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The oath
Clan chiefs were asked to swear an oath to William and Mary
The Scottish government offered a pardon to anyone who took the oath before 1 January 1692. MacIain of Glencoe left for Fort William on 30 December, was sent on to Inveraray, and took the oath there on 6 January.
The soldiers
Soldiers arrived in the glen under orders for free quarter
In late January 1692 about 120 men of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot arrived in Glencoe. Their commander was Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, whose niece was married to one of MacIain's sons.
The orders
The plan sealed the northern exits and swept up the glen
On 12 February Hill ordered Lieutenant Colonel James Hamilton to take 400 men and block the northern exits at Kinlochleven. Major Duncanson would join Glenlyon with another 400 and sweep up the glen, removing property and burning houses.
“...fall on the Macdonalds of Glencoe and destroy them”
Major Duncanson, in a letter to Glenlyon
13 February
About 30 of the Glencoe MacDonalds were killed on 13 February 1692
An estimated 30 members and associates of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces. MacIain was killed, although his two sons escaped. A tapering Celtic cross at Upper Carnoch, installed in 1883, marks the annual ceremony.
30members and associates of the clan, as estimated
Day 1, evening
It comes after Rannoch Moor.
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