TINKER'S PRIDE

Mac 'ic Iver Mhor had been the chieftain of Clann Iverach until after Culloden. He had supported Charles Edward and was lucky to escape, although wounded, with the few of his men who survived. He fled back to Strathalish in Wester Ross and when the Redcoats came seeking him, he took to the heather with his wife and son and took refuge in Am Fasch nan Earba, a plateau in the hills clothed with pines and knolls. He was never seen again, but his descendants became tinkers.
This is the gripping tale of Alastair Dubh MacIver Ross, tinker, a descendant of Mac 'ic Iver Mhor, who frequently made his camp in Strathalish. He took fish and game for his own use. The English owners of the sporting estates there took exception to these activities and were resolved to remove Alastair from their land. After an altercation with one of their gamekeepers, who had insulted Alastair's sister-in-law, Alastair was imprisoned for a month after a very one sided trial. On his release, he resolved to regain his rights on the Strathalish lands – and the tale follows.