Question

What reason does Andrew Blackbird give for the delivery of the smallpox? What can you infer about the British, French, and Ottawas from this explanation?

Answer 1

Answer:

Helen Jaskoski, "'A Terrible Sickness Among Them': Smallpox Stories of the Frontier," in Helen Jaskoski, ed., Early Native American Writing: New Critical Essays (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) presents several stories of smallpox epidemics and their origins in colonial-era Great Lakes region of North America. One such story, with excerpts from her introduction and commentary, appears below.