so that it’s probable either the one or
the other of these armies may give some account of these
rebels & intercept their return to the Hills.
Ibid. No. 139.
Saturday Sept. 13 to Tuesday Sept. 16, 1690.
Edinburgh, Sept. 9, 1690.
By the last letters from the North we have an account
that M. Gen. Mackay was at Inverness on the 3d instant
being returned from Ross, whither he was gone with a
thousand horse & 1600 foot, & quartered two nights
in Strapeffer upon the Earl of Seaforth’s lands: which
obliged the Earl to lay down his arms, come in & submit
himself, offering good security for himself & his friends,
to behave themselves peaceably & dutifully under their
Majesties’ Government; Whereupon the Maj. Gen. having
secured all the country, returned back to Inverness;
the Earl of Seaforth, & some of the chiefs of that clan,
coming along with him. From thence he marches towards
Aberdeen. The Steward of Appin, a Gentleman of con¬
siderable interest in those parts, is likewise come in, sub¬
mitted & given security to the Government for himself
& all his followers.
The last account that we have had of the Rebels that