"Two Blankets at Once"

You the Enemy Combatant now, Tesla Drivers. Welcome. The Glioblastoma Wing is to your right. Pass the stuffing.

North American colonists’ warfare against Native Americans often was horrifyingly brutal. But one method they appear to have used—perhaps just once—shocks even more than all the bloody slaughter: The gifting of blankets and linens contaminated with smallpox. The virus causes a disease that can inflict disfiguring scars, blindness and death. The tactic c…