#amherst

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I will try to inoculate the [Indians] by means of blankets that may fall in their hands, taking care however not to get the disease myself.

As it is a pity to oppose good men against them I wish we could make use of the Spaniards method and hunt them with English dogs, supported by rangers and some light horse [cavalry] who would I think effectively extirpate or remove that vermin

--- Letter from Colonel Bouquet to General Amherst, 13 July 1763

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