: An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean J P John Patterson - Scots United States; Scots America

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THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND.

Division of Scotland--People of the Highlands--Language--Clanship--Chiefs Customs--Special Characteristics--Fiery-Cross--Slogan--Mode of Battle Forays--Feasts--Position of Woman--Marriage--Religious Toleration Superstitions--Poets--Pipers--Cave of Coire-nan-Uriskin--The Harp--Gaelic Music--Costume--Scotland's Wars--War with Romans--Battle of Largs--Bannockburn--Flodden--Pinkie--Wars of Montrose--Bonnie Dundee--Earl of Mar--Prince Charles Stuart--Atrocities in the Wake of Culloden--Uncertainty of Travellers' Observations--Kidnapping Emigration 17

THE SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA.

Origin of the name of Scotland--Scoto-Irish--Ulster--Clandonald--Protestant Colonies in Ireland--Corruption of Names--Percentage of in Revolution--Characteristics--Persecuted--Emigration from Ulster--First Scotch-Irish Clergyman in America--Struggle for Religious Liberty Settlement at Worcester--History of the Potato--Pelham--Warren and Blandford--Colerain--Londonderry--Settlements in Maine--New York--New Jersey--Pennsylvania--The Revolution--Maryland--Virginia--Patrick Henry--Daniel Morgan--George Rogers Clark--North Carolina--Battle of King's Mountain--South Carolina--Georgia--East Tennessee--Kentucky Canada--Industrial Arts--Distinctive Characteristics 40

CAUSES THAT LED TO EMIGRATION.

Results of Clanship--Opposed to Emigration--Emigration to Ulster Expatriation of 7000--Changed Condition of Highlanders--Lands Rented Dissatisfaction--Luxurious Landlords--Action of Chiefs in Skye--Deplorable State of Affairs--Sheep-Farming--Improvements--Buchanan's Description--Famine--Class of Emigrants--America--Hardships and Disappointments 60

DARIEN SCHEME.

First Highlanders in America--Disastrous Speculation--Ruinous Legislation--Massacre of Glencoe--Darien Scheme Projected--William Paterson--Fabulous Dreams--Company Chartered--Scotland Excited Subscriptions--List of Subscribers--Spanish Sovereignty over Darien--English Jealousy and Opposition--Dutch East India Company--King William's Duplicity--English and Dutch Subscriptions Withdrawn--Great Preparations--Purchase of Ships--Sailing of First Expedition--Settlement of St. Andrews--Great Sufferings--St. Andrews Abandoned--The Caledonia and Unicorn Arrive at New York--Recriminations--The St. Andrews--The Dolphin--King Refuses Supplies--Relief Sent--Spaniards Aggressive--Second Expedition--Highlanders--Disappointed Expectations--Discordant Clergy--How News was Received in Scotland--Give Vent to Rage--King William's Indifference--Campbell of Fonab--Escape--Capitulation of Darien Colony--Ships Destroyed--Final End of Settlers 75

HIGHLANDERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

On the Cape Fear--Town Established--Highlanders Patronized--Arrival of Neil McNeill--Action of Legislature--List of Grantees--Wave of Emigration--Represented in Legislature--Colony Prosperous--Stamp Act--Genius of Liberty--Letter to Highlanders--Emigrants from Jura--Lands Allotted--War of Regulators--Campbelton Charter--Public Road--Public Buildings at Campbelton--Petition for Pardon--Highland Costume--Clan Macdonald Emigration--Allan Macdonald of Kingsborough--American Revolution--Sale of Public Offices--Attitude of Patriots--Provincial Congress--Highlanders Objects of Consideration--Reverend John McLeod--Committee to Confer with Highlanders--British Confidence--Governor Martin--Provincial Congress of 1775--Farquhard Campbell--Arrival of the George--Other Arrivals--Oaths Administered--Distressed Condition--Petition to Virginia Convention--War Party in the Ascendant--American Views--Highlanders Fail to Understand Conditions--Reckless Indifference of Leaders--General Donald Macdonald--British Campaign--Governor Martin Manipulates a Revolt--Macdonald's Manifesto--Rutherford's Manifesto--Highlanders in Rebellion--Standard at Cross Creek--March for Wilmington--Country Alarmed--Correspondence--Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge--Overthrow of Highlanders--Prescribed Parole--Prisoners Address Congress--Action of Sir William Howe--Allan Macdonald's Letter--On Parole--Effects His Exchange--Letter to Members of Congress--Cornwallis to Clinton--Military at Cross Creek--Women Protected--Religious Status 102

HIGHLANDERS IN GEORGIA.

English Treatment of Poor--Imprisonment for Debt--Oglethorpe's Philanthropy--Asylum Projected--Oglethorpe Sails for Georgia--Selects the Site of Savannah--Fort Argyle--Colonists of Different Nationalities--Towns Established--Why Highlanders were Selected--Oglethorpe Returns to England--Highland Emigrants--Character of--John Macleod--Founding of New Inverness--Oglethorpe Sails for Georgia--Visits the Highlanders--Fort St. Andrews--Spaniards Aggressive--Messengers Imprisoned--Spanish Perfidy--Suffering and Discontent in 1737--Dissension Increases--Removal Agitated--African Slavery Prohibited--Petition and Counter Petition--Highlanders Oppose African Slavery--Insufficient Produce Raised--Murder of Unarmed Highlanders--Florida Invaded--St. Augustine Blockaded--Massacre of Highlanders at Fort Moosa--Failure of Expedition--Conduct of William MacIntosh--Indians and Carolinians Desert--Agent Reprimanded by Parliament--Clansmen at Darien--John MacLeod Abandons His Charge--Georgia Invaded--Highlanders Defeat the Enemy--Battle of Bloody Marsh--Spaniards Retreat--Ensign Stewart--Oglethorpe Again Invades Florida--Growth of Georgia--Record in Revolution--Resolutions Assault on British War Vessels--Capture of--County of Liberty--Settlement Remained Highland 146

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