FEUD ENDED
CAMPBELLS AND MacLEANS BURY THE SWORD FOR EVER. STORY OF ITS ORIGIN. LONDON, May 19. A feud which had lasted two eenturies between the Campbells and MacLeans has been healed by a tele- : grom from the Duke of Argyll, chief of the Campbells, to Sir Fitzroy MacLean, on his 97th birthday, celebrated at the Isle of Mull. Sir Fitzroy told a representative of the Daily Mail that he was happy beyond words. "The sword is buried for ever," he said, "and will he replaced, wherever the Campbells and MacLeans meet, by the grip of friend- : ship." The Dulce's message was simple, but in sentiment and significance it was a charter of renewed harmony. i The feud began in 1745, when the Chief of the MacLeans suspected his j "wife of an intrigue with a Campbell. He tied her to a rock at the entrance of the Sound of Mull, expecting - the tide to drown her, but a Campbell rescued her. MacLean was assassinated at Edin- . burgh by his wife's brother, Sir John Campbell. Sundry Campbells and MacLeans questioned last evening said they had a vague idea that there was a feud, and were certain that it was a good one while it lasted.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 255, 20 June 1932, Page 6
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