Book details misconceptions about smallpox's role in Native depopulation

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 11:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

When University of Kansas researcher Paul Kelton came across a description from missionary Daniel Butrick that documented a Cherokee ritual aimed at fighting smallpox, it revolutionized Kelton's thinking about the role diseases played in European colonization of the Americas.

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