Note 98 — Chapter XIV

All accounts of the “Tonquin’s” fate are based upon this Indian’s narrative. Ross’s description (see volume vii of our series) is more circumstantial, and differs from Franchère’s in many details. Ross also throws doubt upon the good faith of the Indian survivor. The other accounts represent that the men who escaped in the boat were recaptured, and tortured to death by the savages. The earliest published narrative was in the Missouri Gazette, May 15, 1813, reprinted by Chittenden, Fur Trade, pp. 909-911.—Ed.