The town agreed to pay two thousand dollars, a sum which, small as it might be in the estimation of the goldsmiths of Lombard Street, probably exceeded any treasure that had ever been carried into the wilds of Coryarrick.

Half the sum was raised, not without difficulty, by the inhabitants; and Dundee is said to have passed his word for the remainder, [338] He next tried to reconcile the Macdonalds with the Mackintoshes, and flattered himself that the two warlike tribes, lately arrayed against each other, might be willing to fight side by side under his command.
But he soon found that it was no light matter to take up a Highland feud.

About the rights of the contending Kings neither clan knew any thing or cared any thing.

The conduct of both is to be ascribed to local passions and interests.

What Argyle was to Keppoch, Keppoch was to the Mackintoshes.