----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Nickell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [NICKELL] Fw: [NICHOL] History of Skye > Guess I'm a cheapskate in my old age, $35 at Amazon for the paperback > version. It would be interesting to read though, I wonder if our > French-Canadian(sic) Library here in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho might have it > in their collection. > Don > > Shaz wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Nichol" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 6:02 PM > > Subject: [NICHOL] History of Skye > > > > > I am reading the book, History of Skye, by Alexander Nicolson, 2nd > > > edition, 1994, edited by Dr. Alasdair Maclean, Maclean Press, Isle of > > > Skye. > > > > > > Of possible interest: > > > > > > "At Worcester, on the 3rd of September, 1651, the Highland Bridage had > > > to bear the full brunt of the onslaught of Cromwell's forces... Those > > > who were taken prisoners in the battle were consigned as slaves to the > > > plantations of America." (p.93) > > > > > > "[I]n 1739...kidnapping of young men and women, in Skye and elsewhere, > > > with the intention of selling them as slaves in the America colonies." > > > (p.141) > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NICHOL Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > > > > > ==== NICKELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > ==== NICKELL Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > >