The tainted gift : the disease method of frontier expansion

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The tainted gift : the disease method of frontier expansion / Barbara Alice Mann.

Mann, Barbara Alice, 1947- (Author).

Summary:

"The speculation that the United States did infect Indian populations has long been a source of both outrage and skepticism. Now there is an exhaustively researched exploration of an issue that continues to haunt U.S.-Native American relations. Barbara Alice Mann's The Tainted Gift: The Disease Method of Frontier Expansion offers riveting accounts of four specific incidents: The 1763 smallpox epidemic among native peoples in Ohio during the French and Indian War; the cholera epidemic during the 1832 Choctaw removal; the 1837 outbreak of smallpox among the high plains peoples; and the alleged 1847 poisonings of the Cayuses in Oregon. Drawing on previously unavailable sources, Mann's work is the first to give one of the most controversial questions in U.S. history the rigorous scrutiny it requires."--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 0313353387
ISBN: 9780313353383 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0313353387 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780313353390 (ebook : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0313353395 (ebook : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvii, 180 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-164) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: "Out of our special regard for them": the 1763 gift of smallpox -- "The land of death": the Choctaw removal into cholera, 1832 -- "Death put into her arm": smallpox on the upper Missouri, 1837 -- "How many times are you going to talk?": the accusation of poisoning against Marcus Whitman.