The Highlanders of Scotland - Clan Strachan Society

Harp. See Music.
Heritable jurisdictions abolished, 96.
Hiberni, 4.
Highland Clans, their Pictish origin,
176 et seg., 408 ; Irish origin,
178 et ; seg. Norwegian origin,
182 et seq MS. of ; 1450, 178, 184,
408 clans ; possessed a common
origin — the great tribes of the
tenth and eleventh centuries,
183 et seq ; supposed Pictish origin,
184, 185, 186, 408; Clan
table of the old genealogies, 188,
189; I., the Gallgael—^r^^Z/,
194-255; Atholl, 256-277, 409,
413 ; II., Moray, 278-317 ; III.,
Ross, 318-346; IV., Garmoran,
347-359 ; V., Caithness, 359-365,
421 ; VI., Ness, 365 368 ; VII.,
Sudrland, 368-370 ;
clans not of
pure Gaelic origio, 376-379 ; 422;
Table of the Descent of the
Highland Clans, 373.
Highlanders of Scotland, their origin,
13 ; the descendants of the
Northern Picts, 44 et seq ; used
the Gaelic language, 45 ; can be
traced back to the time of the
Northern Picts, 51 et ; seq their
history may be said to commence
with the tenth century, 59 ac-
;
cept the rule of Alexander I. and
David I., 86 ; support the claims
of William FitzDuncan's family,
87 ; system of clanship broken
in upon, 90, 405; follow Mon-
trose and Dundee, 93 ; their part
in the rebellions of 1715 and
1745,94,95; efforts to crush their
power and nationality, 90, 405 ;
their character as a nation
changed, their martial spirit
and bravery diverted by the
tact of Chatham to the service
of the reigning house, 96 ; the
system of clanship, 100 et seq. ;
laws of succession, 103, 108 ;
gavel, 106 ; tenure, 110 ; degrees
of rank, 110 et seq.; religion, 118-
132, 406 ; superstitions, 132 et
seg.; poetry — Ossian, 133 et seg.,
407 ; Music, 140 et seq., 407 ;
INDEX 425
dress, 142 et seq., 407, 408 ; arms
152 et seq.; hunting, 154 et seq.;
character, 155, 166.
Highlands entirely occupied by
Northern Picts, 57, 404; his-
tory of, 58-98. 405.
Hume Brown, Dr., 388.
Hunting, 154 et seq.
Iberians, 385.
lerne, 3n, 10.
Innes's "Ancient Inhabitants," 387.
Ireland all Scottic, 406.
Irish Annals, 2, 15, 55.
Isles, Cession of the, and its effects, 88.
Isles, Lord of the, claims the Earldom
of Ross, 89 takes arms to vin-
;
dicate his claim against the
Government, 90; forfeiture, 90.
Kenneth Mac Alpin, 14, 25; 33-42
passim.
Ketil, his subjugation of the Hebrides,
61 ; declares himself King of
the Hebrides, 61.
Kilt. See Dress.
Krycul, his descendants, 189.
Ladmax, son of Donald Bane, makes
an attack on Alexander I., 85 ;
his death, 85, 405.
Lang, Andrew, 388, 389, 398, 400.
Latin Historians, 3 et seq. ;
Lougai, 68.
Lulacb, 81.
list of Dal-
riadic kings, 33 et seq., 402.
Macbeth, Maormor of Moray, succeeds
Duncan as King of Scotland,
76 et ."eq., 404; events of
his reign, 76 et seq. ; 404, 405.
Macdonalds, their weakness and ultimate
extinction, 89, 405.
Mackinnon, Professor, 401.
Macpherson and Ossianic poetry, 135
et seq., 407.
Macpherson (Cluny) and Mackintosh
problem. See Clan Chattan.
Macpherson (Ossian). See Poetry.
Mseatfe and Caledonii, one race, 6, 8.
Magnus Barefoot, 82, 147.