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"Meuron soldiers, whilst no one attempted to prevent them. That M^r Frobisher never lifted up his hand, or made any threatening gesture, nor was he in any way armed, during this affray, but appeared to speak to the soldiers Meurons calmly and politely". From the effects of this fatal blow, M^r Frobisher never recovered as will be seen in the sequel. Here, is an unwarranted tale which must carry conviction to the mind of every reader how grossly a set of ruffians with arms in their hands can violate Their testimony here given of an M^r Campbell and M^r Frobisher were then impartial, uninterested, eyewitness displays the brutal ferocity which accompanied these outrages, and the which which were perpetrated in contempt of all law, and of all superior authority with which this band of ruffians acted. When M^r Campbell asked to see the warrant upon which he was stated to be apprehended, Williams told him, in so many words, that "legal proceedings were all damned nonsense in the North West, and that having now the advantage he would take good care to keep it, and would follow up the blow he had struck".

M^r Campbell and M^r Frobisher were then conveyed in a canoe to a small island in the centre of the stream, about a quarter of a mile from the shore where, with these two men before mentioned they were placed under strict confinement in a tent guarded by Demeuron soldiers, out of which they were

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