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htepiecohcSIted signal every Be0thlc slew
z particularly sanguinary battle was fought
Grand Pond. 'o'" WIZ "
White furriers and Ashermen continued
70 shoot down the Beothics. sometimes In
wsan1ttonness, sometimes In professed fear
q them. sometimes In the spirit In which
they, would shoot o wolf and sometimes
IN the spirit Of the sportsman hunting
beaver. Lieut.. Cartwright OF the British
navy, writing In l7es. says
2n me part q the English fishers their
Tar below the level Of savages."
A., Illustrating this statement, he tells OF
the murder Of woman whose COMPANIONS
ned Ut the sight OF the white men, while
sne gave herself up as q prisoner, only
to her plseons appeals for mercy fe on the
score OF approaching motherhood. Again,
In i7ee, number Of fishermen shot down
another woman In cold blood, carrying
s sway 10 Eth Ssa them hs5 infant which was
the following winter for twopence a view.
In the neighborhood Of Bonavista, some
frame was carried on toward the end OF
the eightesnth century between the red
men me. and and the whites. The latter carried
reach Of the Indians, who came and took
them, leaving furs instead. But this barter
was put an end TO by q white man who
lay IN ambush and shot q woman dead
while abe was removing some Of the goods.
were White G me on s. asrss shs ahsss
that they would rather kill an Indian than
q deer Well into the nineteenth century
the poor Beothics were shot down without
the least provocation. 1t 10 not 90 many
y year ago that there were men living on the
were ip the habit of Boosting OF the num-
Der Of Indiana whom they had slain.
Little wonder was 1t then, that when at
last the British authorities woke up to
the reality Of these brutal murders and
endeavored TO reopen intercourse with the
natives Of the island and, TO promote their
welfare, the poor Beotkics had acquired
such q dtstrust and ahhorreilce OF the signs
OF civilization that ttfey were animated by
an ineSorable des4Ie Of revenge against all
white men.
In i5so T>pt Scott and some others went
from ~ >dohns to the Bay Of Exploits with
the .few Of opening communication with
eaborigtnes. Scott proceeded, unarned,
among them, and contrary TO the advice
Of His people shook hands with them and
mixed among them.
An old man who pretended friendship
put his arms around Scots neck, when
another treacherousy stabbed him in the
back. The warwhoop Immediately sounded
and shower Of arrows fell upon the En- glish.
which killed five OF them, the rest fleeing
to their vessel.
Eight years later another expedition
explored tho interior OF the island as far
as Red Indian Lake. the headquarters OF
the Beothics, without succeeding in es-
tablishing any communication with them:
Admiral Lord Gambler, when Governor or
the island In 1902 offered reward for the
capture OF Red Indian, to be employed
in a new attempt to reopen intercourse
with the remainder Of the tribe. AS a
result, Red Indian woman from Gander
Bay was captured and brought to st; Johns
by a fisherman named William Culi' IN
1903 and a reward OF ESQ was paid over to
the captor. .
She was treated with considerable kind
ness in st. Johns and appeared to be SEN
sible OF 1t, and in the following year was
handed over to Gull to return to her people
together with some s76 worth OF trlnkets, &C
instead OF having been returned to her
| friends had been murdered for the sake
| OF the goods sent with her.
One OF the most melancholy narratives
connected with this unfortunate people
dates from the winter OF lsio-li. Lieut..
| Buchan Of H. M. Schooner Adonis undertook
!, another attempt to resume intercourse with
the natives He succeeded In finding a
party OF them, and, taking two OF their num-
Der az hostages, left two OF his marines WIN
them al pledge OF good faith and returned
to his depot for presents
Durin q his absence the fears OF the red
men were aroused, and they suspected
that he might be bringing up reenforcements
with view to capturing then. They muir
! dered the hostages and Red to the interior.
| In 1919 another woman was taken by a
party OF trappers on Red Indian Lake:
! She WAS accompanied by her husband and
another Indian, who, having offered resist
ance, were both relentlessly shot. The
| woman was taken to st. Johns and was
named Mary March, from the month in
which abe Was taken.
She was treated with great kindness and
went back to her friends with presents, but
died on the voyage, having suffered Tor some
time from consumption. her ooay was
! OF a lake so that it might be found by her
I people. They conveyed it to their burying
| place on Red Indian Lake, where 1t was
found several years afterward by the ad
venturous traveller Cormack, lying beside
I the body Of her murdered husband.
Three Indian women were taken in wig
wan ia 1923, near Badger Bay, by party Of
| men from Twilhngate. They proved "a
be a mother and her two daughters. The
mother and one Of the daughters soon died
! survived for about two years ana became
ussful az house servant.
She Ia described az ak feet high and nav
ing a fine figure. her complexion swarthy
and her features handsome. In her man
ners she was bland, affable and affecti onate
When a pencil and piece Of paper were
given to her she drew deer perfectly at
Few strokes, and, what was most surprising
abe began at the tip Of the tail.
She and the others were unwilling TO be
sent back TO their tribe, and Shanandithe
declared that IL they returned they woulf
be killed by their own people as traitors
for having lived among the whites, whom
they considered their deadly enemies
These were the last OF the Red Indians seer
alive by white men, Shanandithet died II
the hospital at st. Johns OF consumption
In 1920, after six years Of civilized life:
A Anal effort was made in 1928 to discover
and omen communication with the sur
WING Beothics In that year the Beothi'
Society formed at st. Johns for the civiiiza
ton OF the aborigines, but formed too late
organised an expedition under Mr.. Cor
mack to that part Of the island supposed
TO be still occupied by remnant OF tn
tribe Many interesting relics Of the Rex
indiana were found, including their buria
places and some Of their dead, their weapon
With the failure OF this expedition the
,ast hope OF finding any living Beothic
was abandoned. Either, says pr. Harvey
thew we're gradually thinned In numbers
nv wars. disease and want, till at length
nsrhapa on the banks OF the Red indisl
Take. the last Beothio looked despairingi
on the ruins Of his race and the grave OF hi
Satherr. and then, folding his deerski
rohas about him, followed his ancestors U