Article recounts the numerous diseases and afflictions that befell the soldiers stationed at forts within the Indian Territory during the mid 19th century. Included within the article is a list of those affected and killed by the diseases at the forts.
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Article recounts the numerous diseases and afflictions that befell the soldiers stationed at forts within the Indian Territory during the mid 19th century. Included within the article is a list of those affected and killed by the diseases at the forts.
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Kalisch, Philip A. & Kalisch, Beatrice J.Indian Territory Forts: Charnel Houses of the Frontier, 1839-1865,
article,
Spring 1972;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2124140/:
accessed July 7, 2024),
The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org;
crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.