Ewen MacPherson of Cluny refused to surrender after Culloden and maintained armed resistance in his Badenoch country for years. In 1746, his small band of armed MacPhersons ambushed government search parties near Loch Laggan and in the Corrieyairack pass. Cluny had constructed a remarkable shelter — the famous Cage on Ben Alder — and moved between it and other hiding places. Government columns from Fort Augustus and Ruthven attempted to locate him but the MacPherson clanspeople protected him. Prince Charles sheltered in the Cage for a week before his final escape. Cluny remained in the Highlands as a fugitive for nine years, finally escaping to France in 1755.
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