Conscription, Military
Subject
Subject Source: Nahste
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Story about the Saidearan Dugha on Barraigh/Isle of Barra, September 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/167
Scope and Contents
Story about the Saidearan Dugha [Saighdearan Dubha, Jacobite soldiers] on Barraigh/Isle of Barra in which they were pursuing young men who had fled Àird Ghrèin and hidden in a cave. They met an old man and told him they would spare his life if he showed them where the young men were. In self-preservation he showed them and they killed them by setting fire to the cave.
Dates:
September 1872