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Re: A Dance called America



It's indeed true that a group of Loyalist Scots won the battle at Moore's Creek Bridge in Cumberland County, North Carolina.  I have seen the sparse lists that have been compiled of participants, and no Sinclairs are listed.  The interior of NC and the Cape Fear area were largely populated by the Scots, who spoke the Gaelic in churches (if not homes) until the 1860s.
 
Karen M
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From: Privateers <privateers@privateers.org>
To: Sinclair Mailing List <sinclair@mids.org>
Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 4:22 AM
Subject: A Dance called America

I've just been reading an intriguing book called the "A Dance called America" subtitled "The Scottish Highlands The United States and Canada" By James Hunter, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1994, reprint 1999. ISBN 181558 807 8.
 
The book was subsidised and has such intriguing chapter titles such as "A hearty and intrepid race of men", "Such of them as did not die while going across the ocean" and "Stand fast Craigellachie".
 
The book starts with the American Revolutionary Battle of Moore's Creek, in which the author claims a Highland army defended Moore's Creek Bridge.  The book weaves in stories of Flora MacDonald, of Drumossie Moore fame, and her husband.  They speak of the Gaelic speaking communities and the book shows powerful Scottish influences on American Canadian history.  I wonder from such a small and poor nation on the fringe of Europe, what race of men could place such an imprimatur on the face of the world, be it real or imagined.  Fierce Australian miners, battle for American Independence, significant roles on forging the confederation of Canada, the West Indies scattered with Scots from Shirley Heights to Guyana and places I am sure have not come to our attention.  The principal road to Hong Kong, built by Sinclairs, called Sinclair, is an amazing legacy from a nation whose population hardly ever exceeded five million.
 
 
 
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