In Inverriggon, Campbell's own quarters, nine men were first bound by the soldiers, and then shot at intervals, one by one.

Nearly forty persons were massacred by the troops, and several who fled to the mountains perished by famine and the inclemency of the season.

Those who escaped owed their lives to a tempestuous night.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton, who had received the charge of the execution from Dalrymple, was on his march with four hundred men, to guard all the passes from the valley of Glencoe; but he was obliged to stop by the severity of the weather, which proved the safety of the unfortunate clan.

Next day he entered the valley, laid the houses in ashes, and carried away the cattle and spoil, which were divided among the officers and soldiers."-- ARTICLE "BRITAIN;" ENCYC.
BRITANNICA--NEW EDITION.
Note 10 .-- FIDELITY OF THE HIGHLANDERS.
Of the strong, undeviating attachment of the Highlanders to the person, and their deference to the will or commands of their chiefs and superiors--their rigid adherence to duty and principle--and their chivalrous acts of self-devotion to these in the face of danger and death, there are many instances recorded in General Stewart of Garth's interesting Sketches of the Highlanders and Highland Regiments, which might not inaptly supply parallels to the deeds of the Romans themselves, at the era when Rome was in her glory.