The soldiers had been guests in MacDonald homes for twelve days. They'd eaten th

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Massacre of Glencoe: 78 MacDonalds Murdered in Their Beds

The soldiers had been guests in MacDonald homes for twelve days. They'd eaten their food, played cards, shared whisky. Then orders came at 5 AM: kill everyone under 70. Thirty-eight died in their beds. Forty more froze to death fleeing into the mountains in a blizzard. The massacre wasn't about loyalty — the oath deadline had already passed. It was about clearing land. The commander who gave the order called it "a proper vindication of public justice.

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