The Beothucks or Red Indians: The Aboriginal Inhabitants of Newfoundland

by James Patrick Howley

Howley was a prolific and accomplished writer. In 1876 he published Geography of Newfoundland, a book especially designed for use in Newfoundland schools. The Mineral Resources of Newfoundland was published in 1909. He wrote scores of articles on the geology and natural history of Newfoundland for local and international newspapers and journals. His major work, however, was The Beothucks or Red Indians (1915), in which he brought together all the written, oral, artifactual and palaeographic evidence he could accumulate on these indigenous peoples of Newfoundland, the last of whom died in 1829. It was the first comprehensive account of the Beothuks and is still recognized as a scholarly work, worthy of consultation many decades after its publication.

345 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

1847-1918