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INDEX. 



of Holland, 353 ; Royalist Com- 

 mander-in- Chief in Scotland, 362. 



Minch, the, 34 n. 



Monck, General, and the Scots, 340 ; 

 festivities in his honour in Edin- 

 burgh, 364 ; policy towards the 

 insurgents, 365. 



Monro, Donald, account of the Long 

 Island and Isles, 498 ; Rector of 

 Ui, 521. 



Monson, Sir William, scheme for 

 working fisheries of Lewis, 300. 



Montrose and the battle of Auldearn, 

 333 ; retires to France, 335 ; 

 defeated at Carbisdale, 336 ; trial 

 and execution, 336. 



Moray, Earldom of, Somerled and the, 

 27. 



Moray, James Stewart, Earl of, juris- 

 diction over the North Isles, 129. 



Mores (Maurice), son of Kennan, King 

 of Norway, 60. 



Morison, Allan, minister at Barvas, 



527- 

 Morison, Donald, minister of Barvas, 



527- 



Morison, John, account of Lewis, 504. 

 Morison, John, the Brieve of Lewis, 



164 ; death of, 204. 

 Morison, Kenneth, minister at Storno- 



way, 527. 

 Morison, Malcolm Mor Maclan, made 



prisoner, 205. 

 Morison, Roderick, " Clarsair Dall." 



378. 

 Morisons, of Bogney, Darcie, and 



Prestongrange, 63 ; of Ness, 61-3 ; 



their feuds with the Macaulays, 



63-4, and with the Macleods, 164, 



170 ; revenge of Donald Cam 



Macaulay upon, at Dun Carloway, 



168. 



Moussa in Shetland, xxix. 

 Moy, Rout of, 439. 

 Murray, Alexander, of Cubin, 85 . 

 Murray, of Broughton, 452. 

 Murray, Lord George, 413. 



Nairn, John, of Greenyards, buys 

 Seaforth estates for Lord Fortrose, 

 421. 



Nicolasson, a Norse settler, 6l. 



Nicolsons or Macnicols, 60 ; descent of 

 the, 61. 



Nordereys, the, 18. 



Normans, the, 9. 



Norsemen and religious communities, 

 6 ; appear in Ireland, 7 ; and the 

 Long Island, 8 ; domination of, in 

 the Isles, 12 ; immigrations of, 



12 ; Christianity of, in Outer 

 Hebrides, 47 ; as fighters, 48 ; 

 recreations, 48 ; ships, 48 ; manners 

 and customs, 49 ; and Valhalla, 

 49 ; character and institutions, 51 ; 

 morality, 51 ; influence upon the 

 Long Islanders, 52. 



Norwegians, massacre of, by Lewis 

 Celts, 67. 



O'Beoian, Alexander, Earl of Ross, 



marriage and issue, 86. 

 O'Beoian, Hugh, Earl of Ross, killed 



at Halidon Hill, 75. 

 O'Beoian, William, Earl of Ross, Crown 



grant to, of Lewis and Skye, 68 ; u 



vassal of England, 72 ; submits to 



Bruce, 73. 

 O'Beoian, William, Earl of Ross, feud 



with Ranald MacRuari, 79. 

 O'Beoian, Finnon, the Green Abbot, 



93- 



O'Beoian, Patrick, the Red Priest, 93. 

 Ochiltree, Lord, expedition to the Isles, 



237 ; takes the chiefs prisoners, 



238. 



Odallers or peasant nobles, 45. 

 Odalsjord, the, 45. 

 O'Donnell, Red Hugh, 162. 

 Olave the Black, son of Godred of Man, 



30 ; sent to govern Lewis, 31 ; 



immured in Marchmont Castle, 32 ; 



his marriages, 33-34 ; in Norway, 



36 ; invades Man, 36 ; his character 



and death, 39. 

 Olave the Red, youngest son of Godred 



Crovan, 25. 

 Olave the White, 13. 

 O'Neil, Captain, taken prisoner, 468. 

 Orcades, Pomponius Mela and the, I. 

 Orcadian supremacy over the Hebrides, 



17- 

 Orde, Sir Arthur Campbell, and North 



Uist, 496. 

 Orde, Colin Ridley, sells property in 



North Uist, 496. 

 Orde, Sir John Campbell, sells Ron 



496. 

 Orde, Sir John Powlett, buys No 



Uist, 496. 

 Orkney, Earl of, killed by Murclo 



MacCotter, 105. 



Orkney, Sigurd, first Earl of, 15. 

 Orkneys and Harald Harfager, 12 ; 



Jarldom of the, 15 ; invasion by 



Hebrideans, 104; James V. in, 133. 

 Ormaclett, Prince Charles meets Flora 



Macdonald at, 458. 

 Ormonde, Duke of, 413 ; and Cardinal 



Alberoni, 407. 





