. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 351 SMALL-POX CERTIFICATE. From the earliest settlement Boston has been visited at frequentintervals by that deadly enemy of the human race, small-pox. Thewhites communicated it to the Indians, and in December, 1633,it made dreadful ravages among them, extending eastward to thePascataqua, sweeping almost every native in its way. Chickatau-bat, Sagamore John and James died of it. Mr. Samuel Maverick,of Winesemet, buried about thirty in one day. It extended as as the Pequots, many of whom died. Among the great na-tion of
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 351 SMALL-POX CERTIFICATE. From the earliest settlement Boston has been visited at frequentintervals by that deadly enemy of the human race, small-pox. Thewhites communicated it to the Indians, and in December, 1633,it made dreadful ravages among them, extending eastward to thePascataqua, sweeping almost every native in its way. Chickatau-bat, Sagamore John and James died of it. Mr. Samuel Maverick,of Winesemet, buried about thirty in one day. It extended as as the Pequots, many of whom died. Among the great na-tion of the Narragansetts as many as seven hundred died of it. In1721, Boston was visited by the small-pox with greater severity. been fo fmoakd and cleanfed as that in our Opinion hemay be permitted to pafs into the Country without Danger ofcommunicating the Small-Pox to any one.
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