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

passing, and was conveyed to Bas de la Riviere. On his being missed in the morning, a hue and cry was raised, and Williams remained six hours searching for him in the woods. Not having, however, any idea that he could have the means of crossing the water, they only searched on their own side, by which their object was frustrated; nor were the party who were left behind to continue the search more successful. The escape of M^r Mackintosh was a grievous vexation to his enemies, and John Clarke, who was at the head of the searching party, and who entertained a peculiar and personal rancour against him, declared that if he found him he would shoot him. Nay, so much were they annoyed at this circumstance that when Clarke returned to Norway House (an establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company at the North end of Lake Winipie) without M^r Mackintosh, Williams sent out a band of Indians in further pursuit of him, promising them a reward for bringing him in dead or alive.

It is now time to return to M^r Frobisher and M^r Campbell, who were left just embarked for

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