Gwerith, Demasduit's story is similar to that of Pocahontas except much more tragic as she was one of the last Beothuk people of Newfoundland. Contact with British colonists resulted in their extinction due to disease and murder. When Demasduit died in 1820 there were only 31 known surviving Boethuk, Demasduit's niece being the last to die in 1829.
Gwerith, Demasduit's story is similar to that of Pocahontas except much more tragic as she was one of the last Beothuk people of Newfoundland. Contact with British colonists resulted in their extinction due to disease and murder. When Demasduit died in 1820 there were only 31 known surviving Boethuk, Demasduit's niece being the last to die in 1829.