Smallpox Bay is a bay on the west side of San Juan Island in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]
Smallpox Bay was named for the fact that a group of indigenous victims of the 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic died there and their corpses burned by US officers. [2] [3]
48°32′28″N 123°09′36″W / 48.5412092°N 123.1599073°W
Smallpox Bay is a bay on the west side of San Juan Island in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]
Smallpox Bay was named for the fact that a group of indigenous victims of the 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic died there and their corpses burned by US officers. [2] [3]
48°32′28″N 123°09′36″W / 48.5412092°N 123.1599073°W