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time, and through the interest of the Beothick Institution she 

 was sent to St. John's. 



Cormack kept this woman in his house all the winter of 

 1828, eliciting information from her and making notes, which 

 have most unfortunately been lost. After leaving Cormack's 

 house, Shawnawdithit went to reside with a merchant at Twillin- 

 gate, where she lived for a few years. She never became a 

 Christian, and at her death was buried in a log hut on the 

 banks of the Exploits, where the woodpeckers and the passing 

 deer are the only visitors. A portrait, albeit a very poor 

 one, was taken of Mary March by Lady Hamilton, and is of 

 interest as the only representation of a Beothick in existence. 

 I am enabled to give it by the kindness of Mr. Albert 

 Bradshaw. 



