Cwangcisa Ukutyelela kwiGlencoe eDrama neyobuhlungu

Iintaba ezinkulu, iiNkomo zasendle kunye neMbali yoLuntu

Abaveleli bavota i-Glencoe eScotland. Fumana isizathu.

Iintaba ezinqabileyo, ezingenalutho zeGlencoe zikhangele phantsi, ziluhlaza kwaye zingabonakali, kwindawo ekhuselekile yomoya elineentaba ezinqabileyo kunye neendwendwe ezingenanto. Kukho i-Munros (ezintabeni zaseScotland ezingaphezu kwama-3 000 iinyawo), iintsundu zazo zadlulayo ngokudlulayo ngokugqithisileyo. Eyaziwayo ngabantu abaneentaba, le ngenye yeendawo zaseScotland ezidume kakhulu, iindawo ezihlala kwi-caldera yase-volcanic zenze ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-450 yezigidi edlulileyo.

KwiiSwotshi zeGaelic mythology, yindlu eqhelekileyo yeqhawe likaCeltic uFingal kunye nendodana yakhe i-Ossian, ikhunjulwe kwiCave yaseAssian, into ephawulekayo kunye nebalaseleyo kwi- Aonach Dubh (i-Black Ridge), inxalenye ye-Glencoe massif eyaziwa ngokuba yiThathu Sisters.

Kodwa eyona nto idume kakhulu, kwaye eyona nto ibuhlungu, ibango lokuba udumo lifana nesayithi ye-Glencoe Massacre kaFebruwari 13, 1692.

I-Glencoe Massacre

Iindaba ezinzima zobandlululo, ubupolitika kunye nokungcatsha kodwa ndiza kuhamba ngokugqithisa ngamathambo angenanto.

I-MacIains yohlobo lweMacDonald wayehlala eGlencoe ngamakhulu eminyaka. Baye baziswa kwilizwe ngookhokho owalwela kufuphi neRobert Bruce eBannockburn. Ngesinye isikhathi, ii-MacDonalds zaziphakathi kweenkcubeko ezinamandla kakhulu kwii-Highlands kwaye ziphethe isihloko seNkosana zeZiqithi. Ababambene nabo bendabuko babeyiqela leCampbell kunye kunye kunye nabo babezibandakanya kwizizukulwana zentlonelo ephantsi, eyona nto yayiyinxalenye yokuhlaselwa kweenkomo kunye nokuxhaphaza imimandla yomnye nomnye.

Mhlawumbi ufana neHatfield kunye noMcCoys.

Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-15 leminyaka, ii-MacDonalds zazilahlekelwe ngamandla amaninzi. Ngowe-1493, iCampbell yasinceda uJacob IV, uStewart King waseScotland, wasusa uMkhosi we-MacDonalds. Amazwe abo, kuquka iGlencoe athathwe nguMlawuli.

Emva koko, i-MacDonalds yayingekho ibango lezomthetho kumazwe ababeqhele ukulima.

Kodwa babambelele kuyo ngamandla enkrele. Baba ngabaqeshi beentloko eziliqela ezahlukeneyo.

Iphutha Eliyingozi?

Oku kwenzeka emva koko kudidekile. Inzondo yezopolitiko yanda phakathi kweCampbell kunye ne-MacDonalds malunga nefuthe likaCampbell enkundleni kwaye njengengalo yokuSungulwa kwiiNtlabathi. Ngaloo ndlela, ngekhulu le-17, iMacDonalds yanyula ilahleka likaJacob ngokumelene noMongameli wamaProtestanti uWilliam wase-Orange, inkosi yaseNgilani naseScotland. Xa uKing James III wamaKatolika ebalekela eNgilani kwilizwekazi, baxhasana namaKatolika.

Ngomnyaka we-1691, ukhathele konke ukuhlaselwa kunye nokulwa kwiScotland, uKumkani uWilliam wacela uxolo kwiinkampani zase-Highland ezazivukela uMnquba ukuba ziye zayeka ukuhlaselwa ngabamelwane babo zavuma ukufungela isifungo sokuthembeka phambi komantyi ngoJanuwari 1, 1692. Enye indlela, uKumkani wathembisa, yayiza kufa.

Inhloko yendlu kaMacDonald yayibambe ixesha elide kunokwenzeka kodwa ekugqibeleni yavuma. Ngelishwa ngenxa yendlu yakhe, waya kwinqaba engafanelekanga ukufungela isifungo - Inverlochy kufuphi Fort William esikhundleni se-Inveraray kufuphi ne-Oban. Ngethuba lokufikelela kwi-Inversary, umhla wokugqibela wawudlulileyo iintsuku ezi-5.

Emva kokuthatha isifungo, uMacDonald wayecinga ukuba indlu yakhe ikhuselekile.

Kodwa ngokwenene umyalelo wokuba utshabalalise usinikeziwe kwaye ixhoba lamajoni ayi-130 lithunyelwe eGlencoe.

Ukwahlukana kokwamkela

Yintoni eyenza ukuhlaselwa kweGlencoe enyantya kangaka kukuba iintsapho zaseMacDonald, njengenkokheli yazo, zazicinga ukuba zikhuselekile. Bamkela amajoni emakhaya abo apho bawafumana khona iintsuku ezili-10. Emva koko, ngobusuku kaFebruwari 12, kwimithetho eyimfihlo (abanye bathi kusuka kwinduna yabo yaseCampbell, abanye bathi kuKumpi ngokwakhe) amasosha avuka abulala phakathi kwama-38 no-40 ama-MacDonalds, amadoda, amabhinqa, abantwana kunye nabadala njengoko belele kwiibhedi zabo. Abanye babalekela ezintabeni. Ibali elithandwayo kukuba bafela apho ngenxa yokungcola okanye indlala. Kodwa, kungenzeka ukuba bahlakazeka ezintabeni nasemaphandleni ababazi kakuhle (emva kwezizukulwana njengezigqwetha kunye neenkomo zeenkomo) kwaye basinda.

Izinto Ezozenzayo eGlencoe