In a message dated 13/05/00 8:52:41 PM Central Daylight Time, mmrbm@ameritech.net writes: << In looking at a clan map of Scotland, I noticed that the west coast of Skye is marked with MacLean of Harris. What does that mean? I haven't found the reference anywhere else. Marion Markham >> All MacLeans descend from Hector and his sons, MAC/McLain are of the House of Lochbuie, and MacLean etc., are of the House of Duart as your ancestors are. (Duart castle still sits on the Isle of Mull and is the seat of our clan chief. As for your map you will see MacLean of Harris and MacLeod of Harris etc. These are Cadets of the clan and it is a regional sub chief. People descended from this man and were named as from Harris. When they moved around they were titled for reference purposes as being from this particular chief, who answered to MacLean of Duart. You also have MacLean of Pennycross and several other sub clan divisions, but all are MacLean of Duart. DaveM. (MacLean) Yeah though I may be poor, Thank God I'm a MacLean. Motto = Virtue Mine Honour. The battle cry = Another for Hector, this came about as Highlanders, MacLeans, threw themselves in front of an enemy advance to protect our chief, Hector of the Battle Axe from harm. Each one yelled as he fell, "Another for Hector." We were lucky as our chiefs were honorable people and we were not cleared from our clan lands nor were we ever sold into servitued by our own. Also the MacLean Tartan and Kilt are amonst if not the oldest, tartans traced back to about the 11th century.