Chapter XII: Expulsion of the M'leods From Gairloch

Murchadh Riabhach na Cuirce--Slays Mac Iain Dhuibh
M'Leod--Ruaridh Mac Allan M'Leod assassinates Iain Mac
Ghille Challum M'Leod and his sons by Janet Mackenzie--John
Roy revenges the murder--Expels the M'Leods from
Gairloch--The Cnoc a Chrochadair--The affair at Leac nan
Saighead--Mor Ban persuades the M'Leods to invade
Gairloch--They come to Fraoch Eilean--Donald Odhar and his
brother shoot them from Leac nan Saighead--Only two M'Leods
escape in the birlinn--Donald Odhar's long shot from Craig a
Chait--Young M'Leod of Assynt asks John Roy's daughter for
his wife--Is refused--Fionnla Dubh na Saighead insults
him--The M'Leods return to take vengeance on Finlay--He and
Chisholm shoot many of them--Finlay pursues Neil M'Leod to
the Bac an Leth-choin and shoots him at the Druim Carn
Neill--Fight at Lochan an Fheidh--Affair at Raasay--Murdo
Mackenzie in his ship driven into Kirkton--Young M'Leod of
Raasay and his companions visit him--All the party get drunk
except four Gairloch men--A fight ensues--Murdo drowned--All
on board slain except three of the abstainers--They escape 43

CHAPTER XIII.--ALASTAIR BREAC, AND HIS SON AND GRANDSON.

Alastair Breac, a renowned warrior--Raids of cattle
lifters--Iain Geal Donn proposes a raid on
Gairloch--Alastair Buidhe Mackay intercepts him at
Scardroy--Slays him and all his men except one--Alastair
Breac sends the news to Lord Mackenzie--Cameron of Lochiel
plans a raid on Gairloch in revenge--Alastair Breac sends
eighty men to oppose him, but he has retired--Song composed
to the Guard of the Black Corrie--Colla Ban--In default of
blackmail threatens raid on Gairloch--His spies are
frightened by four Gairloch men at Luibmhor--Kenneth, sixth
laird of Gairloch, fined as a "malignant"--Alexander,
seventh laird of Gairloch 49

CHAPTER XIV.--THE BARONETS OF GAIRLOCH AND SOME OTHER
GAIRLOCH MACKENZIES.

Sir Kenneth, eighth laird of Gairloch--M.P. for
Ross-shire--Sir Alexander, ninth laird of Gairloch--Builds
Flowerdale--The "Forty-five"--Murder of the Gille Buidhe,
valet to Prince Charlie--Duncan Macrae conveys a keg of gold
for Prince Charlie's use--The "sian"--English man-of-war
fires at Flowerdale--Sir Alexander, tenth laird of
Gairloch--Builds Conan House--His son called "Fighting
Jack," the father of the British army--Sir Hector
Mackenzie--Lives at home--Lord-Lieutenant of Ross-shire--His
beloved lady--Sir Francis Mackenzie--Publishes his "Hints"
in 1838--Sir Kenneth, present baronet--Mackenzies of
Letterewe--Mackenzies of Lochend--Mackenzies of
Gruinard--Large family--Mackenzies of Kernsary--Summary of
Mackenzie History--Crest, Badge, Slogan, and Pipe tunes 53

CHAPTER XV.--GAIRLOCH ESTATES, AND OLD NAMES OF PLACES.

Kenlochewe--Gairloch--Description in protocol of
1494--Description in retour of 1566--Description in
1638--Names in Dutch map of 1662--Second half of the water
of Ewe bought in 1671--Strip on north of River Ewe acquired
in 1844--Letterewe originally Kintail property--Acquired by
Charles Mackenzie in 1696--Sold to Mr Bankes in
1835--Northern parts of Gairloch belonging to Gruinard
Mackenzies before 1655--Sold to Davidson of Tulloch in
1795--Afterwards acquired by Mr Bankes--Mr O. H. Mackenzie's
estate of Inverewe 60

CHAPTER XVI.--ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF GAIRLOCH.

First church in Gairloch--Other early ecclesiastical
buildings--Rector of Gairloch at date of
Reformation--Presbyterianism--Tulchan bishops--Changes from
Episcopalianism to Presbyterianism--Rev. Alexander
Mackenzie--Rev. Farquhar Macrae--Rev. Roderick
Mackenzie--Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie of Kernsary--Rev. John
Morrison--Persecuted by Episcopalians--Anecdotes--His
turf-built church in Tollie Bay--Christmas story--Rev. James
Smith--First school in Gairloch--Anecdote of Rev. Mr
Sage--Rev. Æneas McAulay--Rev. John Dounie--Rev. James
Russell--His imperfect Gaelic--Poolewe made a separate
parish--The Disruption--Presbyteries of Dingwall,
Kenlochewe, Chanonry, Gairloch, and Loch Carron--Churches in
Gairloch--Manse and glebe at Achdistall, Cliff and
Strath--Free churches and their ministers 63

CHAPTER XVII.--ANCIENT GAIRLOCH IRONWORKS.

Two classes of remains of ironworks--Rev. Donald M'Nicol's
statement--Coin found near old Yorkshire ironworks--Iron
implements used by ancient inhabitants--Disappearance of
them accounted for--Other ancient remains in
Sutherlandshire, Ross-shire, and Inverness-shire--Bog iron
was the ore used of old in Gairloch--Processes of the
ancient ironworkers--Wasteful richness of their slags
accounted for--Charcoal was their fuel--The ancient forests
of timber--Their disappearance--Water power anciently
employed for working hammers 72