Famous Pipers
chair moran dhe na rudan a chunnaig mi sinn.Nuaira bha mise san leabaidh‘s mi
sa bhruadar aig caisteal D – gun thachair duine sa jhail – ‘s ioma duine dhem
no mhathair agus a’Bhanrigh agus sheorsa tha ann – tha an‘n uinneag aira
morairean‘diucananDomhnnallRuairi‘s tearanachadh le bars agus wire air an
Iain Ban CoinneachDubh agus moranan taobh a stigh dhith gus nach fgaigheadh
do rudan dhen seorsa sin. Ach bha mi duine sam bith a mach oirre.Bha mise sa
socrach gu leor ‘nam leabaidh ach eagal mhaduinn mar gum bithinn a ‘deanamh
gun deachaidh an gnothach tuilleadh nas telegram ris a’Ghaidhealteachd agus
fada.Ach cha chreid mi gu leig Dia sin. Sasguin stad a chuir air a’chogadh agus a
‘It is I who had the troublesome ‘Czaraphaidheadhnacosgaisagussitha
night last night.Trouble regarding my dheanamh fhad sa thogradh e fein,seadh
Queen and her Prince,the family in fichead bliadhne na mar sin.‘S fhag mi
the country, my own mother and chuid eile aig Dia fein agus bu chomain,
sister, Donald’s children, my own chomain dhomh sin.
familyandmyfather’sfamily.Godhas ‘On Saturday morning I was
shown to me in the dream and I left imagining that I was on the railway
the power to him who made the travelling back and forth for most of
world.ImaginethethingsIsawinthe thenightandwhenIcamedownstairs
dream at Castle D – that my mother I thought that they were turning me
met the Queen and other Lords and around and pulling me forwards.On
Dukes, Donald Roderick and John Saturday night or Sunday morning I
Ban [MacKenzie] Black Kenneth and got guidance from the Lord where I
many things like that. But I was was in this world – upside down as
peacefulenoughinmybedbutafraid onewouldsay.Whenlaminbedlam
thatmattershadgonetoofar.ButIdo likeoneinjail,therearemanylikeme
not think God will permit that.’ in here, the window is secured with
According to one of the doctors, bars and wire on the inside, so that
Angus was convinced that he was nobodywouldescape.Inthemorning
marriedtoQueenVictoria–although I was as if I were composing a
he was already married and had a telegram to the Highlands and
family. England to put an end to the war of
He continues like this: the Czar that he should pay the
December2nd expenses[ofthewar]andmakepeace,
Air a’mhaduinn Di – sathuirn bha say as long as he wished, but say at
migamfhaireachadhfeinmargumbithinn least 20 years or so.I left the rest to
air rathad iarainn air m’ais is air God himself as I should and I was
m’aghaidh ach gann fad na h – oidche, under obligation to do.’
agusanuairathainigmianuasa’staidhre In this instance Angus was
‘sann a shaol leam gu robh iad a cuir car referring to the CrimeanWar (1854-
dhomhneogamothabhairtancomharmo 1856) the only war Great Britain
chinn. Air oidche Di – sathurn na fought with Russia and in which
madainn Di – domhnaich fhuair mi severalHighlandregimentstookpart.
seoladh bho’n tighearna cait an robh mi 21stDecember
sann tha saoghal butrasionn mar a tha Chunnaic mi ann am bruadar a raoir
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