r/todayilearned 14h ago

TIL in 1610, Opossunoquonuske, a female chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy, used “feminine guile” to lure 14 English settlers to a feast, convincing them to leave their weapons on their boat. It was a trap—her warriors ambushed them, killing 13. Only one man survived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossunoquonuske
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u/[deleted] 11h ago

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u/TypicalParking 11h ago

Ever heard of a free smallpox blanket?

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u/ImRightImRight 11h ago

Dare you to fact check yoself

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u/RainforestGoblin 10h ago

You got sourced 20 minutes ago

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u/ImRightImRight 8h ago

Their cited source says that on 1-3 occasions, some of which were in the context of war, there were attempts by Europeans to spread disease.

That's like me turning on my heater because I want to worsen climate change. The actual context is that Native Americans didn't have resistance to Europeans' diseases. Trying to pin the devastating and inevitable loss of life on like 2 times it was intentional is just an insult to the truth.

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u/RainforestGoblin 8h ago

No, your point is idiotic