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THE BATTLE OF GLEN FREON, BY THE MARQUIS OF LORNE.The Beginning of the Battle between Highlanders and Lowlanders.
BATTLE OF GLEN FREON.
BY THE MARQUIS OF LORNE.
This is how the country people still tell the story of the Tragedy ofthe Youths, an incident of the time of James VI. of Scotland and I. ofEngland, about forty years before the sailing of the Mayflower toAmerica:
There was great destruction brought on the MacGregors, and many losttheir lives, their lands, and their name. And the cause was this: Thewidow of a MacGregor dwelt in a place called Tulach, at the nether partof Glen Streatha. Her house was about half a mile from the place wherethe abode of the chief MacGregor himself was. She had two sons, andthese, when they were but young, began to be pack dealers or peddlers,going to the Lowlands to buy, and going through the Highlands to selltheir wares again. Once they went on a journey to Dumbarton to buygoods, and on returning homewards they passed a