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10th February 08, 01:14 PM
#7
 Originally Posted by Highland Logan
Campbell was blamed because he broke the unspoken tradition, and murdered under trust. A highlander would offer even his enemy a place to stay for the night. The military under Campbell took this offer from the MacIan' of Glencoe, and then used to position to attack his host. Under orders or not, they broke the unwritten laws of the Highlands.
Frank
"Hamesucken" it is called and there was no excuse for it in Scots Law. That's what did for the last of the Galbraiths.
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