Beothuk

British  

/ bɪˈɒθʊk /

noun

1. a member of an extinct Native Canadian people formerly living in Newfoundland

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Example Sentences

Within a generation, the Beothuk had been wiped out.

From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2019

In March 1819, a group of British furriers trekked up the frozen Exploits River in Newfoundland to find native Beothuk people whom they suspected of having stolen fish and other supplies.

From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2019

The last member of the Beothuk tribe, the aboriginal people who inhabited Fogo Island and the surrounding area, died in 1829.

From Newsweek

The human inhabitants of Newfoundland, whom I shall describe in the next chapter, were known subsequently by the name of Beothuk, or Beothik, a nickname of no particular meaning.

From Pioneers in Canada by Wallcousins, E.

It seems highly probable that the whole of Newfoundland at the time of its discovery by Cabot in 1497 was inhabited by Beothuk Indians.

From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley