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WEBThe 1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic spanned 1836 through 1840 but reached its height after the spring of 1837, when an American Fur Company steamboat, the SS St. …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · In Indian Country, it is an accepted fact that white settlers distributed items, such as blankets contaminated with smallpox and other infectious diseases, aiming to …
WEBThanks to a successful vaccine, smallpox was eradicated in the U.S. more than 40 years ago, but the memory of its historic use as a biological weapon against Native American people lives on. This is the story of how …
WEBJul 1, 2019 · They knew about 'variolation':. Variolation was the method of inoculation first used to immunize individuals against smallpox (Variola) with material taken from a …
WEBMayor, The Nessus Shirt in the New World 55 in 1994, he mentioned that the town's pre-Revolutionary namesake, Lord Jeffrey Amherst, had given infected blankets to Indians …
WEBAug 15, 2017 · The smallpox epidemic of 1837–38 all but destroyed the Mandans and severely reduced the Arikaras and Hidatsas, who also lived in fortified villages along the …
WEBJun 26, 2023 · That said, it’s indisputable that smallpox ravaged America’s indigenous people in the 18th century — and beyond. Not only did …
WEBBy: Elizabeth A. Fenn Did he or didn't he? For generations, the Amherst-smallpox blanket episode has elicited animated debate both within and beyond academic circles. In …
WEBApr 4, 2021 · Debates over whether General Jeffrey Amherst ordered his subordinates to infect Native Americans with smallpox in 1763 has long raged. But, writes scholar …
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