Smallpox and the Odawa

[Constance_Cappel]

Has anyone heard about the smallpox trick by the British used on the Odawa Indians of northern Michigan in 1763 that caused over 30,000 deaths?

[Lamar_Mundane]

Is that you, professor Churchill?

[outlierrn]

the master speaks

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_066.html

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@Constance Cappel

Has anyone heard about the smallpox trick by the British used on the Odawa Indians of northern Michigan in 1763 that caused over 30,000 deaths?

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_066.html

Yes, we heard.