Excerpt from The Campbells of Argyll
One of the most ancient of the great families of Scotland, the clan Campbell, has given heroic men and great fighters to our country from the earliest times.
Among the first of whom we read in old stories was Colin Maol Maith, a name which means in English the bald, good Colin. This great chief was highly honoured by Alexander the First of Scotland, who gave him his niece in marriage, and made him Lord of the Isles and Master of the King"s Household.
The king was once in the castle of Dunstaffnage with some of his friends. The rebels in the Western Isles, hearing that he had but a small following, came over secretly in their boats, thinking to take him by surprise.
The alarm was given, and when the king looked from the battlements of the castle, the sea all around was black with the boats of the enemy.
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