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

[-]nent verily believed he was killed. That all these outrages occurred under the eyes of the said Mess. Clarke and Williams, and of the officer, sergeant and corporal of the De Meuron soldiers, whilst no one attempted to prevent them. That M^r Frobisher never lifted up his hand, nor made any threatening gesture, nor was he in any way armed, during this affray, but appeared to speak to the De Meurons calmly and politely." From the effects of this fatal blow M^r Frobisher never recovered, as will be seen in the sequel. The testimony here given of an impartial, uninterested, eye witness displays the brutal ferocity which accompanied these outrages; which were perpetrated in contempt of all law, and of all superior authority. When Mr. 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."

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