In May 1763, an alliance of Delaware and other tribes laid siege to Fort Pitt in present-day Pittsburgh to drive British colonialists out of their territory and back east across the Appalachian ...

Smallpox is a nasty and very contagious disease caused by the variola virus, part of the poxvirus family. It comes in two flavors: variola major and variola minor.

The iconic Hudson's Bay point blanket has a complicated history with Indigenous people in Canada. These blankets first appeared in Canadian trading posts in the 1700s, and aside from bedding, they ...

RCMP Staff Sgt. Lauren Weare tries in vain to refuse the blanket that a man has just put in her arms, with good reason. The fabric is infected with smallpox, and Weare must leave the exercise.