Red Indian Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 15 Nov 2018
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Created byMendel Zaltzman
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Until now it was allowed
to kill BeothuksNear Trinity Bay, an armed party
of Whites surprised a group of
sleeping Indians and murdered
7 of them.Governor John Holloway
began offering substantial
awards in an attempt to
create relationships with
the elusive Indians.William Cull claimed to
have captured a Beothuk
women and brought
her to the Government
House where she made
a sensation.William Cull made
an official expedition
to the Beothuk country.William Cull made
another official
expedition
to the Beothuk
country.Another determined effort
was made when the armed
schooner Adonis was sent
to the Bay of Exploits with
instructions to Search the
Indians out.From 1811 until now,
there was no attempt
to reach out to the
Red Indians.John Peyton Jr. captured
the wife of Chief
Nonosanbasut, Damasduit.Shawnadithit, the last
Red Indian, died.
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