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SIR,

THE Account you deſired of the ſtrange and furpriſing Maſſacre of Glenco, take as follows:

Mackian Mackdonaid, Laird of Glenco, a branch of the Mackdonalds, one of the greatest Clans, or Tribes in the north of Scotland, .came with the moſt considerable men of his Clan to Colonel Hill, Governor of Fort-William at Inverlochy, ſome few days before the expiring of the time for receiving the Indemnity ted by proclamation, which, as I take it, was the Int of January laſt, intreating he would administer unto him the oathe which the foresaid, proclamation required to be taken; that ſo submitting himself to the government, he might have its protection. The Colonel received him with all expreſſions of kindneſs; nevertheleſs ſhifting the adminiftering the oaths to him; alledging, that by the proclamation it did not belong to him, but to the Sheriffs, Ballies of Regalities, and Magiſtrates of burghs, to adminiſter them. Mackian complained that by this disappointment he might be wronged, the time being now. near the expiring, and the weather so extreme, and the ways so very bad, that it was not poſſible for him ſo ſoon to reach any Sheriff, &c. got from Colonel Hill, under his hand, his protection; and withal he was aſſured that no orders from the government against him ſhould be put in execution until he first was advertiſed and had time allowed him to apply himſelf to King or council for his own ſafety. But the better to make all ſure (tho this night have seemed security enough for that time) with all dispatch imaginable be poſted to Inverary, the chief town of Argyleſhire where he found Sir Colin Campbell of Ard-