[1] It was painted in 1819 at St. John's where she lived with her husband during his term as governor from 1818 to 1824.

In the fall of 1818, a small group of Beothuks had taken a boat and some fishing equipment at the mouth of the Exploits River.

On March 1, 1819, John Peyton Jr. and eight armed men went up the Exploits River to Red Indian Lake in search of Beothuks and their equipment.

Bogged down in the snow, she exposed her breasts, as she was a nursing mother, and begged for mercy.

[2] Peyton and his men were absolved of the murder of her husband by a grand jury in St. John's.