Narrative of Circumstances attending the death of the late Benjamin Frobisher, Esquire a partner of the North West Company of Montreal, ca. 1820.

Wilcocke, Samuel Hull. Narrative of Circumstances attending the death of the late Benjamin Frobisher, Esquire a partner of the North West Company of Montreal, ca. 1820. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0019

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Before commencing the narrative of his ultimate sufferings and calamitous fate, let us recapitulate the names and destinies of all who were so arbitrarily and shamelessly seized upon at the Grand Rapid. They were

John Duncan Campbell, Esquire, a N.W. Co partner; Pierre Joseph Paul, Guide Pierre Paul, engagé Pierre Boucher, [engagé] Louis Majeau, [engagé]			he imprisoned several months at the Bay, and finally brought down to Canada in custody and there set at liberty.
Angus Shaw John George MacTavish		partners,	imprisoned several months at the Bay, then sent to England, and there left at liberty[.]
Edward Cain, servant,			probably inveigled made to enter into the H.B. Company's service, from which he left the first opportunity[.]
Thomas Ogoniarto, Iroquois steersman,			brought out by way of Lake Superior[.]
William MacIntosh, partner,			escaped at the imminent peril of his life[.]
Benjamin Frobisher, partner,			retained in confinement at York Factory, with what ultimate intention can not be known.
Amable Turcott Joseph Lepine	engagés steersmen

Visibly as M^r Frobisher's constitution was impaired, and his intellects affected, before the departure of his friends, it appears from the account given by the

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