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

Looking at the mutilated and half effaced scraps that remain of M^r Frobisher's pencil journal, it becomes partially legible on,

"October 13^th. Encamped at the entrance of Knee Lake" (a lake about sixty miles long and full of islands) "set our net, took 5 fish."

"October 14^th[.] Degraded at the old house, took 6 fish[.]" (Degraded is a voyageur's term for being prevented from proceeding by the weather, being weatherbound. This was an abandoned post of the Hudson's Bay Company on the North West side of Knee Lake[.])

"October 15^th. Marched all day, strong head gale, set our net, took 35 fish."

"October 16^th. We had a fine day, encamped at the end of Knee Lake."

"October 17^th. We marched all day ... found ... the fort this day ... G ... Lake."

"October 18^th. We were obliged to remain all day in our encampment to pass ... fort ... night. We have strong assurance that our remaining ... will

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