he absence of their party, a period which was
not to be prolonged beyond a month. The good-bye was given, and the
expedition started on their return home. It had not travelled many hours
before an uncontrollable disposition seized them to go back again to the
spot of separation to see if all was well, for some declared that they had
a presentiment that there had already been foul play. Back they went, and
when they reached the spot where good wishes had just been interchanged,
the first spectacle which met their eyes was the mutilated dead bodies of
their faithful hostages! Without any consultation, or a moment's delay,
the commander of the expedition ordered the two Indians in their keeping
to be shot, and their bodies left exposed, as they had found those of
their comrades. This order was promptly executed.

Soon after Sir Thomas Cochran was appointed governor of Newfoundland, he
offered a reward of one hundred pounds for the harmless capture of a Red
Indian, the person to be brought him at the capital. This reward was
advertised in the summer of 1832; and the next spring a fisherman, at a
distant, unfrequented part of the island, saw on a pleasant afternoon a
young female Indian, laving at the edge of the water. She was alone, and
unconscious of danger, and went through the offices of the bath with
singular grace and activity. After watching her for some time, he took his
measures for her capture. He first cut off her retreat, then approached
her carefully, and at the instant of surprise, obtained possession of her
person. She made no resistance, but acted as one paralyzed by fear or
wonder. He brought her to Sir Thomas, and received his reward. It being
the month of May when she was captured, she was given the name of MARY
MAY. She was apparently about eighteen years of age; an angelic creature,
tall, with perfect symetry of proportion, agreeable features, good
complexion, and as agile and graceful as a fawn. The governor and the
officers of the garrison, and the elite of St. Johns, vied with each other
in plans and devices for her gratification. She was taken to parties, to
the theatre, to military reviews; in short, she was flattered, caressed,
and made the reigning belle. But the poor Indian showed an almost blank
indifference to the various schemes devised for her pleasure. She was not
_at home_. Every face, every habit, every object was new, and appeared
strange to her. She undoubtedly pined to go back again into