Re: biological "warfare"

Peter d'Errico (derrico@titan.ucc.umass.edu)
Mon, 18 Nov 1991 11:39:28 EST

> Original-Sender: craig.howe@um.cc.umich.edu (Craig Howe)
>
> The issue of smallpox infested blankets being sent out to native
> groups keeps coming up and i have only been able to locate one
> instance (i think general or mr. amherst was involved) in the
> written records. can someone help me locate more written accounts?

I posted something on this many months ago. I don't know what reference
you have already seen, but one good source is Carl Waldman, _Atlas of
the North American Indian_ (1985; ISBN 0-87196-850-9). On page 108,
Waldman refers to a letter sent by Lord Jeffrey Amherst (commanding
general of British troops in 'america') to a Captain Simeon Ecuyer
about the use of smallpox blankets, which Ecuyer employed at Fort Pitt
(Pittsburgh).

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