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broken, but by a series of petty skirmishes, in which the 

 insurgents met with some success, the spirit of resistance 

 was still maintained. But the conciliatory attitude of 

 Monck and his subordinates gradually reconciled the 

 Royalists to the inevitable, and one by one, most of the 

 leaders gave in their submission. Middleton and Seaforth 

 were invited to avail themselves of Monck's clemency, and 

 seemed disposed to come to terms. But on re-consideration, 

 Middleton withdrew from the negotiations, on the ground 

 that his submission might be construed as a cession of 

 Scotland by him, as the King's representative, to the 

 Commonwealth ; a punctiliousness which, although honour- 

 able to Middleton, certainly showed a want of recognition 

 of existing facts. The negotiations with Seaforth were 

 also abortive at this stage : he appears to have decided to 

 stick loyally by Middleton. In a despatch to Cromwell 

 dated 7th July, Monck described Seaforth, Glengarry, and 

 the Clan Cameron as the " stubbornest enemies in the 

 hills," who overawed the other clans. He was yet to 

 find that their stubbornness was proof even against his 

 well-meant efforts to bring them in. 



In a memorandum to the Earl of Lauderdale, drawn up 

 by the Earl of Moray in 1662, it is stated, in a series of 

 charges against Kenneth M6r and his father, that the 

 former wished to marry Cromwell's daughter, and under- 

 took, if his desire were consummated, to secure the High- 

 lands in the Protector's interests. A letter from Seaforth 

 to the King, dated 2nd June, 1654, contains what is probably 

 a reference to this rumour. In that letter, Kenneth Mor, 

 after regretting that his services to Charles had been so 

 fruitless, and remarking that notwithstanding the desperate 

 state of his fortunes, he conceived it to be his duty to 

 continue his work in the Royal interest, expressed his 

 appreciation of the King's concern for him, "espetially that 

 mark of kyndnesse your Majesty has been pleased to 

 expresse concerning my mariege." " I know not," he went 

 on to say, " that (how) your Majesty may have heard of it, 

 bot indeed no designe that way hath ever entred in my 



