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arranged a treaty of peace with the English on 2Qth May, 

 and Glengarry, who adhered to Middleton until the latter 

 left Scotland, accepted, on 8th June, the terms offered him 

 by the enemy ; he was the last of the chiefs to give in. 

 Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was no less stubborn in his 

 resistance to the Commonwealth. By his daring exploits 

 and his harassing tactics, as narrated by Pennant, and 

 fully confirmed by the Public Records of England, Lochiel 

 created so profound an impression upon the English, that 

 they were only too pleased to accept his submission on his 

 own terms. He marched to Inverlochy with pipes playing 

 and banners flying, and laid down his arms in a manner 

 more befitting a victor than a suppliant for peace. The 

 governor of Inverlochy, in admiration of the Highlander 

 who had twice decisively beaten his soldiers with greatly 

 inferior forces, paid the respect to his foe which one brave 

 lan pays to another. He prepared a feast in Lochiel's 

 mour, and at this unique ceremony, the old enmity 

 >etween the two was quenched in the flowing bowl. After 

 the Restoration, Lochiel went to London to arrange for a 

 mt of land, which, in the apportionment of rewards by 

 le King, he richly deserved ; but by a " trick " of the Earl 

 >f Lauderdale, his mission proved unsuccessful. 



The insurrection was now a thing of the past. The 

 Highland chiefs had achieved nothing by their spirited 

 resistance to foreign domination. Undoubtedly, their 

 innate loyalty to the monarchy was the chief motive in 

 icir struggle against the Commonwealth ; but the loss of 

 national independence, antipathy to the rule of the Saxon, 

 md, perhaps, the hope of future reward for their services, 

 fere also factors which were not without weight. What- 

 ir their motives, it is to their credit that they acted 

 le part of patriots while the Edinburgh Bailies were 

 :ting the part of waiters. It may be freely admitted, that 

 ic English commanders in Scotland conducted the war 

 against the Highlanders on humane principles. It is true 

 lat instances are on record, where the exasperated English- 

 men compelled their prisoners to throw dice, "and the 



