Why Marian, You're a Librarian! btw, I know Paul and he is a first rate librarian.
Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/smallpox1.html > > Modern History Sourcebook: Smallpox, Indians, and Blankets > > >From an Internet post by Mary Ritchie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Fri, 2 Jul 1993. > She addressed the question of whether Smallpox was really spread by blankets > to American Indians > This reference [for the story of American Indians and deliberate smallpox > spreading ] is from American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population > History Since 1492, by Russell Thornton, 1987 (Norman: U. of Oklahoma Pr.) > pp.78-79 > It is also during the eighteenth century that we find written reports of > American Indians being intentionally exposed to smallpox by Europeans. In > 1763 in Pennsylvania, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, commander of the British > forces....wrote in the postscript of a letter to Bouquet the suggestion that > smallpox be sent among the disaffected tribes. Bouquet replied, also in a > postscript, > "I will try to innoculate the[m]...with some blankets that may fall into > their hands, and take care not get the disease myself." > ....To Bouquet's postscript, Amherst replied, > "You will do well as to try to innoculate the Indians by means of blankets > as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this > exorable race." > On June 24, Captain Ecuyer, of the Royal Americans, noted in his journal: > "Out of our regard for them (i.e. two Indian chiefs) we gave them two > blankets and a handkerchief out of the smallpox hospital. I hope it will > have the desired effect." > (quoted from Stearn, E. and Stearn, A. "Smallpox Immunization of the > Amerindian.", Bulletin of the History of Medicine 13:601-13.) > Thornton goes on to report that smallpox spread to the tribes along the Ohio > river. > ....To Bouquet's postscript, Amherst replied, > "You will do well as to try to innoculate the Indians by means of blankets > as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this > exorable race." > On June 24, Captain Ecuyer, of the Royal Americans, noted in his journal: > "Out of our regard for them (i.e. two Indian chiefs) we gave them two > blankets and a handkerchief out of the smallpox hospital. I hope it will > have the desired effect." > (quoted from Stearn, E. and Stearn, A. "Smallpox Immunization of the > Amerindian.", Bulletin of the History of Medicine 13:601-13.) > Thornton goes on to report that smallpox spread to the tribes along the Ohio > river. > This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook > <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html>. The Sourcebook is a > collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level > classes in modern European and World history. > Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the document is > copyright. Permission is granted for electronic copying, distribution in > print form for educational purposes and personal use. If you do reduplicate > the document, indicate the source. No permission is granted for commercial > use of the Sourcebook. > (c)Paul Halsall Aug 1997 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
