The Macdonalds left him because they wanted to plunder the Campbells.

The force which had once seemed sufficient to decide the fate of a kingdom melted away in a few days; and the victories of Tippermuir and Kilsyth were followed by the disaster of Philiphaugh.

Dundee did not live long enough to experience a similar reverse of fortune; but there is every reason to believe that, had his life been prolonged one fortnight, his history would have been the history of Montrose retold.
Dundee made one attempt, soon after the gathering of the clans in Lochaber, to induce them to submit to the discipline of a regular army.
He called a council of war to consider this question.

His opinion was supported by all the officers who had joined him from the low country.
Distinguished among them were James Seton, Earl of Dunfermline, and James Galloway, Lord Dunkeld.

The Celtic chiefs took the other side.
Lochiel, the ablest among them, was their spokesman, and argued the point with much ingenuity and natural eloquence.