6 BRUDENELL PIONEERS ories that dark and bloody time during which the scattered and unrcesistiftig clansmen were pur?? sued, with relentless and unneces?? sary cruelty by the Government troops under Cumberland , who thereby earned the undying hatred and contempt, of his name, >and of his character by a race who to?? day are found in the front rank of progress and civilization the world over, whose chivalrous valor stands unquestioned, and to whom the eppeal for mercy by a vanquish- eded foe was never made in vain. Before joining the rebel army Donald McLaren transferred his property to a relation of his wife nanied Stewart who remained loyal to the house of Hanover, after the Act of Amnest\ to the Rebels h??ad been passed by the British Parlia?? ment. When young McLaren had attained the age of manhood he demanded restitution of his pro?? perty from those who held it in trust, which demand was refused. A lingering law suit was the re?? sult which McLaren ultimately gained, but finding the estate deeply in debt he sold it, paid off the creditors and with the residue in his pocket set his face to the west, as so many of his country men have done before and since. Accompanied by his family and their connections, he sailed from Port Glasgow in the spring of 1803 in the good ship Commerce, com?? manded by Capt. Gait , and landed at Pictou, Nova Scotia in the same season, finally arriving at Brude?? nell in the autumn of that year. We are told that McLaren chose Prince Edward Island as his future home on account of his acquaint?? ance with Lord Selkirk who owned landihere and who settled a num?? bs^ 6i-Scottish emigrants on land held-by hlm,rin the district of Bel?? fast. : during' the same year, whose fesremdaTrtr ' still 3 constitute' the gora'ater 'Irunrtfer'of the" inhabitants crf> that ^beautiful and* thriving' sec- lietjb db onr^trsiaiiddnome/I ural ,is?? eSferies ^IcXairen = bon&hfc ffl&Sgfym?? consisting in part of the farms now in possession of William, Wal?? ter and John Gordon , and Egerton Norton . To wrest a livelihood from the stubborn wilderness was now the task before this little band of settlers. The first movement in this direction, thtat of chopping down the trees of the forest, was labour of which they had no ex?? perience, but they set themselves to their unwonted task with strong hearts and all the stubborn deter?? mination characteristic of their nationality, and the result was suc?? cess in the end. Before the first generation had passed away they found themselves in comfortable if not affluent circumstances, and the appearance of the country in this vicinity today tells the tale of subsequent years. Of the family of James McLaren William died at Brudenell , and his remains rest in the cemetery on the south bank of the river. John with his family removed to the United States about the middle of the last century. He rests under the sod of a western prairie. Don?? ald while absent from the Island on business died and was buried in Ontario . James rests in the ceme?? tery at Murray Karibor North, having passed away at the resi?? dence of his grandson, James Graham , at an advanced age. Christina, wife of Donald Gordon , has already been spoken of. Jessie, wife of James Stewart , lies in the cemetery on the south bank of Brudenell . Elizabeth accompanied her busband James MtiFarlane to the United States, died and lies buried in Wisconsin . In this short sketch I have con?? fined myself almost exclusively to the history of James McLaren and his family, many of whom of the third and fourth generation have removed to the United States, who withv-theifv descendants are now scattered'throughout thfe' great an?? ion- Ir(Dm 'Maineb 161 California ; a nd ssxMe not y wtfomcrawe8 ifire?? chappy tor