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
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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
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CHAPTER XV.
Distinguished Highlanders in American Interest.
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