Wayne Bixler makes the point that if 1000 highlander survivors were deported after Culloden, that number would have amounted to most of the survivors of the battle. This is interesting to know. I want to clarify, however, that the issue dealt with in "The Highland Scots of North Carolina," and the one which I intended to address by mentioning the book, was not what happened to the survivors of Culloden (although that surely is of interest) but what factors accounted for the many thousands of highlanders who emigrated. While 1000 Culloden survivors may have comprised nearly 100% of their class, they accounted for a small percentage of total highlander immigrants to North Carolina and the new world. Thus, the the direct impact of the Culloden defeat on emigration, argues author Duane Meyer, was in reality less than it was made out to be by earlier historians. Of course, we are speaking of impact here on a macro level and not at the personal and family level, as Wayne Bixler's tale of ancestral beheadings so sadly demonstrates. Bill Gordon