Maurice Jondrelle in Skyrim dead- now I need him for the gildergleam quest

I tried all that but twice Maurice was killed. The first time I reloaded but the second time I was distracted and didn't. So Flash forward to now I went to the cave with the beautiful scenery and the tree. Hacked through the roots despite all the people warning me. and came to the tree and used nettlebane again to get the sap. Then I was attacked by Spriggins and since I'm still developing my magic skills they got me good. I don't see myself being able to beat them and I'd rather not upset everyone in the quest but Maurice is dead :( I kinda remember where he was killed... is there a solution here? how do I do it? I'm on an XBox 360 console, not a PC.

Solution 1:

All you can do is to load an earlier save game. As you know, there is no console available on the 360, so there is not much choice left.

The other option is to level up your magic skills and do the quest the violent way.