Another Look at the "Fever and Ague" of Western Oregon

• Published in: Ethnohistory Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 135 - 154
• Main Author: Boyd, Robert T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Ethnohistory 1975; Indiana University
• Subjects: Diseases; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Fever; History, Modern 1601; Malaria; Malaria - history; Mortality; Mosquitos; Symptoms; Tuberculosis; United States; White people; United States

There has been some question about the identity of the illness variously called "fever and ague" or "intermittent fever" which appeared among the Indians of the lower Columbia and Willamette Valleys in the early 1830's. After a review of available evidence, this paper conclu...