Npaj Kev Mus Ncig Mus Rau Kev Txaus Siab thiab Tragic Glencoe

Majestic Mountains, Cov tsiaj qus thiab Hnub Nyoog Zoo Nkauj

Cov neeg tuaj yeem tau txais kev pom zoo Glencoe Scotland qhov feem ntau romantic glen. Tshawb kom paub vim li cas.

Lub rugged, liab qab ntawm Glencoe gaze cia, tsaus nti thiab unforgiving, nyob rau ntawm ib lub paj huab cua kho siab khuav ntawm pob zeb ntws toj thiab khoob plab me me. Muaj 8 Munros (Scottish roob ntawm ntau tshaj 3,000 ko taw), lawv cov flanks ntev dhau los stripped ze li liab los ntawm yaj thiab mos lwj. Nrov nrog mountaineers, qhov no yog ib qho ntawm Scotland qhov qub tshaj plaws ua hauj lwm, lub remnants ntawm ib tug volcanic caldera tsim ntau tshaj li 450 lab xyoo dhau los.

Nyob rau hauv Scots Gaelic mythology, nws yog lub tsev legendary ntawm Celtic hero Fingal thiab nws tus tub Ossian, nco txog hauv Ossian lub qhov tsua, ib qho loj thiab ua yeeb yam ntawm Aonach Dubh (The Black Ridge), ib feem ntawm lub Glencoe massif kuj hu ua peb cov viv ncaus.

Tab sis nws feem ntau tsis zoo, thiab feem ntau tragic, hais rau lub koob meej yog raws li lub site ntawm lub Glencoe Massacre ntawm Lub ob hlis ntuj 13, 1692.

Lub Glencoe Massacre

Nws yog ib zaj dab neeg nyuab siab ntawm kev ua yeebncuab, kev coj ua thiab kev ntxeev siab tab sis kuv yuav muaj kev mus dhau ntawm cov pob txha liab qab.

Lub MacIains ntawm Hmoob MacDonald tau nyob hauv Glencoe rau ntau pua xyoo. Lawv tau raug coj mus rau thaj av los ntawm ib tug poj koob yawg koob uas tawm tsam ntawm Robert lub Bruce ntawm Bannockburn. Muaj ib zaug, MacDonalds yog cov tub rog tshaj plaws hauv Highlands thiab tuav lub npe ntawm Lords ntawm Isles. Lawv cov kev sib tw ua si yog Campbell thiab lawv tau koom nrog ntau tiam neeg uas tsis muaj kev sib cav, uas muaj feem ntau, ntawm cov nyuj kev tua thiab kev sib tsham ntawm ib cheeb tsam.

Tej zaum kuj zoo li lub Hatfields thiab McCoys.

Tau dhau 15 xyoo dhau los, MacDonalds tau ploj mus ntau lub zog. Nyob rau hauv 1493, Campbells pab James IV, Stewart King of Scotland, tshem tawm MacDonalds 'Lordship. Lawv cov av, nrog rau Glencoe tau txeeb los ntawm Crown.

Tom qab ntawd, MacDonalds twb tsis muaj kev cai lij choj rau lub tebchaws uas lawv tau ua yav dhau los.

Tab sis lawv tuav rau hauv los ntawm lub hwj chim ntawm rab ntaj. Lawv tau los ua tus neeg xauj tsev ntawm ntau tus thawj coj.

Ib txoj kev yuam kev Fateful?

Dab tsi tshwm sim tom ntej no tsis meej pem. Kev sib ceg ua nom ua tswv yog nce siab ntawm Campbell thiab MacDonalds tshaj lub Campbell lub hwjchim hauv lub tsev hais plaub thiab ua ib txhais ntawm Lub Chaw Ua Haujlwm hauv Highlands. Tom qab ntawd, nyob rau xyoo 17th, MacDonalds tau xaiv Xixilas lub tebchaws los ntawm Protestant tus Vajntxwv William ntawm Orange, tus huabtais ntawm England thiab Scotland. Thaum Catholic King James III khiav tawm teb chaws Askiv rau sab qaum teb, lawv mus kev nrog Catholics.

Nyob rau xyoo 1691, nkees ntawm Scotland, King William tau thov kom muaj kev zam txim rau Highland tsab xeem lis uas tau ntxeev siab tawm tsam Crown los yog lawv nres lawv cov neeg zej zog thiab tau pom zoo cog lus rau kev lav lus ua ntej tus kws lij choj Januay 1, 1692. Lwm qhov, Vajntxwv cog lus tias, yuav tuag.

Tus thawj coj ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv MacDonald tau ua tiav ntev li ntev tau, tab sis thaum kawg tau pom zoo. Hmoov tsis rau nws caj dab, nws tau mus rau lub tsev fuabtais tsis ncaj ncees lawm es lav cov lus cog tseg - Inverlochy ze Fort Fort es tsis txhob nyob Inveraray ze Oban. Thaum lub sijhawm nws mus txog Inverary, sijhawm xaus dhau 5 hnub.

Thaum nws tau cog lus lawm, MacDonald pom tias nws caj ces nyab xeeb.

Tiam sis qhov kev txiav txim kom tshem tawm tau lawv twb raug muab thiab ib tug quab yuam ntawm 130 tus tub rog tau raug xa mus rau Glencoe.

Ib tug ntxeev siab ntawm kev txais tos

Dab tsi ua rau Glencoe tua neeg yog qhov ua rau horrific yog tias MacDonald tsev neeg muaj, zoo li lawv tus thawj coj, pom tias lawv muaj kev nyab xeeb. Lawv zoo siab tos txais cov tub rog mus rau hauv lawv lub tsev uas lawv tau tuaj koom lawv rau 10 hnub. Tom qab ntawd, thaum hmo ntuj ntawm lub 2 Hlis Tim 12, nyob rau ntawm qhov kev txiav txim zais cia (ib txhia hais los ntawm lawv tus thawj coj ntawm Campbell, qee leej hais tawm ntawm tus Vaj Ntxwv nws tus kheej) cov tub rog tau nce thiab tua ntawm 38 thiab 40 MacDonalds, txiv neej, poj niam, menyuam yaus thiab cov laus thaum lawv koom pw nyob rau hauv lawv cov txaj. Tus so tau khiav mus rau hauv toj siab. Zaj nrov nrov yog hais tias lawv tuag ntawm raug los yog starvation. Tab sis, nws muaj feem ntau hais tias lawv dispersed mus rau hauv lub roob thiab qhov tsua lawv paub zoo (tom qab ntau yam ua outlaws thiab nyuj rustlers) thiab dim.

Tej Yam Ua Hauv Glencoe