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Author Robertson, R. G.

Title Rotting Face : Smallpox and the American Indian.

Publication Info. Lincoln : Caxton Press, 2001.
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Description 1 online resource (346 pages)
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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One: Early Spring 1837; Chapter Two: Variola major; Chapter Three: Late Spring 1837; Chapter Four: Smallpox in the New World; Chapter Five: Early Summer 1837; Chapter Six: The Village Tribes of the Upper Missouri; Chapter Seven: Mid Summer 1837; Chapter Eight: Smallpox and the Fur Trade after theRevolution; Chapter Nine: Late Summer 1837; Chapter Ten: Prevention; Chapter Eleven: Autumn 1837; Chapter Twelve: Technology and Change; Chapter Thirteen: 1838; Chapter Fourteen: Aftermath; Chapter Fifteen: Blame.
Bibliography BibliographyIndex; The author.
Summary The smallpox epidemic of 1837-1838 forever changed the tribes of the Northern Plains. Before it ran out of human fuel, the disease claimed 20,000 souls. R.G. Robertson tells the story of this deadly virus with modern implications.
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Subject Smallpox -- United States -- History.
Smallpox.
United States.
History.
Indians of North America -- Diseases -- History.
Indians of North America -- Diseases.
Indians of North America -- Missouri River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
Indians of North America.
Missouri River Valley.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Fur trade -- Missouri River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
Fur trade.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Robertson, Roland G. Rotting Face : Smallpox and the American Indian. Lincoln : Caxton Press, ©2001 9780870044199
ISBN 9780870044977 (electronic book)
0870044974 (electronic book)
0870044192
9780870044199

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