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

"be successful and at ... net gives a good deal of fish; passed the fort in the night undiscovered, encamped in ... in the lake."

(The fort they passed here was Oxford house on the east side of Mid-Lake, so called from being about midway between York Factory and Lake Winipie: it is about thirty-six miles long, full of islands, and the passage very intricate.)

"October 19^th. ... until ... the risk of the day. We have not yet lost much ... by missing our road ... took 7 carp, 3 small pike."

"October 20^th. We were much at a loss for the road and saw a small canoe, and when we came alongside were surprised to find it was a half breed in the Hudson's Bay employ: this will ...["]

Many lines are here obliterated. Here it was that the more formidable obstructions in their progress occurred. They were frequently at a loss to find the best, or indeed the only proper, route. In the lower parts of the river and in the lakes, poles, which they call maypoles, are erected on most of the conspicuous points,

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