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What is a European disease that killed many Indians?

Smallpox


series of events that led to the defeat of the southern Plains Indians?

North American smallpox epidemic and the 1837 Great Plains smallpox


How many Indians died of smallpox?

94% of the Inca Population


What problems did the pomo indians have to overcome?

A deadly smallpox epidemic. The bloody island massacre.


Did smallpox effect new borns in the 1800s in the US?

Yep...especially if you were a 'native american'. Smallpox was a major factor in the decimating of number of American Indians, as they caught it from non-natives.


Tell when the smallpox significance it at the during age of exploration?

by 1650 smalllpox had 3/4 or 75% of Indians.


What impact did the spread of disease have on the Indians?

Killed them and decimated whole tribes. Many tribes wee given items with the smallpox bacteria on them so they would get sick and die. This was a form of bioterrorism .


How serious is smallpox?

smallpox i so fatal you would notsurvive it. it has been eradicated in great Britain


What viral disease now thought to only exist inside a laboratory caused the death of many American Indians after europeans arrived in north American?

It is believed that smallpox, a highly contagious viral disease, caused the death of many American Indians after Europeans arrived in North America. The introduction of smallpox by European settlers led to devastating outbreaks among indigenous populations who had no immunity to the disease.


Why did smallpox so many Cherokees in such a short time?

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.


What is the average age you die of smallpox?

How long does it take to get smallpox? That's my question! LOL about a month or so...


What were the damages to the San Buenaventura Mission?

Many Chumash indians brought illness such as measles, syphilis, smallpox, pneumonia, and mumps