 After the failure of the <unk> rebellion of <unk> , Flora MacDonald became famous for rescuing Prince Charles Edward Stuart from the <unk> troops . Although she was born on South Uist her story is strongly associated with their escape via Skye and she is buried at Kilmuir in Trotternish . Samuel Johnson and James Boswell 's visit to Skye in 1773 and their meeting with Flora MacDonald in Kilmuir is recorded in Boswell 's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . Boswell wrote , " To see Dr. Samuel Johnson , the great champion of the English <unk> , salute Miss Flora MacDonald in the isle of Sky , [ sic ] was a striking sight ; for though somewhat <unk> in their notions , it was very <unk> they should meet here " . Johnson 's words that Flora MacDonald was " A name that will be mentioned in history , and if courage and fidelity be virtues , mentioned with honour " are written on her gravestone . After this rebellion the clan system was broken up and Skye became a series of landed estates . 
