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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mun chath eadar na Griogaraich agus Clann a鈥� Chombaich ann an Gleann Fre貌in ann an sia ceud deug 始s a tr矛 (1603). Rinn an ceann-cinnidh, Sir Umfra Mac a鈥� Chombaich 脿 Lus, cinnteach gun robh an dithis mharsantach Ghriogarach marbh air a鈥� chroich. Chuir e cinn nan gillean air stuib faisg air an taigh aige. Bha sin t脿mailteach do Chloinn 始ic Ghriogair.聽

Chuir ceann-cinnidh nan Griogarach ann an Gleann Sratha 鈥� Alasdair Dubh 鈥� roimhe a ch霉is a r猫iteach le Sir Umfra. Bha coinneamh eadar an dithis aig ceann Ghlinn Fre貌in. Dh鈥檃ontaich iad gun toireadh gach duine ceud fear-cinnidh leis.

Cha robh duine seach duine aca onarach. Thug Alasdair Dubh ceud duine leis. Ach bha ceud eile aig a bhr脿thair, Iain Dubh, p矛os beag sh矛os an rathad aig Allt a鈥� Chl猫ith. Bha ceud duine aig Sir Umfra cuideachd. Ach ch霉m esan tr矛 cheud am falach air c霉l cnoc.聽

Bha sluagh ann a bha a鈥� coimhead a鈥� ghnothaich. Nam measg, bha oileanaich agus an ceannard 脿 oilthigh ann an D霉n Breatann.

Bhruidhinn Sir Umfra ri Alasdair Dubh. Bha coltas air Alasdair Dubh gun robh e s脿saichte.

Air an rathad air ais, thug na tr矛 cheud saighdear aig Clann a鈥� Chombaich ionnsaigh air na Griogaraich. Ruith na Griogaraich gu Allt a鈥� Chl猫ith. Air taobh thall an uillt, thionndaidh iad, deiseil airson sabaid. Bha smachd aca air an d脿 脿th ann.

Nuair a r脿inig Clann a鈥� Chombaich an t-allt, dh鈥檉heuch iad ri faighinn tarsainn. Dh鈥櫭╥rich feachd Iain Duibh bho air c霉l a鈥� chnuic far an robh iad am falach. Theich Clann a鈥� Chombaich don mhonadh ach chaidh na Griogaraich air thoiseach orra.聽

Loisg fir-bhogha Ghriogarach bho chreag os cionn bealach. Mharbh iad t貌rr de shaighdearan Luis. 始S e Bealach na Dunach 鈥�the pass of the disaster鈥� a tha air a鈥� bhealach a-nise.聽

Theich Clann a鈥� Chombaich a-rithist. Lean na Griogaraich orra. Faisg air ceann Ghlinn Fre貌in, mharbh fear de Chloinn GhillFhionntaig Iain Dubh.

Ach ch霉m na Griogaraich a dol. Agus thachair iad ris a鈥� bhuidhinn oilthigh 脿 D霉n Breatann. D猫 rinn iad leotha? Innsidh mi dhuibh anns an ath Litir.

I was telling you about a battle between the MacGregors and Colquhouns in Glen Fruin in 1603. The clan chief, Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, made sure that the two MacGregor merchants were dead on the gibbet. He put the lads鈥� heads on posts near his house. That was horrifying to the Macgregors.

The head of the MacGregors in Glen Strae 鈥� Alasdair Dubh 鈥� decided to sort out the matter with Sir Humphrey. There was a meeting between the two men at the head of Glen Fruin. They agreed that each man would take a hundred clansmen with him.

Neither man was honest. Alasdair Dubh took a hundred men with him. But his brother, Iain Dubh, had a hundred more down the road at Allt a鈥� Chl猫ith. Sir Humphrey also had a hundred men. But he kept three hundred hidden behind a hill.

There was a host there watching the affair. Among them were students and their head from a university in Dumbarton.

Sir Humphrey spoke to Alasdair Dubh. Alasdair Dubh appeared to be satisfied.

On the road home, the three hundred Colquhoun soldiers attacked the MacGregors. The MacGregors ran to Allt a鈥� Chl猫ith. On the far side of the burn, they turned, ready to fight. They controlled the two fords there.

When the Colquhouns reached the burn, they tried to get across. Iain Dubh鈥檚 force arose from behind a hill where they were hiding. The Colquhouns fled to the hill but the MacGregors went ahead of them.

MacGregor bowmen fired from a crag above a pass. They killed many of the Luss soldiers. The pass is now called Bealach na Dunach 鈥榯he pass of the disaster鈥�.

The Colquhouns fled again. The MacGregors followed them. Near the head of Glen Fruin, one of the MacLintocks killed Iain Dubh.

But the MacGregors continued. And they met a university group from Dumbarton. What did they do with them? I鈥檒l tell you in the next Litir.