 It is unknown what the reasons for the quarrel were, yet what is known is that MacAlister of Loup had the former tutor murdered.The sons of the murdered man then fled to Askomull House which was the Kintyre residence of Angus Macdonald of Dunyvaig.The historians A. and A. Macdonald stated that Macdonald of Dunyvaig was the tutor's sons' clan superior.