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and summoned before them at next meotiii,sl)vtcry X'esolved to admit their evidence, wlicrcunon Mr
Krasei- left the meeting. The evidence of the witnesses vvas, how-
ever, taken. William Forbes, cousin german to the l.iaird of (.'ul-
loden, after being " sworn and purged of malice and partial council,
deponed that he saw the said Mr Michael Fraser coming
fi'om Mackintosh to the gates of CuUodi^n upon the seventeen
day of September 1715, in company with young Caloichie
(Kyllachy), and that knocking at the gate, he demandeil
access, which was denied him by the deponent and others ;
upon which he desired to speak with my lady, who being informed,
came accordingly to the gate ; and the deponent declares
that the said INIr Michael spoak to the lady through one of the
gun holes, in manner following, to wit, that he was sent by Mackintosh
to desire her ladyship to send out of the house these that
were of Mackintosh clan, with tifty stand of arms and tw(;nty
bolls of meal, and that she should send out immediately a barr(4
of ale, and bread conform, to supi)ly Mackintosh men who were
standing before the house in arms—all which the lady absolut(ily
refused."
This evidence was eorroliorated by other witnesses, one Logic
Cumming deponing that he heard Mr Michael say " that the Lainl
of Mackintosh insisted on three demands, namely, four men out of
each Daugh (Davoch) of the Lands of OuUoden, conform to use and
wont ; and having notictd that there was a great many arms in the
Castell of CuUoden, desired fifty guns ; and being likewise informed
that there was abundance of victuall in the said house, demanded
some meal to be provision for his men for some days" —
thus showing not only that The Mackintosh claimed the .services of
his clansmen, according to clan customs, no matter on whose lands
they resided, but also that, as superior of the lands of CuUoden, he
in terms of the ancient feudal law of military tenure, insisted on
the services of a certain number of men for a certain measure of
Umd.
Mr Michael evidently saw that the decision of the Presbytery
was to be against him, and he therefore thought it expedient
to make a show of suljmission ; and he promised to resign on the
condition " that when the Presbytery should be in readiness to