The actual number of those Native Americans who died from smallpox is not known. However, the numbers were in the thousands, perhaps over 200,000.
The Trail of Tears was a sad and brutal thing. About 1/4 of 17,000 Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears. ( that's 4,000 Cherokees )Writtin by,Tiki
The smallpox spread in the English colony by the English themselves. the English were prone to this disease, but many Indians died because of they never faced such a sickness, and had no protection against this. thus the Indians died in hundreds. it was spread through the animals feces: cows, chickens, pigs, goats, etc.
When they were pushed from their land by force of the US government, and many died from illnesses, starvation, and battle, making the Native Americans very sad. Thus it is called the Trail of Tears.
About 700,000 people died as a result of The Civil War. 12,000 died of Measles 35,000 died of smallpox 56,000 died of infections 72,000 died of cancer 22,000 died of heart disease
Siblings:John ... son born Sunday, October 27th, 1728Christina born 1731Mary (died in 1736)Jane born 1738 (died 1742)Mary (#2) born 1740Margaret born 1742William born 1745 (died 1748)
The actual number of those Native Americans who died from smallpox is not known. However, the numbers were in the thousands, perhaps over 200,000.
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The Trail of Tears was a sad and brutal thing. About 1/4 of 17,000 Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears. ( that's 4,000 Cherokees )Writtin by,Tiki
About 4,000 of the 16,000 Cherokees died.
40% of the victims died
94% of the Inca Population
1/4 of the Cherokee people died on the Trail of Tears. About 4,000 Cherokees died.
Approximately 140 people died in the Oshima eruptions of 1741 and 1745.
About 17,000 were forcibly removed and 4,000 died on the way to Oklahoma.
Cherokee, like many other Native American's were susceptible to a variety of diseases carried by people from Europe; the unclean living standards practiced by that society is rife for disease. There has been documented proof that the European Settlers (White Americans) Intentionally spread the most fatal forms of smallpox among the Cherokee by giving them blankets from smallpox hospitals. This fatal form kills in 6 to 16 days with a 90% fatality rate.
Smallpox was one of the first sucess-stories of vaccinations. So many people had the vaccine that Smallpox mostly died out. It is now only found in laboratories, and maybe in some poorer countries.
More than half the population died. Many Indians Died in heaps or of starvation