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

"by his companions to procure assistance for him: he was unable to proceed any farther through sickness (the consequence of severe blows he received on the 18^th of June last;) and extreme fatigue. Immediately a conveyance for his transportation to Moose Lake was sent; but what remained of this unfortunate gentleman was found miserably burnt near the fire which had been made for him; he was probably suffocated from his inability to move, or perhaps, driven to this deed by the extremity of hunger. It is a man beloved by those who knew him, of family and of fortune, who has perished in this shocking manner."

"Your conscience no doubt acquits you of being the instrumental cause of so horrible a misfortune, but, Sir, I would rather be where M^r Frobisher is, than be Governor Williams. It is in vain to urge that M^r Frobisher brought that disaster upon himself by leaving York Factory; [if you] he could not have escaped from York Factory if you had not detained him there, with what justice we have yet to learn. But I consign this

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