The Campbells who had acquired rights to Glenorchy began the first pressure on the MacGregors who had traditionally held the eastern end of the glen and adjacent territories. This earliest Campbell aggression against MacGregor laid the foundation for the centuries of conflict that would eventually see the MacGregors proscribed and their lands absorbed by Campbell. The initial confrontation established the lethal precedent of Campbell using legal and military means together to dispossess rivals.
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