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comrades, among the latter of whom appear the names of 

 two of Neil's sons, Donald and Ruari, and of Donald 

 Maclan Dubh, the Brieve.* We have seen the tragic 

 result of Neil's attempted submission, and his followers 

 were now to be hunted out of South Uist, the Captain of 

 Clan Ranald and eight others being denounced as rebels 

 and put to the horn for harbouring them. On 28th April, 

 Macleod of Harris was charged by the Council to deliver 

 to the Tutor of Kintail, Malcolm and William, sons of 

 "the late" Neil Macleod, together with Murdo and 

 Malcolm Mac-an-t'sagairt and one Donald MacAngus 

 (all of whom are described as ringleaders of the Lewis 

 insurgents), who had been apprehended by Alexander 

 Macleod, brother of Rory Mor. 



The disappearance of Neil Macleod from the arena of 

 strife did not prove the finishing blow to the resistance 

 of the Lewismen. On 24th June, 1613, a fresh commission 

 was granted to the Tutor of Kintail and his former 

 colleagues, empowering them to proceed to Lewis and 

 seize certain natives who had been denounced as rebels 

 on 2nd February of the same year. In the list of rebels 

 are the names of Ruari and Donaldf Macleod (sons of 

 Neil), the Brieve, three sons of the priest ("sagairt") 

 including the two whom Macleod of Harris had been 

 charged to deliver three sons of Torquil Blair, and 

 William and Ruari, the sons of Ruari Og.+ The com- 

 mission of June, 1613, was renewed for one year on 2ist 

 July, 1614, and a proclamation was issued, charging all 

 the inhabitants of the North Isles and those within the 

 bounds of Kintail's properties Erasers, Rosses, and 

 Munroes excepted to assist the Commissioners in 



* This complaint seems curiously belated, seeing that Neil and his son 

 Donald were delivered to the Council on 2nd March. We find the Morisons 

 here, and later, siding with the Macleods. Tradition has it that they had 

 quarrelled with the Mackenzies. 



t Donald was in prison in Edinburgh on this date ! He was released on 

 1 3th July, 1613. 



t On 3<Dth July, Macleod of Harris and Campbell of Auchinbreck became 

 cautioners for the good behaviour of the three sons of Torquil Blair, and an 

 illegitimate son of Neil Macleod who had entered the service of Rory Mor. 



