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Article: A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk.
- Article from:
- The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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INGEBORG MARSHALL, Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996, xxi + 640 p., $45.00 cloth.
Begin with a few names and dates for the European discovery of Newfoundland and early encounters with the Beothuk. John Cabot's two voyages to the island were in 1497 and 1498; his son Sebastian's voyages, in 1508-09. In the 16th century, Indian hostages and prisoners (presumably Beothuk) were taken to Europe on several occasions, in order to impress the Indians with the wonders of white civilization. And during this century, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese fishing boats became annual visitors to Newfoundland waters.
Relations between the ...