Strathglass, the valley of the River Glass running southwest from Beauly toward Kintail, was Fraser and Chisholm country — both committed Jacobite clans. Government columns from Fort Augustus and Inverness entered Strathglass in May and June 1746. The Chisholm of Chisholm had raised his clan for the Jacobite cause and Chisholm clansmen had formed part of the Jacobite left at Culloden. Government soldiers found burned and abandoned townships — the people had fled before the sweeping parties. Armed Chisholm and Fraser men who remained to defend their families fought skirmishes with the government columns before retreating into the upper glen where the soldiers would not follow in force.
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