Battlefield of Frenchman Butte, May 28, 1885
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Image of Indian rifle pit line in trees at crest of hill, ambush ravine at right.
Discusses the controversy over whether the British general deliberately distributed blankets infected with smallpox as a method of decimating the population of Delaware, Shawnee, and Mingo Indians surrounding Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania during Pontiac's War.
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