Dundee remained in Lochaber, impatiently awaiting the arrival of troops and supplies from Ireland.

It was impossible for him to keep his Highlanders together in a state of inactivity.

A vast extent of moor and mountain was required to furnish food for so many mouths.

The clans therefore went back to their own glens, having promised to reassemble on the first summons.
Meanwhile Mackay's soldiers, exhausted by severe exertions and privations, were taking their ease in quarters scattered over the low country from Aberdeen to Stirling.

Mackay himself was at Edinburgh, and was urging the ministers there to furnish him with the means of constructing a chain of fortifications among the Grampians.