<story><title>The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005)</title><url>http://www.historytoday.com/ole-j-benedictow/black-death-greatest-catastrophe-ever</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nxzero</author><text>Related topic is the &amp;quot;Great Dying&amp;quot; which killed the majority of Native Americans:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;gunsgermssteel&amp;#x2F;variables&amp;#x2F;smallpox.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;gunsgermssteel&amp;#x2F;variables&amp;#x2F;smallpox.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of note is how smallpox was used as a weapon:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; &amp;quot;You will do well to try to inoculate the Indians, by means of blankets, as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this execrable race.&amp;quot; — Jeffery Amherst&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;p&gt;Disease as a weapon against Native Americans
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Native_American_disease_and_epidemics&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Native_American_disease_and_...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Smallpox Blankets
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cherokeeregistry.com&amp;#x2F;index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=407&amp;amp;Itemid=617&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cherokeeregistry.com&amp;#x2F;index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;vie...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005)</title><url>http://www.historytoday.com/ole-j-benedictow/black-death-greatest-catastrophe-ever</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>halov</author><text>&amp;quot;If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place.&amp;quot;</text></comment>