Likely, smallpox was first initially deployed as a biological weapon during the French and Indian Wars (1754–1767) by British forces in North America. Apparently, blankets contaminated with smallpox virus (obtained from infected patients) were distributed to American Indians. The resulting epidemics...
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Smallpox was also used as a biological weapon during the French and Indian Wars (1754–1767) by the commander of Fort Pitt. Soldiers distributed blankets that had been used by smallpox patients with the intent of initiating outbreaks among American Indians. An epidemic occurred, killing more th...
The inadvertent introduction of smallpox into the Americas by the Spanish killed millions of Aztecs, helping a few hundred conquistadors conquer an entire people. Millions more North American Indians died, some at the hands of the British, who deliberately gave them gifts of blankets infested with...
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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 reduce the population of Native people resisting their Manifest Destiny. These accounts have left a legacy of trauma and distrust in...
Bouquet agreed with the proposal, writing back that "I will try to inocculate [sic] the Indians by means of Blankets that may fall in their hands".[164] On 24 June 1763, William Trent, a local trader and commander of the Fort Pitt militia, wrote, "Out of our regard for them, we...
When an Indian delegation asked the defenders of Fort Pitt to surrender, theBritish commanderrefused and sent them away. While doing so, he gave them gifts, which included food, alcohol and two blankets and a handkerchief which had come from people suffering smallpox. The intent was for it ...
purposefully gave smallpox-contaminated blankets and goods to Native Americans during the French and Indian Wars in an attempt to weaken the Native American resistance to colonial expansion. Due to this and through the natural spread, the epidemic that followed killed half of the Native American ...
Warfare on the North American frontier was brutal, and the killing of prisoners, the targeting of civilians, and other atrocities were widespread. In an incident that became well-known and frequently debated, British officers at Fort Pitt attempted to infect besieging Indians with blankets that had...