The “blankets infected with smallpox” used to exterminate Indians was based on a single incident - and blown into a widespread campaign of germ warfare by a fake Indian (Ward Churchill?)
Repeat the lie often enough and it becomes the truth...
That’s what I mean.
Never mind the truth (?) about the Constellation, about the Titanic, or myriad other things either broadly “known” or “known” within a community.
Well, it might have been done. But something to remember is that whites had no immunity to the disease. Washington had his army immunized because the “smallpox” had spread widely in the Continental Army. Disease did moret to end the Quebec expedition than the Redcoats did.
As for white diseases and indians, Desoto’s expedition destroyed whole indians communities, some even before making direct contact. Further Soto had brought a lot of pigs with him and they spread the disease into the local wildlife when they themselves went while. The razorback in Arkansas probably came from De Soto.
Don’t really think smallpox could live very long on blankets...........