CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Encounters At The Heart Of The World October 3, 2015
That spiral symbol represents bellyache which was one of the symptoms, early symptoms of smallpox. We know that they traded and rated with the mandan, but no account of such an outbreak exists among the mandan people. So where else can we look . The telltale evidence may well lie buried in ghost towns like double ditch. Remember, by 1600 or so the mandan at double ditch had ensconced themselves behind the 2nd fortification rate , the outermost ring that we can still see today. Now, at some point the villagers contracted again, taking shelter behind the innermost ditch and palisade the cause ma...
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