To the Editor of the "Nowril-Cuiwa Datty News."
Sm,—I was -interested to see in is morning's correspondence a query for information of a Scottish Clan called "Campbell of Argyll:
1 have in my possession a paper'
by miy grandfather, at the request of my mother, shortly before his death. It does not answer the query, neither does it reveal anything of particular value, 1 found it interesting and J. Capélemight find it so as well. My grandfather writes as follows: great grandmother's name was Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of the Duke of Argyll of Argyll shire, Scotland. At mature age she was Sent away to school some distance from home to finish her education. It was there she met young McNeil and after a short courtship they were married. Whether father, the Duke, knew of their a tachment before the marriage, very: much doubt. He tried to make the best of a bad bargain and procured for the young fellow several government positions at which he fulled due to a lack of education.
AL that time there was great ex: citement over land in the New World and many people were en igrating to America. MeNeil was determined to go also and tuke with him his bride. The Duke made strenuous objections and to induce him to remain, offered him a deed to all the land he could walk around in a given time. But Me Neil would have none of it. A proud, independent spirit he would to where all men were equal.
They sailed from Greenock, my great grandmother was well supplied with a fine outfit, clothes of the best.
My grandfather was then two years Now, in those days there were men (soldiers) who had served their King and Country whom the Government could not pay for lack funds, so the Government gave thei great blocks of and on Prince E ward's Island instead of cash condition that they put a certain number of settlers on the land. But it was not easy to get people to to that Island. Too cold. They would rather go to the New Eng-Iand States or the warmer Carol-
Our people, the other passengers, had paid their fares to Carolina and the.ship was bound for that port but the Prince Edward Island owners bribed the Captain to take his passengers to the Island. The Captain spoke to the passengers through his Chief mate, MeDonald acting as interpreter, who told them in that the them to sign " certain document, Then he, MeDonald, further warned the Highlanders not to sign or they. would never see Carolina. They all refused to sign.
However, the Captain turned his ship into the Gulf of St. Lawrence: and beat about there all the latter: part of the summer. They ran out of provisions and water, was bound to starve the Highlandrs into sigtiing the paper thal
ly landing them at Carol ina.
Finally, late in Qetober he ran the brig ashore on Prince Rdward's Island near a river now called the New London. A few - French and somesIndians were living there scattered along the river. The Highlanders could not converse with them. There were no shelters to speak of. Nothing to-eat and a bitter cold winter coming on. Whether they had any money, I do not know, but they subsisted for a time by trading their valuables to the French and Indians for corn and game, my great grandmother selling her costly shawls and jewelry. But an end came even to that. Some time about midwinter it looked to these homeless ones like the end had come. Then they noticed the Indians making hand-sleighs. The Indians told them in the sign Janguage to make sleighs also and come with them, They. did so and went to a place called Seacow Pond across the frozen bay. They found the Pond literally piled full of sea cows (walrus) so all they had to do was slay and eat, Spring came and with it an abundance of fish and game, A. small vessel arriving from London bringing English settlers and also seeds of rain and farming tools. From then on they settled down to farm and home building.
But to return to. our people. About a year after their arrival on the Island another son was born but the poor lady who was reared to ease and luxury pined away and died, Until he learned of her death, her father, the Duke, firmly believed she would some day return tp her home in Scotland, When Twas a Ind my father told that since that one memorable walrus were never seen Seacow Pond."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.