Cormack was in England at the time and she was in the care of William Carson. Cormack wrote her obituary in the London Times, describing her as the last of the Red Indians. "In Newfoundland ...

Shawnadithit, the Beothuk woman who was the sole subject of study at William Cormack's "Beothic Institute," had a gift for drawing and outlined the tribe's dismal history in a series of detailed ...