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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23d of June, other two light canoes belonging to the North West Company reached the pass that had thus been blockaded. In these were Mr Angus Shaw, Mr John George MacTavish, and Mr William Mackintosh, partners of that company. As usual, in order to lighten the canoes, Messrs Shaw and MacTavish with their servants, and six of the canoe men, landed at the head of the rapid, to walk down the portage, whilst Mr Mackintosh, being in a bad state of health and unable to endure the fatigue of walking, remained in his canoe to shoot the rapid. When this party came to the foot of the rapid and were descried by the sentinel, an alarm was given, and they were immediately surrounded by the armed soldiers, and Mr MacTavish was told he was a prisoner, but neither at that, nor at any other, time, did Williams, or any of the persons under his command produce any authority, or warrant, or assign any lawful cause, or even pretext, for arresting him. Mr MacTavish was separated from Mr Shaw, and put under a guard of four men armed with musquets. Upon Mr Shaw's remonstrating with Williams
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