Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-04-11
4 SCOTCH TRADITTNS
MERclLEs3 WARFARE OF AZ
fHs olo SCOTTISH clANs Of

49, ' 'asltfal Destro..
s. "'" p ~ whole Race, the Inh.,,. "''
Of Ore ssiaa''--Isven Today ~. s "a'''
satA re- BE Haunted. p'' Il
f,sa,a Z
so,,,s 80 Saa.,, ,D'ne made PROLONGED
~ ~, = =. . ..'. iast year to indulge &
us la sss.l fishing-of %, u
. .nei' y none better IN the whole wost,
thaii among me highlands and c,,,. lin
Gus islanas OF that country. He hro,''ss'u
PACK WIN nm a-vast st3rehoass N sa y !,
strange .aies OF the primitive ,a,,', s
aii,iois whom ne so]ourned, for lie / yef's
eu JUG usuaf lines of travel, consn;. ~
ms wahder1ngs to the remote yillaaass
anu OUT oi the way places which tbs No. y
uinury 'o'I,st never visits. He lived =.
n , wi'h ,he peasant and fshermsn
CLASS, WIN wnom' negotiating himsals
MUG thelr gooa graces, lie learned mna
oi .ne tradltlons current in the reg;on
wnich nave only been kept alive &,
ueihs i,"naeu aowt from father To u.
'nioush 'he generations.
a. que 'iiie residing with sipnls
lisnerinah Oh one OF the Hebrides, thu
group maze FAMOUS by the .celebratsS
Jour OF Dr.1ohnson and Boswell, he vss
told . strange story pertaining to cav
VI ono VI .ne ISLANDS, which he afta,.
"aiu sis'.eu Win ms host, making tbo
weiiu .iao''ioh donply interesting. i
was tllis:
more .nan tnree centuries ago there
EXISTED TWO clans between which there
nad "ageo the most bitter and reient.
iess warfare ior generations. OF Course
tno peop'e VI ooth factions We're butlit.
Tie more clViilzed Than the North Amer.
lcah Indians when Columbus gave a
new world TO Spain. Both clans lived
Dy steailhg from their neighbors. de.
cideoiy prererrlng this mode Of life TO an
nonest eideavor OF raising anything for
themselves. ihelr tenure of the dark
giehs "hlch Ihey claimed was held bv
the proves OF Their primitive bows and
arrows their rude claymores and ruder
olrKs' ignorant cruel and vindictive.
the seVerai clans mated each other with
natred unknown but to dense igno.
rance; they hated simply because their
names diHered, because they had been
Taught that di1ferences between names
meant 1euds between races. s
one OF THESE two contending clans
hved on one OF the little islands Of the
HeDrldean group, barren, rocky, desc.
late spot surrounded only by the eternal
SURF. one mid winter day came the
boats OF their hated enemy. The inten.
tlon OF inc invaders was of course to
KILL piunder ana destroy. They did
piunder ana onrn the huts they found
on the shore, but not human being
was found that they could massacre.
Inc who're island appeared to have been
abandoned. Inc invaders ransacked it
well; traversed every glen and every
raVlhe ana wondered Where their inyet-
crate enemies mad gone. Failing in the
principal part OF thelr bloody mission,
they prepared TO leave. They took up
their oars, DuC hardly mad they cleared
the ilttie creek ny which they had en-.
lereu from lhe sea when man, with an
apparently extraordinary vision, spieda
inquire IN the uncertain light OF win.
ters dawn cautiously moving over the
rocks.
A shout announced the discovery, and
the islander disappeared. But the secret
mad peen betrayed. The inhabitants
had hidden themselves, not deserted,
In nan an hour thelr assallants had re-
landed ana set themselves with awak-
ened nope TO the search. SNOW had
fallen during the night, and the foot
steps OF the lmprudent islander betrayed
the whereabouts OF his clan. The high
landers exultingly followed he trail OF
the enemy, ana they soon tracked him
to the hiding place OF his people, curl
GUS cavern, Its entrance through the
mazes OF rock, oVergroWn with th'cK
shrubs, place easily missed by any one
not familiar with the LOCALITY. In ths
cave were gathered all the families OF
the tribe, the women ana little children
and few OF the Old men, the main por-
ton OF the young warriors having gone
on on an excurslon-a mafan'nhs oiieo
course-to the nelghborlnS ISLANDS,
With shouts OF triumph ana exull'hs
wrath comparable TO the cruel hature u
invaders they collecled sea"eeu, uri,'
wood and the dried heath, III winch Tue
rocks abounded, ana piieo arouhd the
one entrance to the cavern IT'S lilllli'e''
now cognlzant OF whae their eheliies
were doing, MAINTAINING tile SILENCE u
despair. "A few words OF liuttereu uSe
nc alone passed-and IN shor' ',ine
The material which the saVases n"'
gathered was set on nre, the scorchiis