To
his
Grace
,
His
Majsties
high
Commissioner
,
and
the
right
Honourable
the
Estates
of
Parliament
.
The
humble
SUPPLICATION
of
John
Mcdonald
of
Glencoe
for
himself
,
and
in
name
of
Alexander
Mcdonald
of
Achatriechatan
,
and
the
poor
Remnent
that
is
left
of
that
Family
,
Humbly
sheweth
.
THat
it
being
now
evident
to
the
conviction
of
the
Nation
,
how
unhumanely
as
well
as
unchristianly
the
deceast
Alexander
Mcdonald
of
Glencoe
,
the
deceast
John
Mcdonald
of
Achatrichatan
,
and
too
many
more
of
your
Petitioner's
unfortunate
Family
were
murdered
and
butchered
in
February
1692
,
against
the
Laws
of
nature
and
Nations
,
the
Laws
of
hospitality
,
and
the
publick
Faith
,
By
a
band
of
men
quartered
amongst
them
,
and
pretending
Peace
,
they
perpetrated
the
grossest
cruelty
under
the
colour
of
His
Majesties
authority
.
And
seing
the
evidence
taken
by
the
Lords
,
and
other
members
of
the
Commission
,
which
His
Majesty
was
most
graciously
pleased
to
grant
for
enquiring
into
that
affair
,
hath
cleared
to
the
Parliament
,
That
after
committing
of
the
foresaid
Massacre
,
the
poor
Petitioners
were
most
ravenously
plundered
of
all
that
was
necessary
for
the
sustentation
of
their
lives
,
and
besides
,
all
their
Clothes
,
Money
,
Houses
,
&
Plenishing
,
all
burned
destroyed
or
taken
away
,
that
the
Soldiers
did
Drive
no
fewer
than
five
hundred
Horses
,
fourteen
or
fifteen
hundred
Cows
,
and
many
more
Sheep
and
Goats
;
And
that
it
is
a
proper
occasion
for
His
Majesty
,
and
the
Estates
Assembled
in
Parliament
to
give
a
full
Vindication
of
their
Justice
,
&
freeing
the
Publick
from
the
least
Imputation
which
may
be
cast
thereon
by
Foraign
Enemies
on
the
account
of
so
unexampled
an
Action
and
that
it
is
worthy
of
that
Honour
and
Justice
which
His
Majestie
and
the
Estates
have
been
pleased
to
shew
to
the
World
with
relation
to
that
Affair
,
to
relieve
the
necessity
of
the
poor
Petitioners
,
and
to
save
them
and
their
exposed
Widows
and
Orphans
from
Starving
,
and
al
the
miserys
of
the
extreamest
Poverty
to
which
they
are
inevitably
lyable
;
unless
His
Majesty
and
the
Estates
provide
them
a
Remedy
.
It
is
therefore
Humbly
begged
,
that
Your
Grace
,
and
the
Estates
would
from
the
Principles
of
Commiseration
to
Your
Petitioners
sad
Circumstances
,
as
well
as
that
of
Honour
and
Justice
,
Ordain
such
Relief
and
Redress
to
Your
Petitioners
as
in
Your
Wisdoms
shall
be
found
most
fit
,
And
Your
Petitioners
shall
ever
Pray
.