Person

Francis Chardon

Superintendent of Fort Clark in 1837; kept the post journal.

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Smallpox at Fort Clark, 1837 reported on 5 August 1837 that the Gros Ventre blamed the steamboat for the smallpox; the committee reproduces the entry, and a speech attributed to Four Bears whose authenticity has been questioned Primary record 1

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Report of the Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder concerning Allegations of Academic Misconduct against Professor Ward Churchill, University of Colorado Boulder, 16 May 2006. Primary record Archived copy
They swear vengence against all the Whites, as they say the small pox was brought here by the S[team] B[oat].
Section 3: Smallpox Epidemic of 1837, with excerpts from Chardon's journal, North Dakota Studies, State of North Dakota. Scholarship & press
Daily entries in his post journal tell of the spread of the smallpox epidemic.

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