A narrative of the circumstances which attended the capture of Mary March was published in Liverpool in 1829, and written, as is alleged, by a person who formed one of the party when the capture was effected.  Although this narrative contains some inaccuracies, yet it bears internal evidence of being the production of a person who really witnessed the scenes he describes, and though differing in several particulars from the account as before detailed, yet it describes many events which the leader of the party may have omitted, and states nothing absolutely irreconcileable with his account—­with some omissions, not necessarily connected with the main object of the expedition, this second record of the circumstances associated with it is now inserted, in so far at least as the same were published:—­

     Tribe of red Indians.

     To the Editor of the Liverpool Mercury.

Sir.—­Observing among the details in the Mercury of September 18, that of “Shawnadithit, supposed to be the last of the Red Indians,” or Aborigines of Newfoundland, I am tempted to offer a few remarks on the subject, convinced as I am that she cannot be the last of the tribe by many hundreds.  Having resided a considable time in that part of the north of Newfoundland which they most frequented, and being one of the party who captured Mary March in 1819, I have embodied into a narrative the events connected with her capture, which I am confident will gratify many of your readers.

Proceeding northward, the country gradually assumes a more fertile appearance; the trees, which in the south are, except in a few places, stunted in their growth, now begin to assume a greater height and strength till you reach the neighbourhood of Exploits River and Bay; here the timber is of a good size and quality, and in sufficient quantity to serve the purposes of the inhabitants:—­both here and at Trinity Bay some very fine vessels have been built.  To Exploits Bay it was that the Red Indians came every summer for the purpose of fishing, the place abounding with salmon.  No part of the Bay was inhabited; the islands at the mouth, consisting of Twillingate, Exploits Island, and Burnt Islands, had a few inhabitants.  There were also several small harbours in a large island, the name of which I now forget, including Herring Neck and Morton.  In 1820 the population of Twillingate amounted to 720, and that of all the other places might perhaps amount to as many more;—­they were chiefly descendants from West of England settlers; and having many of them been for several generations without religious or moral instruction of any kind, were immersed in the lowest state of ignorance and vice.  Latterly, however, churches have been built and schools established, and, I have been credibly informed that the moral and intellectual state of the people is much improved.  While I was there the church was opened, and I must