An excerpt from a despatch
between General Monk to Oliver Cromwell
(with references to Clan Cameron and Lochaber)
July 7, 1654
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CAMPE AT RUTHVEN IN BADGENOT H, 7th July 1654.''
...the Enemy having quits Garth Castle, a small Castle and nott considerable,
leaving 30 armes (most charged) behinde them, order was given for the burning of
itt. From thence I marched to Ruthven in Badgenoth, where I had notice of
Middleton's being with his whole force about Glengaries Bounds, which hasten'd
my March the 20th to Cluny, and from thence the next day to Glenroy, which being
the first Bounds of the Clan Camerons I quarter'd att, and they being uppe in
armes against us, wee began to fire all their houses. I had there notice
Middleton was in Kintale.
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Editor's Notes:
Taken from General George Monk's Proceedings in the Hills
from June 9 to July 1654. This letter was preserved in
Alexander Macpherson's Glimpses (1893) which was reprinted
by Clan Macpherson Association in the 1980s. See
the associated
letter from Monk, also in the Clan Cameron Archives. |
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