infected with smallpox to the Indians besieging Fort Pitt. From left
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The Siege of Fort Pitt took place during June and July 1763 in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The siege was a part of Pontiac's War, an effort by Native Americans to .... A devastating smallpox epidemic plagued Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes area through 1763 and ...
Did the U.S. Army Distribute Smallpox Blankets to Indians? Fabrication ...
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At the parlay, army officers distributed the smallpox-infested blankets as gifts. When the Indians began to show signs of the illness, U.S. Army doctors did not ...Smallpox blankets - Cherokee Registry
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In a letter to Colonel Henry Bouquet dated July 7, 1763, Amherst writes "Could it not be contrived to send the Small Pox among those disaffected tribes of IndiansJeffrey Amherst and Smallpox Blankets - UMass Amherst
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Despite his fame, Jeffrey Amherst's name became tarnished by stories of smallpox-infected blankets used as germ warfare against American Indians.The British, the Indians, and Smallpox: What Actually Happened at ...
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1760s the British at Fort Pitt gave blankets from the smallpox hospital to. Delaware Indians as a form of germ warfare."' The story has been repeated time and ...Genocide & Intent Of The Infected Blankets | Native American Netroots
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Aug 10, 2009 - Letters by General Amherst and Colonel Bouquet mentioning spreading smallpox to Indians does not mean that this was ever carried out.Native Americans and The Smallpox Epidemic - Archiving Early America
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Native American Beliefs and Medical Treatments During the Smallpox .... gave blankets taken from infected corpses to deliberately infect nearby natives.
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