MACGILLICUDDY REEKS, di A group of mountains in the south western part of Ireland (Map: Ireland, II 4). They rise from the western shores of the Lakes of Killarney to the height of 3414 feet, being the highest peaks in the island, and are noted for the beauty of their scenery.
MeGILLIVRAY, uf-gill-vr5. ALEXANDER (e.1740-93). A noted chief of the Creek In dians. the son of a Scotch trader by a half breed woman. He was well educated at Charles ton and was afterwards placed by his father with a mercantile firm in Savannah, where he remained but a short time, when he re turned to the Creek country and became :t partner in the firm of Panton, Forbes & Les lie, which had almost a monopoly of the Creek trade. On the death of his mother, who came of ruling stock, he succeeded to the chiefship, but refused to accept it until called to it by a formal council, when he assumed the title of Emperor of the Creek Nation. Ms paternal estates having been confiscated by Georgia on the outbreak of the Revolution, lie joined the British side with all his warriors and was a prominent instigator in the border hostilities until 1790, when he visited New York with a large retinue and made a treaty of peace with the United States on behalf of his tribe. In accordance with special instructions from Washington to do everything possible to secure his influence for the United States, lie and his party were entertained by the Tammany Society, while McGillivray was persuaded to resign his commission as colonel in the Spanish service for the commission of majo•-general in the service of the States. He continued to rule as principal chief of the Creek Nation until his death.
McGillivray's character exhibits a curium; mix ture of Scotch shrewdness, French love of dis play, and Indian secretiveness. At his residence in Little Tahissee, on the Coosa, a few miles above the present Wetumpka, Ala., he kept a handsome house with extensive quarters for his negro slaves. In the Indian wars McGillivray tried, so far as possible, to prevent unnecessary cruelties, bring noted for his kindness to captives, and his last work was au effort to bring teachers among his people. On the other hand. he con formed much to the Indian custom. and managed his negotiations with England, Spain, and the United States with such adroitness that lie was able to play off one against the other. holding commissions by turn in the service of all three.
McGILLIVRAY, WHAJAm ( 1796-18521. A Scotch naturalist, born at Old Aberdeen. He graduated at Ring's College, .Aberdeen, and de voted himself to his favorite study of natural history. In 1823 he was appointed keeper of the museum in the university, and in 1831 he re ceived a similar appointment in the Royal Col lege of Surgeons at Edinburgh. In 1S41 lie was appointed professor of natural history in Mari schal College and the University of Aberdeen. llis writings include: Systematic Arrangunent of British Plants (IS:30; 10th ed. I858); His tory of British Birds ; and A Manual of British Ornithology (18411-42). His edition (the lith, enlarged, 1845) of Thomas Brown's Conchologist's Test-Book was much used.