Comments on: The Career of William Maclean http://www.ceuig.com/archives/1174 Fresh notes and old stories from Uig Historical Society, Isle of Lewis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sarah http://www.ceuig.com/archives/1174#comment-949 sarah Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:29:06 +0000 http://www.ceuig.com/?p=1174#comment-949 Myrna - very interesting. Thanks for that. As Frog Lake happened just a few days before the Fort Pitt attack - were Wandering Spirit's hostages 'merged' with Big Bear's Fort Pitt ones? Or is there more to the story than that? Eliza's account is online courtesy of the Beaver (links above now) - according to that, she died in april 1947. Also just found that the garrison commander at Fort Pitt was Francis Dickens, son of Charles. Myrna – very interesting. Thanks for that. As Frog Lake happened just a few days before the Fort Pitt attack – were Wandering Spirit’s hostages ‘merged’ with Big Bear’s Fort Pitt ones? Or is there more to the story than that?

Eliza’s account is online courtesy of the Beaver (links above now) – according to that, she died in april 1947. Also just found that the garrison commander at Fort Pitt was Francis Dickens, son of Charles.

]]> By: myrna kostash http://www.ceuig.com/archives/1174#comment-948 myrna kostash Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:11:13 +0000 http://www.ceuig.com/?p=1174#comment-948 I am the author of the just-published Frog Lake Reader: www.newestpress.com. Sixteen-year-old Eliza, the other Mclean daughter who wrote about her two months as the (voluntary) hostage of war chief Wandering Spirit, is featured in the book along with her father's text. I have not been able to find any trace of Eliza after 1895. I am the author of the just-published Frog Lake Reader: http://www.newestpress.com. Sixteen-year-old Eliza, the other Mclean daughter who wrote about her two months as the (voluntary) hostage of war chief Wandering Spirit, is featured in the book along with her father’s text. I have not been able to find any trace of Eliza after 1895.

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