In May and June 1746, government columns from Fort Augustus swept through Glenmoriston — one of the principal glens running southwest from the Great Glen. Soldiers burned every farmhouse and bothie, drove off cattle and killed any armed men found. The people of Glenmoriston were known Jacobite adherents. A group of local men — the Seven Men of Glenmoriston — later sheltered Prince Charles in their cave refuge. When they first encountered government soldiers in the immediate post-Culloden sweeps, they fought back, killing several soldiers before retreating further into the mountains. Their resistance made Glenmoriston one of the most dangerous areas for government sweeping parties.
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