Earned her phd at yale university. Then specializes in the early American West focusing on epidemic disease, native american and environment all history. Her 2001 a book, talks americana, the great smallpox academic 177582 unearthed a devastating effect of a smallpox academic that course across the north American Continent during the years of the american revolution. She is now at work on unaccented biography of sacajawea using her life story to illuminate the wider history of the Northern Plains and rockies. Elizabeth fenn is also the author with peter h wood of natives and newcomers, the way we live in North Carolina before 1770, a Popular History of early North Carolina, which appeared in 1983. With no further ado i would like to welcome elizabeth fenn. [applause]. Thank you all for coming today. Is a real privilege to share this most american of stories with you. Some of you may feel a bit disconcerted as you look at the title of my book because you are not quite sure who the manda
That spiral symbol represents bellyache which was one of the symptoms, early symptoms of smallpox. We know that they traded and rated with the mandan, but no account of such an outbreak exists among the mandan people. So where else can we look . The telltale evidence may well lie buried in ghost towns like double ditch. Remember, by 1600 or so the mandan at double ditch had ensconced themselves behind the 2nd fortification rate , the outermost ring that we can still see today. Now, at some point the villagers contracted again, taking shelter behind the innermost ditch and palisade the cause may well have been a smallpox epidemic of 1734 to 35. Double ditch in 1500 had contained a hundred and 60 homes, 2,000 people. By the mid1700sby the mid 17 hundreds there were just 32 homes and no more than 400 people. Hunkered down inside the smallest is that you see here. And then it happened again. 1781 smallpox made its way to the upper Missouri River from spanish settlements to the south. The p
You might want to grab a light jacket. Good morning, im lori stokes. Im Michelle Charlesworth in for ken rosato. Today is wednesday october 14th. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and bill. Good morning ladies. We take a look outside, and weve got a cool and crisp morning. Its also mild for this hour of the day. A little warmer than normal. Were at 62 degrees. The cooler air is going to be slowly filtering in today. Look at that. 55 kingston, poughkeepsie. 59 bridgeport. 57 islip, wrights town 57 and were looking at a nice sunny day today with temperatures in the upper 60s. Yeah, its going to get near 70. Upper 60s today. Were going to talk about a big november shot coming for the weekend in your accuweather sevenday forecast, and shes really happy about that. No, shes not. Not at all. I saw the scowl on your face. I can see the laser beams coming out of your eye sockets. Lets go over to our mass transit charts. It looks like everything is running on or clos
The potential there is for thursday afternoon and night into the day on friday. Then the third threat, that comes from interaction with Tropical Storm what keen. Big differences with the storm track forecast today. Winds of 45 miles an hour and Tropical Storm. But look at the new storm track. Captured and hovering afford the atlantic for several days look at that sunday 8 00 a. M. Time frame. Yesterday the track forecast had that very close to new york city at that time frame. Now its staying offshore and suggesting it recurves there and still have a pipeline to some of its moisture. Meaning it can still rain. So widespread heavy rain and thunder is going to develop after midnight. Were going to have a big range across the area. Could be a half inch or less across parts of long island and jersey shore but after two or three inches north and west of new york city, those are the most vulnerable areas for some flooding in the northern west suburbs and connecticut and lower Hudson Valley.
And gives us light rain on monday. Temperatures in the mid50s with a high of 56 in new york city. Ill have the rest coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. A nasty morning as you said is in store for many parts of our area. It is drizzly, damp, and chilly outside. People in new jersey are dealing with high winds and flooding on top of everything. Shelters on standby in case the governor calls for mandatory evacuations. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama joins us live from sea bright new jersey with what it looks like there this morning. Reporter michelle, good morning, it is a real warm drink kind of morning. Stay inside your home. It is raw out here. Its been misting all morning long, and the wind is just starting to kick up. Luckily its died down from yesterday morning and yesterday all day even overnight it was whipping winds here. Let me show you some of the debris left people took notice here and sort of cleaned up their yards, but you can see a heavy potted plant turned o