At the time when these US Army folks were supposedly handing out smallpox blankets, germ theory did not even exist. The smallpox plague that hit the Native Americans arrived decades before germ theory was invented.
Smallpox: 1837-1838 (and also of course previously)
Germ Theory: 1860s
https://www.historynet.com/smallpox-in-the-blankets/
There does seem to be some evidence that Canadian troops did this intentionally, but again it was much later, was not wide-spread, the stories are anecdotal, and in no case was this US Army policy, etc.
At the time when these US Army folks were supposedly handing out smallpox blankets, germ theory did not even exist. The smallpox plague that hit the Native Americans arrived decades before gene theory was invented.
Smallpox: 1837-1838 (and also of course previously)
Germ Theory: 1860s
https://www.historynet.com/smallpox-in-the-blankets/
There does seem to be some evidence that Canadian troops did this intentionally, but again it was much later, was not wide-spread, the stories are anecdotal, and in no case was this US Army policy, etc.
At the time when these US Army folks were supposedly handing out smallpox blankets, gene theory did not even exist. The smallpox plague that hit the Native Americans arrived decades before gene theory was invented.
Smallpox: 1837-1838 (and also of course previously)
Germ Theory: 1860s
https://www.historynet.com/smallpox-in-the-blankets/
There does seem to be some evidence that Canadian troops did this intentionally, but again it was much later, was not wide-spread, the stories are anecdotal, and in no case was this US Army policy, etc.
At the time when these US Army folks were supposedly handing out smallpox blankets, gene theory did not even exist. The smallpox plague that hit the Native Americans arrived decades before gene theory was invented.
Smallpox: 1837-1838 (and also of course previously) Germ Theory: 1860s
https://www.historynet.com/smallpox-in-the-blankets/
There does seem to be some evidence that Canadian troops did this intentionally, but again it was much later, was not wide-spread, the stories are anecdotal, and in no case was this US Army policy, etc.