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

"passed Hill Portage, and one large lake, encamped on the river."

"October 27^th[.] We had snow last night; luckily the first pipe* from our encampment we found two Indians; a large camp along a rapid; they had abundance of fish; here I am in hopes of having a guide to take me to Pike River."

"October 28^th. We left the Indians. I got a guide to conduct us to Pike River by a shorter route; but to our great disappointment a large lake we had to pass was open water: this obliged us to strike off through the woods to the canoe road."

"October 29^th. We fell on the canoe road; advanced by a small river in which the current runs to Pike River. Our guide left us; gave us a good chart of the road to Lake Winipie, which we can reach from this in six

"small

to impossible to carry anything in addition to what they had.

*The Canadian voyageurs often designate distances by "pipes," that to the distance intervening before they stop to light a fresh pipe: this is more or less and may be the space they travel in from one to three hours.

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