The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-11-30
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broke out bvtwixt two considerations 0
Highlanders, and it was resolved that th,
difference should be decided by comba
Of thirty men Of the clan Chattan agains
the same number Of tho elan Kay; ,ha
the battle should take place on the Nort}
Inch Of Perth, beautiful and level mead
ow, in part surrounded by the River Tay
and that it should be fought in the pres
ence Of the king, at that time Robert III.
and his mobiles.
The day having arrived whereon the
combat should take place, the parties on
each side were drawn out, armed with
sword and target. AK and dagger, and
stood looking on each other with fierce
and savage aspects, when, Just as the sig
nal for fight was expected, the commander
Of the clan Chattan perceived that one OF
bis men, whose heart had failed him, had
deserted his standard. There WAS no time
to seek another man from the clan; SO the
chieflian, as his only resource, was obig
ed to offer reward to any one who wond
fight in the room Of the fugitive.
One Henry Wynd. citizen Of Perth,
and sadder by trade, little handy leg
ged man, bu, of grea, strength and activ
ity, and we'll accustomed to use the broad
sword, off.red himself. for half a French
crown, to serve on the part Of the clan
Cha,tan in the battle Of that day.
The signal was then given by sound Of
the royal trumpe,s, and Of the great war
bagpipes Of the High|anders. and the two
parties fell on each other with the utm ost
fury, their natural ferocity of temper be-
ing excited by feudaI hatred against the
hostile clan, zeal for the honor Of their
own, and a consciousness that they were
fighting ip prence of the king and mobiles
Of Scotland. As they fought with the
two handed sword and Ak, the wounds they
inflicted on each other we're of ghastly
size and character. Heads were c!oven
asunder, limbs we're Topped from the trunk
The meadow WAS soou flooded with blood,
and covered with dead and wounded men.
In the midst of the deadly conflict, the
q the clan Chattan observed that
Henry Wynd, after he had slain one Of
the clan Kay. drew aside and did not seem
willing TO fight more.
.How is this :" said he; "art thou
afraia?"
Not l." answered Henry "but l have
done enough work for half a crown"
Forward and fight!" said the Highland
chief; "be that doth not grudge his days
work, | will not stint him in his wages"
Thus encouraged, Henry Wynd again
plunged into the conflict. and, by his ex
celIence as sworls.nan, contributed a
great deal to the victory, which at length
fell to the c'an Chattan.
Ten Of the victors, with Henry Wynd.
whom the Highlanders called the Gow
Clrom Chat is, the crooked or bandyleg
ged smith, though he was q saddler, for
war saddles were then made Of stee), were
lift alive, but they were all wounded.
Only one Of the clan Kay survived, and he
was nnhurt. But this single individual
dared not oppose himself to eleven men,
though all more or less hurt, but. throw
ing himself into the Tay, swan to the
,ther side, and went off to carry to the
Highlands ths news of his clans defeat
It is said he was so i'll received by his kins
men that he put himself to death.
Some part Of the above story is matter
ii tradition, bnt the general fact is Ger
tain. Henry Wvnd was rewarded to the
Highland chieftiao's hes. abilities: but it
was remarked that, when the battle was
over, he was not able to tell the name Of
lhe clan be fought for, replying, when
asked on which side he had been, that he
was fighting for his own hand. Hence
The proverb-
Every man for his own hand, as Harry
Wynd fought