The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-07

eIoTtS 20 reSeat them On
the British throne. After the battle
OF C~uIloden, the British government
determined to punish The clans with
socn severity that they would never
rebel again.. An English army under
the Duke of Cumberland was sent to
the highlands. His nickname tells
what sort of a man he was. He is
known as Butcher Cumberland. His
sold1ers laid the Highlands in ruins.
Inc cattle were driven away; the man
slons OF the chiefs and the nuts Of the
clansmen were burned; the male
HlShlanders who were captured were
instantly murdered; women and chill
dren, without food, without homes,
ithout husbands and tatners, wan.
oered helplessiy among the hills and
valleys.
IN this situation many of the High
ander urned their eyes toward AM
erica. AS early as 1879 a few fami-
lies had settled on the Cape Fear rlv-
er in North Carolina. The climate
was mild and the soil fertile. There
was everything to make them happy
and c~ontented. Letters We're written
20 their friends and relatives descrlb-
ing their new nome in glowing terms.
A few years later Gabriel Johnston, a
Scotchman became governor Of North
carolina. He was fond of his cOun-
trymen and was eager for them to
coII1e 10 ANOItH larOl1la.
The General Assembly also offered
encouragement to the Highlanders to
come to North Carolina. They were
promised exemption from taxation for
a period OF ten years. After the de-
feat at Culloden, therefore thousands
Of Highlanders turned their faces to-
yard. the setting sun. Snlp-iOad after
shipload reached. the shores Of Amer
lea, and most OF them found their
way to their kinsmen on the Cape
Fear. Their settlements covered large
areas Of territory around the village
Of C~ampbellton as a center. The name
Of the village was later changed to
Cross Creek, and after the Revoluaon
to Fayetteville.
Rents now began to rise i'll Scotland
for the reasons already mentioned. In
| America and was PLENTIFUL; the soil
fertile: the climate good Any MAI
who was willing to work could own his
own farm and become well-to-do. SO
in the Highlands of Scotland the re-
frain of the popular song Of the day
was:
Going to seek a fortune in North
Carolina"
They continued to come to North
Carolina in q steady stream until the
| outbreak Of the Revolution, settling
in what are now the counties of Cum
! berland. Bladen, Harnett, Robson.
Arson, Sampson and Scotland. From
1855 to 1875 the papers Of the day
mention no less than sixteen enigra-
| tons from the Highlands besides sew
| eraI others Some of these emigrants
were among the best people in the
/ Highlands. In It'll the Scots aga
| zine says that 500 Highlanders sailed
in one ship for America, under the
conduct Of q gentleman Of wealth and
merit, whose predecessors resided in
Islay for many centuries past A
colony Of them from Skye was men
toned as being composed OF "the most
wealthy n substantial people in
Skye" Another ship-load. is recorded
as being made up Of the finest set
Of fellows in the Highlands
Their presence in North Carolina
has added a picturesqueness to our
| history that would have been. in spite
Of it's interest and instructiveness,
| prosiac enou ,h without them. h
| genius Of Sir Walter Scott has thrown
q halo of romance about the Scotch
| Highlander as he appears on his ma
! tive heath that he does not lose even
amid the forests Of America. Ihey
were a strong n active race, large
of stature, we'll developed in body,
robust in health. Their wild life
among their native Highlands imposed
upon them occupations that developed
strength and courage and activity
both Of mind and body. Following
the chase over painless mountains,
vaging constant warfare among them
selves and With their neighbors of the
Iowlands, had trained them to q Keen
ness of sight and SwiftneSS OF limbs
that rivalled those characteristics in
the American Indian. Their wild and
romantic life developed in them firm
ness of decision. fertility OF resources,
ar6or in friendship, love Of country,
and generous enthusiasm. Brougil.
m ~ the use Of arms in the midst
Of perpetual violence~ accustomed to
occupations requiring great physical
endurance and courage, the Highland
ers were taught to bear without COM
plaint the severest hafdshlps ana 70