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quest of birds’ eggs. He carried her to St John’s, where she was taken to the governor’s, and kindly treated. She admired the epaulets of the officers more than any thing she saw; and although presents, and indeed whatever she asked for, were given her, she would never let her fur dress go out of her hands. She was afterwards sent back by the man who took her; but it is not known what became of her. It is not likely she ever joined her tribef‘é

It was hoped that the t1eatment she experienced would have induced some of her tribe to open an in- tercourse with the English; but this was doubtful, as they might have looked upon it as a plan to en- snare them.

In 1809, government sent a vessel to Exploits Bay, in order, if possible, to meet the Indians, and to open a friendly communication with them. Lieutenant

* In consequence of Lieutenant Cha'pell having stated that this woman was murdered by the man who carried her back, I wrote to Mr Cormack on the subject, who inferrin- me, “ The old Red Indian woman whom you enquire about, was sent from St John's, in Admiral Gambier’s time, with presents from the whites, to the woods from whence she came. Cull, the man who was intrusted with her and the presents, asked me, in 1827, ‘ if there was any means of getting at that lying fellow who wrote a book, and said that he’ (Cull) ‘ killed the old woman when he got her into the coun- try, and took her load of presents.’ He then consulted me about proceeding against Chapell for the libel he wrote. I take it for granted that the old woman never joined her tribe, whatever he-

came of her; but. if the man who charged Cull with her murder, ,';5

ever comes within the reach of Cull’s gun, (and a long duck gun it .V is, that cost L.’7 at Fogo,) he is as dead as any of the Red Indians that Cull has often shot."