Campbells are not welcome in Glencoe

It seems that Campbells are not very popular. This sign is on the entrance to the Clachaig Inn in Glencoe. It reads "No Hawkers or Campbells.". One of the most infamous crimes in Scottish history took place in freezing weather on 13 February, 1692, when an attempt was made to wipe out the MacDonalds of Glencoe by guests who had accepted their hospitality. The MacDonalds had been rebels, but had taken the oath of allegiance to King William and felt safe when they received 120 soldiers with the usual Highland courtesy. Captain Robert Campbell and his men had been billeted with the MacDonalds for two weeks when the order arrived on 12 February "to cut off these miscreants root and branch." Campbell was told that he should "put all to the sword under seventy" in a 5am surprise attack, while his hosts were sleeping.
Campbell carried out his orders and the MacDonald chief was among the 38 men killed. Some other officers, billeted elsewhere in the glen, broke their swords rather than carry out the orders, and they allowed many MacDonalds to escape into the snowy wastes of the nearby mountains. Campbell burned their homes, however, and 40 women and children later died of exposure in the snow.
Under Scottish law there was a special category of murder, known as "murder under trust". Although the massacre order was signed by the king, Scottish law did not accept that as an excuse for murder, and the clan Campbell was blamed for the crime. There is still a sign on the Clachaig Inn in Glencoe:"No Hawkers or Campbells."