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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Jack River on the 22^d of June. M^r Frobisher's before mentioned mutilated journal continues as follows:

"June 23^d. Marched* the whole day, and did not encamp until dark, I was guarded in the canoe by one Miles with loaded pistols, 24 hours without eating, the brigade consisted of seven canoes, each of us in a separate canoe, say five men and Paul the guide."

"June24^th. We arrived at their fort Pike River" (Jack River) "early in the morning, when, after remaining some time on the beach, we were shut up with our men in a small room, say eight of us. We embarked after a few hours detention and were ordered to proceed to ... fort ... there ... we ...["]

A chasm here is supplied from M^r Campbell's narrative, who says; "We were here told that Williams had sent orders to the person in charge to have us sent down to York Factory; this we protested against, and demanded to be sent by way of Fort William, that being the short[-]

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*To march is the voyageurs' term for travelling, and is as frequently, if not oftener, applied to express the progress of a canoe or boat, as of a pedestrian.

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