Testimony of MacKay Clansfolk re Sutherland Cleareances

Crest of Clansfolk of Clan MacKay
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Happy homes by an alien's base mandate o'erthrown:
Tender maidens and brave stalwart men
Were ruthlessly scattered like leaves in a gale
Far away from their dear native glen.

Sutherland Evictions and Burnings: Testimony of Living Eye-Witnesses

Mr. John Mackay, C.R., Hereford, the well-known friend of the Highlanders, himself a native of Sutherland(shire), supplied the subjoined important documents. Mr. Mackay had presented them to the Royal Commission as part of his evidence in Edinburgh, circa 1884. They are as follows: -

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