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Frobisher, Benjamin, memorial on Northwest trade,233; career, 245.Frobisher, Joseph, memorial on Northwest trade, 237;career, 245; companion of Henry, 257-58, 316.Frobisher, Thomas, career, 245; starts for ChurchillRiver, 305; names Churchill River, 308; takescharge of merchandise, 316.Furs, as medium of exchange, 55-56. See also fur trade.Fur trade, Henry enters upon, xiii, 11-12; canoes andbrigades described, 15-17; Michilimackinac ascenter, 41; food of voyageurs, 54; of Lake Superiorgiven to Henry, 183; disorder threatened, 192;returns from, 196-97, 210; at Grand Portage,229-30; Peter Pond's career, 243-44; NorthwestCompany organized, 244; rivalry in, 303; pricesof goods, 303-309; deception practiced, 314-16.GAGE, Gen. Thomas, grants Henry permission to go toMichilimackinac, 13; condemns conduct of Col.Bradstreet, 178.Geese, on Island of Yellow Sands, 220.Gens de Terre Indians, see Wood Indians.Gladwin, Gen. Henry, career, 174.Gloucester, Duke of, partner in mining company, 226.Goddard, James S., trader, at Michilimackinac, 48.Gold, search for on Michipicoten Island, 215; on Islandof Yellow Sands, 219-20.Grand Calumet, Portage du, described, 25-26.Grand Calumet River, channels of, 25.Grand Portage, Henry plans trading expedition to, 47;as fur trade center, 229-30; passage of, 230.Grand Rapide, on Saskatchewan River, 246.Grand Sable, Le, Indian chief, slays prisoners, 104.Grand Sauteur, see Minavavana.Grand Traverse Bay, Henry crosses, 147-48.Grande Chaudiere, La, falls described, 21-22; portagedescribed, 22-23.Grande Faucille, Portage de la, on French River, 32.Grant, James, in Northwest fur trade, 267.Grant County (Wis.), named, 267.Grant River, named, 267. ,.327