The last of the aborigines: a poem founded on facts, in four cantos
A tragic poem on the last days of the Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland, centered on a woman named Soloa, modeled on Mary March / Demasduwit and her family. The poem features rhyming couplets with some songs, and can be said to be in the "noble savage" tradition, ascribing positive traits to...
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| Language: | English |
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Printed at the office of the "Morning Post"
1851
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/36666 |
| Summary: | A tragic poem on the last days of the Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland, centered on a woman named Soloa, modeled on Mary March / Demasduwit and her family. The poem features rhyming couplets with some songs, and can be said to be in the "noble savage" tradition, ascribing positive traits to the Beothuk in contrast to the white settlers. Includes notes providing corrections and elaborations on several points. (Edward James Devereux, "Webber, George," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8.) "Dedicated to Master John Gaspar Le Marchant" (title page). |
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