Our Subsistence In The Interior Was
Entirely Animal Food, Deer And Beavers, Which We Shot.
* * * * *
"Resolved, - That the measures recommended in the president's report
be agreed to; and that the three men, Indians of
The Canadian and
Mountaineer tribes, be placed upon the establishment of this
institution, to be employed under the immediate direction and control
of the president; and that they be allowed for their services such a
sum of money as the president may consider a fair and reasonable
compensation: That it be the endeavour of this institution to collect
every useful information respecting the natural productions and
resources of this island, and, from time to time, to publish the same
in its reports: That the instruction of Shawnawdithit would be much
accelerated by bringing her to St John's, &c.: That the proceedings of
the institution, since its establishment, be laid before his Majesty's
Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, by the president, on
his arrival in England.
(Signed) "A.W. des BARRES, Chairman and Vice-Patron."
Footnotes:
[Footnote A: Since my return, I learn from the captive Red Indian
woman Shawnawdithit, that the vapour-bath is chiefly used by old
people, and for rheumatic affections.
Shanawdithit is the survivor of three Red Indian females, who were
taken by, or rather who gave themselves up, exhausted with hunger, to
some English furriers, about five years ago, in Notre Dame Bay. She is
the only one of that tribe in the hands of the English, and the only
one that has ever lived so long among them.
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