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'The villagers gathered about us in considerable numbers, I believe without any evil intention, but with a very savage wildness of aspect and manner. Johnson's Works, ix. 38. The M'Craas, or Macraes, were since that time brought into the king's army, by the late Lord Seaforth.
What can the M'Craas tell about themselves a thousand years ago?
One of them was frothed like a syllabub. I saw a woman preparing it with such a stick as is used for chocolate, and in the same manner. We had a considerable circle about us, men, women and children, all M'Craas, Lord Seaforth's people. Not one of them could speak English. I observed to Dr Johnson, it was much the same as being with a tribe of Indians.
The poor M'Craas, whatever may be their present state, were of considerable estimation in the year 1715, when there was a line in a song, 'And aw the brave M'Craas are coming . There was great diversity in the faces of the circle around us: some were as black and wild in their appearance as any American savages whatever.
The poor M'Craas, whatever may be their present state, were of considerable estimation in the year 1715, when there was a line in a song. And aw the brave M'Craas are coming.
One of them was frothed like a syllabub. I saw a woman preparing it with such a stick as is used for chocolate, and in the same manner. We had a considerable circle about us, men, women, and children, all M'Craas, Lord Seaforth's people. Not one of them could speak English. I observed to Dr. Johnson, it was much the same as being with a tribe of Indians.
I have always difficulty to be patient when I hear authors gravely quoted, as giving accounts of savage nations, which accounts they had from the savages themselves. What can the M'Craas tell about themselves a thousand years ago?
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