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

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walk across the portage, and the canoes ran down. As soon as the canoes came within reach of Williams and his party, the two beforementioned men, Majeau and Boucher, were taken prisoners and confined in Racette's lodge, under charge of two sentinels, whilst an armed party posted away to meet the gentlemen who were coming along the portage path through the woods. M^r Campbell's narrative of his own seizure is in the following words; "Being ahead of the other gentlemen, and nearly at the foot of t[he] rapid, I observed a man spring up on one side of the [road,] but thinking he was some Canadian hunter I paid it little attention to him, when, to my great surprise, he sprang towards me and aimed a blow at my head with the buttend of his firelock, which I fortunately avoided by jumping on one side. I asked the fellow what his intention was, and whether he intended to murder me. He replied, "Coquin, Vaurien, taisez vous, vous êtes mon prisonnier, allez, marchez devant moi, et gouverneur Williams aura soin de toi." i.e. "Rascal, Scoundrel, hold your tongue, you are my prisoner, come, march on

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