The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-23
CLANS N()T
ALI SCOTCH
Sections in Early England
Were Big Families.
FIGHTS OF FAMILIES
Origin of Some Very Familiar
Names.
FIGHTS OF FAMILIES

associated entirely II the niad OF tn,
average Englishman with Scotland aul
/ Scotsmen-indeed with the Highlands OF
| Scotland alone; and yet. until the legis-
lative union OF the two countries with The
| accession OF James / the clan system of
the two countries became one in the reign
OF Anne the old spirit survived and con-
| tinuee to survive in 4 modified form
almost 10 our own time. Even ctlrsory
/ examination OF the history OF the border
VIII make il not at al surprising that
/ English clans. complete with chieftains
/ distinguishing badges AID peculiar music
O. their own, should have existed. The
/ people Of Cumberland and North-Cumber-
land. from the unique position OF their
shires. possessed characteristics which
distinguished them most markedly from
their southern neighbors.
Just as Kent has been called the bull
waTk Of England against the Continent
81 these two northern shlres formed the
bulwark ocean and ever ready for in
vasion and foray. The conditions Of lie
OF both sides OF the border were favorable
10 the clan system and although North
Cumberland only became finally English
at the end of the twelfth century and
! Tynedale was Scottish at the end OF the
thirteenth. Nationality remained Tor long
after subordinate to clanship: a man was
a Fenwicl OF 4 Robson first and an Eng
lishman after, just as at the prescn,
Gay in Cornwall county takes precedence
iot nation. But when the border line was
firaliy drawn, IL IS curious 10 note the in
tense and rapid Development OF national
artagonisIn-an antagonism sedulously
fcsteTed By the government Of England
which ordained It felony for an English
man 70 marry Scotch woman.
in our northern hulwari1 counties when
the clans We're not united against the
Scots. they were ar war with each other
and during the rare intervals when there
were neither Scots nor rival claasmen to
fight with they would raid their southern
neighbors-just. as It were O. keep their
hands in. There were feuds handed down
from generation TO generation between
tho English FenW!cks and the Scottish
Elliots anG Crosiars. between The R0bsoas
o. Tynedaie ard the Armstrong; OF Lid
dcscalc between the Charietons and the
Euccleughs; but no less bitter and pitiless
we're the feu1s between the Robsous OF
Tynedale and the Cumberland Grahams
between the Eerous and the Carnables
the Percys and the NeviHes. the Hddleys
and the Featherstonhaughs More than
this. the great families had generally
mere than one seat each Of which was thu
center Of a clannish community. which
regarded not merely other families as
strangers and rivals. but other sections
bearing tho 81 nc name and arms. Thus
we find the Fenwicl1s of Wellington and
the Fe1wicks Of Stanton. the Ridleys OF
Hardriding and the Ridleys of Wnlimotes-
wick. the Radcll1es Of Dnston and those
o. Darlington. not infrequertlv in active
operation against each other. with ali the
venom OF absolute strangers.
In fact during what were really the long
weary years az border strife bat which
had come down 70 Us in history and
legend as stirring times Of chvairy and
Romance. every great family was as much
a state IN itself as was an italian city of
about the same period. History and
legend are fun Of instances when a single
family. that is. q clan. turned the balance /
n military ard political strife. 1t Fiodden
there were fourteen thousand Stanley
tenants OF ciansmen IN Surveys army and
these were half mutinous because they
were Led to the field hy a Howard and not
by a STANLEY. At Msrst3n lioor the
famous white Coat Regimen unler
Newcastle. which was cut 10 pieces al-
icost 10 = man hy The Pariiamertary
cavalry. was composed n a thousand Oe'e
clansren- Two ~ least IF The most
famous ballads ia border literature hinge .
IRON family fcuds If the Halls ~ Girs0n- /
side IN Reaesdale lad not beer ar cnmity
with the Reeds ~ ThroughenG they woll I
mover have deserted parcy ReeE so
shamefully as they dld when the Crosie- .
% ILGdlesisie set uroa him. as told in
tn ballad o. the Death 81 Parcy Reed. /.
II the Five hundred Teuwicks "a a SOCK /
had not 1oosered fheir arrows CT Tho +
Crosiers az the Tryst - The Reedswyre. F.
the raid as told 50 graphically ia Che +
old ballad. would ever have happened /
81 f. vas an over this aid heaIiifu' I
country u rsary-tlr-od fsl ard broea
stream. especially 81 the daiee - Tylc j
and Reed. row 81 sparseiy Inhibited ard F
- lonely that 20 Is hard Go realize the .
complaint of s.r Robert Bowes. ere
royal surveyor Ga 1H3. shat they were .
over roruIatrd-a report that Jed ~ thelr 1
gradual depouui7tfou bv The simple rro-
cess % making The lives - fne frhati- .
q ne intnler1tfa Ana vet % THIS dag i
there aro stll rerres~ntstives ~ th- Cd 4
chez grains OF clans ~ Ts-0ee aie- .
Charisto7s. Dod6F. Esbsorz ard sfEhlrns +
~ there are Reeds Pofters. ard Hats In .
Ped csdaie Se-bvE - BiddiestDae. Hfe--
tons at Ii5srt1r ard Dcf1arns as Ro5f1r1.
The old Eur eh -he1esrzn~ cf clan cr
Esai7e~ ives precisely THE Scottish c1an .
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