An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783 together with Notices of Highland Regiments and Biographical Sketches

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), British
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Author: J. P. Maclean ISBN: 1230000153027
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: July 19, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: J. P. Maclean
ISBN: 1230000153027
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: July 19, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes

CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I.
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
...
CHAPTER XV.
Distinguished Highlanders in American Interest.

APPENDIX

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This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes

CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I.
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
...
CHAPTER XV.
Distinguished Highlanders in American Interest.

APPENDIX

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