28 April 1719: Two weeks after the arrival of the Spanish-Jacobite expedition in Kintail, 2,000 muskets and broadswords, which were to arm the Jacobite highlanders, were brought ashore along with gunpowder, ammunition and provisions. Most of the arms and provisions were stored in Eilean Donan Castle, while a smaller magazine was sited 3 miles away at Inverinate on the shores of Loch Duich.
28 April 1746: Charles Edward Stuart wrote a final letter to the chiefs of the Jacobite clans stating that it was best if he went to France to try and get more French assistance (perhaps justifying his leaving) and advised them to take any measures they thought best in the meantime. He asked them to conceal his departure from Scotland for as long as possible. It is not known for certain if anyone received the message.
