It is reported of the Laird of Keppoch, who was leading his clan to war in winter time, that his men were divided as to the propriety of following him further because he rolled a snowball to rest his head upon when he lay down.
"Now we despair of victory," they said, "since our leader has become go effeminate he cannot sleep without a pillow!" * * MacLean, "An Historical Account of the Settlement of Scotch Highlanders in America." The "King's glorious victory of Culloden" was followed by a policy of extermination carried on by the orders and under the personal direction of the Duke of Cumberland.

When King George at last restrained his son from his orgy of blood, he offered the Gaels their lives and exile to America on condition of their taking the full oath of allegiance.

The majority accepted his terms, for not only were their lives forfeit but their crops and cattle had been destroyed and the holdings on which their ancestors had lived for many centuries taken from them.

The descriptions of the scenes attending their leave-taking of the hills and glens they loved with such passionate fervor are among the most pathetic in history.

Strong men who had met the ravage of a brutal sword without weakening abandoned themselves to the agony of sorrow.