they gave them disease blankets
Smallpox
North American smallpox epidemic and the 1837 Great Plains smallpox
94% of the Inca Population
A deadly smallpox epidemic. The bloody island massacre.
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.
by 1650 smalllpox had 3/4 or 75% of 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 .
smallpox i so fatal you would notsurvive it. it has been eradicated in great Britain
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.
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.
How long does it take to get smallpox? That's my question! LOL about a month or so...
Many Chumash indians brought illness such as measles, syphilis, smallpox, pneumonia, and mumps