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No sooner were they returned out of Dunbeath, but Earl Alexander, being
accompanied by Uistean Mackay (who had been then lately reconciled to his
superior, the Earl of Sutherland), entered into Caithness with all his
forces, spoiling all before him till he came to Girnigo (now called
Castle Sinclair), where the Earl of Caithness then lay. Earl Alexander escaped himself, hard by the town of Wick, which is within a mile of Girnigo. They took the town of Wick with little difficulty, and burnt the same. They besieged the Castle of Girnigo for the space of twelve days, which was well defended by the Earl of Caithness and those that were within. Earl Alexander, perceiving that the Castle could not be obtained without a long siege, sent his men abroad through the county of Caithness to pursue such as had been at the slaughter of George Gordon, if they could be apprehended; so, having slain divers of them, and spoiled the country, Earl Alexander returns again with his host into Sutherland in the month of February, 1588. And this was called La-na-Creich-Moire. |
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