The disease spreads among the Blackfoot people…

1837 CE

The disease spreads among the Blackfoot people housed at Fort McKenzie.

The epidemic continues to spread into the Great Plains killing thousands during the fall of 1837, but by and large dies out in the winter.

In the end, it is estimated that two-thirds of the Blackfoot population died along with half of the Assiniboines and Arikaras, a third of the Crows, and a quarter of the Pawnees.

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Fort Benton Chouteau Montana United States View →

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Crow people, aka Absaroka or Apsáalooke (Amerind tribe) View → Assiniboine people (Amerind tribe) View → Pawnee (Amerind tribe) View → Arikara people (Amerind tribe) View → Mandan (Amerind tribe) View → Hidatsa people (Amerind tribe) View → Blackfoot Confederacy View → Plains Indian culture View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → American Fur Company View →

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Indian Removal (United States) View →

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Public health View → Catastrophe View →

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