To be a Warrior

[hadcameron]

good evening to all. Just found this board, and thought I'd sign up, are there any complimentary refreshments?

I'm a young whip of a lad at 23, christened Hamish Alexander Donald Cameron. I live in a suburban nightmare called High Wycombe about 30 miles closer to the Atlantic than London.



I have often wondered, as I'm sure many do, why I am here, what is my purpose. After many years of deliberation and confused thought patterns, at the tender age of 15 i decided i was a warrior. A warrior of the Clan Cameron no less.

"A warrior?" you might ask.....

....which might prompt me to define exactly what i think a warrior is.

A warrior is a protector of the vulnerable, a warrior is gentle and kind, a warrior is fearsome and powerful, a warrior is fearless and welcomes death.

'A Warrior's death'

my definition: To die fighting for anything you believe in, to die unexpectedly with every fiber of your mind and soul racing at full speed. To die as the beasts die, to shout with my very last ounce of strength 'AT THIS MOMENT I AM TRULY ALIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME'.




Our Ancestors


I feel such a turn of bright green envy when i think of Camerons who lived all those years ago. fighting for their families, loving and laughing in the sweet fresh air of Scotland's higher regions, possessing the right to claim to be a warrior, to live, breath and sleep as a creature of our earth.

I guess i just hate it when i see what surrounds me. finance, corruption, greed, materialism, hate, ignorance, arrogance. The 'Human race' is so arrogant in it's intricacies that we believe we are above the rest of creation. I firmly believe that to be at one with our mother is a far better way to live and die, but alas its not possible for me or any of us in this day and age. Rent money, gas bills, council tax, work........etc etc.......




gah.....where am i going, i forget my motives here...



ah well, hello to all on this board, feel free to ignore my insane ranting.


Hamish

[SherbrookeJacobite]

That is most excellent ranting Hamish Beag! Welcome young warrior to the family message board. It must be difficult to be a warrior in High Wycombe! I can relate to what you are saying (not too sure about the 'welcoming death' part! - I think it was General Patton who said that you don't win wars by dying for your country, you win by making the other poor s.o.b. die for his country) but I have found that time and age have tempered my youthful passion.

Anyway - please stick around. The Board has been extremely quiet lately, but it seems to go through phases, I'm sure it will liven up.

Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil!

[hadcameron]

thank you sir for your reply!

i guess 'welcoming death' is more along the lines of accepting the inevitable if such a situation should occur, as opposed to actively looking round each corner for an opportunity to leave this existence.

I'll certainly stick around here, proud of my family and proud of our name.

now if only i could learn some Gaelic dialog! hehe

[Chambers31]

The right to be a warrior is something that never really leaves. I will honsetly admit that I have the Cameron temper. Short fused and will go off like a nuclear device. But my dear cousin, you still fight every day, for the things that you have, the things that you need, your freedom, your family and your religion. It's just in a different format.
Welcome to the board.

[hadcameron]

thank you for the reply. your words have certainly touched me during the dark hours of the coffee break. I hope i can use them to help shape the man i am now and the man i hope to become one day.

please forgive my *ahem* slightly late reply. two years is pretty good by my standards.

[ianjonefan]

Some years ago the pesisent & co-president of the Rocky Mountain announced the birth of their first grandchild. So in honor of this event I've sent them a blessing. Titled : A BLESSING FOR A LASSIE: I hope you'll enjoy it as much as they did.
:BLESSING FOR A LASSIE:
May she have grace,
May she have the courage of a lioness protecting her cubs,
May be as gentle as a lamb,
As she faces the hard times in life she knows she has the strength
of her clan , and family to guide & help her on her way,
May she never lose the sight of the wonders of life,
For she is the daughter of acient warriors from times past who
valued freedom above all else.
May God bestow his everlasting love upon this warrior lass.
The following blessing is titled : A BLESSING FOR A LADDIE:
May he have the courage of a lion , & the gentleness of a lamb,
May he help those in need,
As he goes through his lifes journey he knows he can call on his
clan & family to guide & help him in times of troulble,
May he always be kind, but if he needs to do battle, he fights for
what is right.Even if he fails he knows others will take up the cause,
until justice is done and men are free!!!
May God bestow his everlasting love on this son of warriors past.

[ianjonefan]

: A PRAYER FOR WARRIORS OLD AND NEW:
O' Lord watch over these brave men , and women who pay the ultimate price so
we all can live free. Whether in the air , or on land , and sea. There will be those
who will answer the call when our country is in peril.
Now we have neww heros, the doctors, nurses, firemen , and policemen. They
are the heros of 9/11 who went to aid those in need. Not knowing whether
more violende will rain down upon them. Also help us not forget the students,
the teachers , people going through their everyday lives that in times of crisis
They stepped up to protect those around them. Strangers who also paid the
the ultimate price. Help us remember because of their courage we are stronger,
and more resilient than those who use violence to solve their problems.
Lord watch over these brave men , and women no matter what their faith is,
by their example they have shone us what true courage is , and what true heros
are made of.
Lord these unsung heros are truely worthy of your blessing.

[ianjonefan]

O'kay you Campbell bashers let me have it , this Cameron just found out that he has a connection to the Campbells of Breadlebane. I can't help who my ancestors were. There's a legend in our brach of the Cameron Clan that goes like this. during a battle against an enemy , probably English they were surrounded. When all seems lost , one of my ancesteresses was supposed to have second sight. She told the embattled fCameron fifgters to hold on because the Campbells are coming , the Campbells are coming which evently they did. With the Campbells attacking the enemy from the outside , and the Cameron attacking from the inside the enemy turned , and ran. I guess that one time the Campbells were one of the good guys

[ianjonefan]

Does anyone have any information on Scottish Women Warriors ? You hear about the men , but if truth is to be told I'll bet there were as many warrios who were women as those who were men. Ifn fact I'm wondering if there were women fighting along with Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Battle of Culloden Moor ? I myself would find it interestung if there were . What do some of you others think .Would you also fine this an interesting subject for discussion ?

[lauren]

The only one who springs to my mind is Lady Anne MacIntosh (nee Farquharson) who raised her clan and led them to battle at Culloden when her husband was fighting with the english. There are some really interesting stories surrounding her and I think there's even a statue of her somewhere in Scotland! I don't think she actually fought though...And I've heard that some of the women went to Culloden with their men but I've never heard of any of them fighting. I think it would be really interesting to hear about women warriors though! Especially being a girl myself I'm most certainly not a warrior though!

[lauren]

Hello again

I just googled scottish women warriors and it came up with a few, including Jenny Cameron who raised 300 of her men and led them to fight with the bonnie prince. I'd heard about her but I wasn't sure how legitimate the book was that I was reading! The internet kept referring to a book called "d**n Rebel Bitches - Women of the '45", by Maggie Craig. Not sure that I love the title but it could be worth a read.

[lauren]

Wow. There's an extremely good censor on this message board because that is definitely not the title I just typed! How funny is that?! Perhaps just google books on scottish women warriors and you'll see the one I was referring to...

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Hi Lauren,
You have met the interesting, and sometimes comical automatic board sensor. Comical because at times it takes perfectly innocent words and modifies them.

The stories about Jenny Cameron are, according to my sources, mostly fiction. Some of them came about through the efforts of Hanoverians, who were trying to discredit the Prince. John Stewart in his history of our Clan has this to say about her:
" An interested spectator was Miss Jenny Cameron, daughter of Glendessary, who had ridden over with the Morvern men in the hopes of Catching sight of Prince Charles, and witnessing the historic gathering. Whig scandalmongers put about the story that she remained with the Prince throughout his campaign, became his mistress, and fought with the clan. This was of course a complete fabrication."

Jenny returned to Glendessary after the raising of the standard at Glenfinnan and looked after her brother, Allan's, affairs. Local tradition does say that she, feeling it was her duty because her two brothers were abroad, actually led the men of Glendessary to Glenfinnan - riding a white horse. If that is true, that was the end of her direct involvement in the Rising. It wouldn't have been 300 men - Lochiel's entire force of Camerons numbered around 800. While she may have accompanied 300 men, they would have come from a much wider area than just Glendessary.

Jenny's cousin, Alexander of Dungallon, was a Major in Lochiel's regiment.

The story of Lady MacIntosh raising her clan for the Prince is more accurate. I haven't read any accounts of any women fighting during those times, and given the cultural norms of the 1700's, I would be very surprised if any did. There were a number of women (wives and families) who accompanied the Princes army, and a number of them were killed by the Hanoverian forces following Culloden.

Slainte,

John

[ianjonefan]

How to stop a war . Seen a battalion of Celtic Women Comandos armed with the heavest frying pan , staffs of solid oak , screeching their war cries into the wind like banchees ? While war-pipes playing dirges for the enemy . Have them attack the enemy on a dark stormy night with the wind howling like a poor agonised soul who has lost all hope of surviving the coming battle . For as you know when a Celtic woman gets mad whether they be Irish , Scottish , or Welsh , THEY KN OW HOW TO FIGHT !!! , and woe to anyone who stands in their way .

[ianjonefan]

Hear the war-pipes , and drums sounding like thunder on a clear day ,
Camerons preparing for battle as thet march to the sound of the pipes , and to the beat of thr drums they play.
No foe will never get past.
As the Camerons stand fast

[ianjonefan]

: WHAT IS A LEADER ?:
A leader is someone who inspires others to do the best they can.
A true leader leads by example , not by fear no matter how
diffulcult the task at hand
A true leader does not blame his / her mistakes on others, but
admits that he / she was the one that made the mistake in the
first place .
A leader will seek advice from others before any major
undertaking .
A leader respects those who serve him / her .
To me that's what's being a leader is all about.

[ianjonefan]

It's probably too late now , I washed I'd thought of it earlier , but with Camerons fighting in Iraq , and Afganistan , I wish there was some way we could honor these brave Camerons who are in harms way every day not knowing whether they will survive . These brave Camerons whether they be men , or women they fight not for glory , but to try to make life better for those who has lost all hope . For it's these unsung Camerons , not he policiations , or the generals , it's the ones in the field who do the dirty , grimy , work . Not epecxting any reewards , or praise , just doing the best they can sometimes under extreme difficult conditions . So if there was some way we could honor these Camerons who gave all that they could , even their lives so others live a better life I would like to hear from others their thoughts on thesubject .