“The true condition of a people may be known by the regard held for woman. The beauty of their women was extolled in song. Small eye-brows was considered as a mark of beauty, and names were bestowed upon the owners… — J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean Copy Share Image
“In their school of life it was taught to consider courage an honorable virtue and cowardice the most disgraceful failing. Loving their native glen,… — J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean Copy Share Image
“They were strict in not offending those with whom they were in amity. They had high notions of the duty of observing faith to… — J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean Copy Share Image
“The ruler of each clan was called a chief, who was really the chief man of his family. Each clan was divided into branches… — J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean Copy Share Image
“The true condition of a people may be known by the regard held for woman. The beauty of their women was extolled in song.… — J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean Copy Share Image
“Honesty and fair dealing were enforced by custom, which had a more powerful influence, in their mutual transactions, than the legal enactments of later… — J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean Copy Share Image
