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termined that the Glencoe men should perish, nothy military cnAp.execution, but by the most dastardly and perfidious form of as-sassination.

On the first of February a hundred and twenty soldiers ofArgyle’s regiment, commanded by a captain named Campbelland a lieutenant named Lindsay, marched to Glencoe. Cap-tain Campbell was commonly called in Scotland Glenlyon, fromthe pass in which his property lay. He had every qualificationfor the service on which he was employed, an unblushing fore-head, a smooth lying tongue, and a heart of adamant. lie wasalso one of the few Campbells who were likely to be trustedand welcomed by the Macdonalds: for his niece was married toAlexander, the second son of Mac Ian.

The sight of the red coats approaching caused some anxietyamong the population of the valley. John, the eldest son ofthe Chief,' came, accompanied by twenty clansmen, to meetthe strangers, and asked what this visit meant. LieutenantLindsay answered that the soldiers came as friends, andwanted nothing but quarters. They were kindly received, andwere lodged under the thatched roofs of the little community.Glenlyon and several of his men were taken into the house of atacksman who was named, from the cluster of cabins overwhich he exercised authority, Inverriggen. Lindsay was ac-commodated nearer to the abode of the old chief. Auchintria-ter, one of the principal men of the clan, who governed thesmall hamlet of Auchnaion, found room there for a party com-manded by a serjeant named Barbour. Provisions were liberallysupplied. There was no want of beef, which had probably fat-tened in distant pastures; nor was any payment demanded: forin hospitality, as in thievery, the Gaelic marauders rivalled theBedouins. During twelve days the soldiers lived familiarlywith the people of the glen. Old Mac Ian, who had beforefelt many misgivings as to the relation in which he stood to the

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