 That night they were attacked by a large body of Macleans, at a place called "Inbhir a' Chnuic", and tradition states that 60 of them were slain and that the chief had only escaped because he had fallen asleep upon his galley.This conflict was only the beginning of a bloody feud between the Macdonalds of Sleat and the Macleans of Duart.It is not certain exactly what conflicts transpired, though by September 1585, James VI had written to Ruairidh Mòr Macleod of Harris & Dunvegan, requesting him to assist Maclean of Duart against the Macdonalds who had done Maclean of Duart much injury and were threatening even more.