Invasion from All Directions—Stolen Lands, Stolen Peoples 1600-1699
1633-1635
Jesuit missionaries give Huron smallpox blankets
French Jesuit missionaries tell the Huron that if they are baptized and convert to Christianity they will be spared the disease. Among those who refuse, they provide smallpox-laden blankets (Nies, 1996). More than 10,000 Huron Indians die from smallpox.