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came to MacIan's house and knocked for admittance which was at once given. Lindsay, one of the
Expected guests at the family meal of the day, commanded this party, who instantly shot McIan
dead by his own bedside, as he was in the act of dressing himself. His aged wife died the next day
distracted with grief & Several domestics and clansmen were Killed at the same place
At the hamlet where Glenlyon had his own quarters, nine men, including his landlord, were bound
and shot like felons; and one of them McDonald of Auchintriaten, had General Hill's passport in his
pocket at the time
At a place called Auchnaion, one barber [Barber] a sergeant, with a party of soldiers fired on a group
of nine MacDonalds, as they were assembled round their morning fire, and Killed four of them
The number of persons murdered was 38; those who escaped might amount to 150 males, who with
the women & children of the tribe had to fly more than 12 miles through rocks and wildernesses ere
they could reach any place of safety or shelter"
Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Grandfather [Condensed Version]