88 CAEIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Forlorn and in despair, the few remaining Beothiks 

 retreated to their last refuge at Red Indian Lake, and 

 there they died one by one, until not a single living 

 representative of this once powerful race remained. 

 There is no darker page in the history of North 

 America than that which records the fate of the un- 

 happy Beothiks. 



A MELANCHOLY FIND. 



In 1828 a final effort was made to open communi- 

 cation with the remnant of the tribe which was sup- 

 posed to still survive. An expedition was organized 

 which penetrated to their last retreat at Red Indian 

 Lake. Only their graves and the mouldering re- 

 mains of their wigwams were fouud but no living 

 Beothik. The silence of death reigned supreme. 

 Fragments of canoes, skin dresses, storehouses, and 

 the repositories of their dead were there, but no 

 human sound was heard, no smoke from wigwam 

 seen. Their campfires were extinguished, and the 

 sad record of an extinct race was closed forever. 



THE FIRST WHITE MEN TO SIGHT NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Before closing these brief notes of the early history 

 of this country, it might be well to note the fact that 

 it is highly probable that the first white men who 



