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CHIEF MACINTOSH.
Badge: Bocsa (Boxwood); or Lus nan craimsheag, braoileag (Red Whortle).
HIS tartan, according to Smith, is supposed to be "the genuine set which has been
worn by the chiefs of this distinguished clan for many generations." The chiefs of
Borne clans wore separate tartans from their men, which accounts for their being two
tartans for the name Macintosh. An account of most of the chiefs will be found
under the "Clan." When Lachlan, the nineteenth chief, died, his body lay in state
from the 9th of December 1703 to the 18th of January 1704, and was followed to the
grave by 2000 of his clansmen, a number of Farquharsons and MacPhersons, besides
220 men under Keppoch, and 200 horsemen. Lachlan, his successor, had an even
grander funeral, the expense of which amounted to 700.