An Army Captain's Account of Desperation and Disease
Richard GreenTribal historian Richard Green reads an account from U.S. Army Captain William Armstrong. Captain Armstrong witnessed the desperation of the newly arrived Chickasaws as they dealt with insufficient food sources and struggled as smallpox descended on their camp in Indian Territory.
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