Credit: Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Quidi Vidi Battery

This young man is dressed in the uniform worn by British soldiers who worked at the Battery in Quidi Vidi village, just outside St. John's, during the War of 1812. This war was fought between the British and the Americans. It lasted from 1812 to 1814. The British made forts like the Battery at Quidi Vidi to protect settlers from attacks by the Americans.

Credit: The Newfoundland Museum.

Beothuk Bone Pendants

These decorations were made by Beothuk people out of bone. They are made to be worn on a thin strip of skin tied around the neck.

We used to believe that the Beothuks died mainly because Europeans fought with them and killed them. Some Beothuks were killed. But archaeologists believe that most Beothuks went inland to get away from the Europeans. They died because they could not find enough food. Diseases that the Europeans brought with them, such as tuberculosis, may have played a part as well.