THE BEOTHUCKS - or Red Indians - The Aboriginal Inhabitants of Newfoundland by Howley, James P - 2000

Toronto: Prospero Canadian Collection, 2000. 348 pp. followed by a series of black and white plates. First Thus - Reproduces the 1915 Cambridge University Press edition. Black boards stamped with gilt on the spine; illustrated endpapers. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps and black and white plates and drawings. The dustjacket features a painting of Nancy March, sometimes known as Nancy April, sometimes known as Shanawdithit. The Chapters are: Fifteenth Century: Cabot's Voyage; First Voyage of Gaspar de Cortereal in 1500. Sixteenth Century: Verazzano's Voyage, 1523; Voyages of Jacques Cartier 1534-1535. Seventeenth Century: John Guy's Narrative 1612; From Bonnycastle; Extracts from Captain Richard Whitbourne's Book; Notes from Various Sources between the date of Whitbourne's Book 1622 and John Cartwright's Expedition up the Exploits River in 1768. Eighteenth Century: From the Journal of Sir Joseph Banks 1766; Remarks on the situation of the Red Indians, natives of Newfoundland; with some account of their manner of living; Proclamation issued by His Excellency Capt. the Hon. John Byron in 1769; Parliamentary papers; Letter of Mr. John Bland addressed to Governor's Secretary; Second Letter of Mr. Bland; Mr. Bland's third letter. Nineteenth Century: Letter from William Cull to the Governor; Proclamation by His Excellency Joh Holloway; Mr. Bland's fourth letter; From Governor Holloway to John Bland; Governor Holloway's letter to Viscount Castlereagh; Governor Holloway's reference to this expedition; Substance of the Narrative of Wm Cull of Fogo; Narrative of Lieut. Buchan's Journey up the Exploits River in search of the Red Indians in the winter of 1810-1811; Concluding Remarks of Lieut. Buchan; Capture of Mary March on Red Indian Lake in the month of March 1819; Tribe of Red Indians; Extract of a letter from St. John's, dated Aug. 1,1811; John Peyton's Narrative; Resolutions of a Town Meeting respecting the Indians; Letter to Rev. Mr. Leigh; Capt. Glascock, orders to proceed to the Northward to endeavour to return an Indian woman to her Tribe; Order to Capt. Glascock to search for Indians; List of Articles delivered to Capt. Glascock for the Indians; List of Presents intended for the Native Indians; Letter to the Chief Justice in reply respecting the intended communication with the Navitve Indians; Report of Capt. Glascock; Instructions to Commander Buchan; Instructions to Capt. David Buchan in his 2nd Expedition during the winter of 1819-20; Colonial Correspondence; Captain Buchan's Report of 2nd Expedition; Further characteristics of Mary March. Narrative of a Journey Across the Island of Newfoundland in 1822: Training and preparation; Passage from St. John's to Trinity Bay; Depart from the sea coast; First view of the interior - Our advance into it - Its description - Reach the central part of the island; Continue the journey into the wastern interior; Of the Red Indians and the other tribes; General Features of the Eastern Interior; The West Coast; American protion of Newfoundland; South Coast of Newfoundland - Termination of journey; Capture of three Beothuck women; Extract of a disputation from R. A. Tucker, Administering to the Government of Newfoundland to R. W. Horton; Substance of Mr Curtis's story; Formation of the Beothuck Institution; Report of Mr W. E. Cormack's Journey in search of the Red Indians of Newfoundland; Second Letter; Third Letter written after his return from England 1828; Fourth Letter to Mr. Stark; Fifth letter to Mr. Stark; Sixth letter to Mr. Stark; Letters of John Stark, Secretary of the Beothuck Institution; Letter from Prof. Jameson; Letters from Dr. Barrow to Prof. Jameson; Letter from Lord Bathurst to Dr. Barrow; Letter to Mr. Cormack relative to his journey across country and his reply thereto; Letter from Judge Des Barres; Letters from the Bishop of Nova Scotia, Dr. Englis to W. E. Cormack and replies; Mamateek or Wigwam; Beothuck Dress; Beothuck Arms; Canoes; Language; Method of Interment; Proclamation to the Micmacs; Beothuck Institution; Letter to French Commandant; Suggestions, Hints and re Red Indians; History of the Red Indians of Newfoundland; Of the Aborigines of Newfoundland; Death of Shanawdithit; William Epps Cormack; Death of W. E. Cormack; Shanawdithit's Drawings; Theories as to the origin of the Beothucks; Physical Features of the Beothucks; Status of the Red Indian Women; The Custom of using Red Ochre; Report of bureau of Ethnology; Traditions current among the fisher-fold and other residents about the Aborigines or Red Indians; Inspector Grimes' stories; Joseph Young's story; Rev. Silas T. Rand's story; Description of a Beothuck Sepulchre on an island in the Bay of Exploits; Reconstructed Red Indian Grave, Hangman's Island, Placentia Bay; Indian Hole, Tilt Island, Ragged Islands, Placentia Bay; Linguistic Affinity of the Beothucks; First Paper by Albert S. Gatschet, read before the American Philosophical Society June 19th, 1885; Beothuck song preserved by Cormack; Second Paper by Albert S. Gatschet, read before American Philosophical Society, May 7th, 1886; The three Vocabularies combined; Lloyd's papers; Lloyd's description of the implements he found; Beothuck Implements found on Long Island, Placentia Bay; Finding of Beothuck Skeletons; Implements and Ornaments of the Beothucks; Concluding remarks on the Red Indians.. First Printing - First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.