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74 W. F. WENTZEL'S
W 8, (1818).
Successful trade in Athabaska.-The Red River settlement.
N° 9, (1819).
Formidable preparations of the Hudson Bay Company under
Messrs. Colin Robertson and John Clarke.-Mr. Robertson, a
prisoner at Fort Chipewyan.--Success of the North-West Com.
pany.-The MacKenzie River trade resumed.-Wages of clerks
and men.
W 10, (1820).
The Grand Rapid outrage.-Open war between the Hudson
Bay and North-West companies; its effects on the Native,.­
Sufferings and death of Mr. Benjamin Frobisher.-The Red
River settlement.-Arrival of. Lieutenant Franklin at Fort
Chipewyan, on his Land Artic expedition; instructions from
Mr. Simon MacGillivray to the partners and clerks of the North
West Company.
W 11, • (1821).
Mr. Wentzel is attached to the Land Artic Expedition under
Lieutenant Franklin.-Intense cold.-Affairs in Athabaska.­
Mr. Simpson takes charge of the Hudson Bay Company's interests
in the North-West.
W 12, (1822).
Franklin's Land Artic Expedition having reached the Polar
Sea, Mr. Wentzel returns with despatches. He winters at Fort
Chipewyan, whflre he receives news of the disastrous result of
the Expedition.