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Title / Titre :Demasduit (Mary March) Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Lady Henrietta Martha Hamilton (ca. 1780-1857) Date(s) : 1819 Reference No. / Numéro de référence : MIKAN 2837235 / C-092599 collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&... collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&... Credit / Mention de source : Library and Archives Canada, C-092599 / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, C-092599 Description / Descriptions : Demasduit (flourishing ca. 1796-1820) was a Beothuk, and was renamed Mary March by her Newfoundland captors, in reference to the month in which she was captured in 1819. Her husband died trying to prevent her capture, and her newborn baby left behind (perhaps unwittingly) by her abductors, died several days after. Monetary rewards were offered by the British authorities to anyone who was successful in establishing friendly contact with the Beothuks, in an attempt to reconcile past differences between the settlers and the tribe. Unfortunately, it encouraged greed that resulted in the abduction and death of many of her tribe, a practice that ultimately contributed to their extinction. In 1819, this delicate portrait was painted in St. John's by Lady Hamilton, wife of the Governor of Newfoundland. Demasduit died of tuberculosis early in 1820 before she could be reunited with her people. / Demasduit (période florissante de 1796 à 1820 environ) était une Béothuk; elle fut nommée Mary March par ses ravisseurs terre-neuviens d'après le nom du mois de sa capture en 1819. Son mari mourut en tentant d'empêcher sa capture, et son bébé nouveau-né, laissé derrière (peut-être involontairement) par ses ravisseurs, mourut plusieurs jours après. Les autorités britanniques offrirent des récompenses en argent aux colons terre-neuviens pour qu'ils nouent des rapports amicaux avec les Béothuks, et ce, dans un effort d'apaisement des différends passés entre les colons et la tribu. Malheureusement, cela suscita la convoitise et entraîna l'enlèvement et la mort de nombreux membres de la tribu, et finalement son extinction. Ce portrait délicat fut peint en 1819 à St. John's par lady Hamilton, épouse du gouverneur de Terre-Neuve. Demasduit mourut de la tuberculose au début de 1820 sans avoir retrouvé son peuple. |
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