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The Battlefield of Killiecrankie. 685
down after the troopers ;
(11) that both the cavalry and the
infantry were nearly all killed by 800 of the Atholemen,
who now lined the Pass in the rear and cut off the retreat
(12) that the scene of this disaster is traditionally known to
have been chiefly at the bottom of the Pass at Linnlochie.
Tytler's " History of Scotland " (new edition), gives some
interesting details about General Mackay, whose high
character and courage are admitted by his opponents, but
the account given of Claverhouse is very unfriendly and
erroneous. Sir Walter Scott's History is more impartial in
tone, and gives a fuller account of Claverhouse and the cir-
cumstances connected with his heroic death ; and
also the
action of the Atholemen in the Pass. Mackenzie's " History
of the Camerons " contains an excellent biography of the
grand old chief. Sir Ewen Cameron, whose sagacity and
courage greatly helped to gain the victory of Killiecrankie.
Aytoun's " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers " are accompanied
by long quotations from Drummond of Balhaldy, one of
Dundee's of^cers, who was present at the Council held by
Dundee with the chiefs of his army, " A Guide Book to
the Valley of the Tay," by the late Rev. Mr Sinclair, Ken-
more, gives a few very interesting notes about the Steuarts
of Ballechin ; one of them raised the Atholemen for King
James VH.; and another of them, a clergyman, " showed
what he could do " with his sword.
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