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

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 [Revised Text]. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0020

who may be on board the canoes coming down, to land at the top, and proceed along the path to the bottom of the rapid, there again to reembark and launch into Lake Winipie.

The foot of this important pass affords an excellent military position for a blockading party; and is so situated that a handful of men, well posted, could prevent the passage of any number of boats. Frequently on former occasions, the chiefs of the Hudson's Bay Company have been heard to declare, that they would take possession of the Grand Rapid, fortify the pass, and intercept all the North West Company's people, canoes, and goods, coming from, or going to, Athabasca and the other northern departments. These threats, though at first they created some alarm, came in time, from their repetition without any serious attempt to put them in execution, to be disregarded, and the North West Company's partners and servants continued to pass and repass through this high road, as it may be called, with little apprehension of,

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