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There u no living Memory of what tappraod It was too long aft* top maay generations and too many tefls the story anymore. But we know it happened. Sometime between 1300 and 1700 A.D., the population of Indian people in Eastern North There are very few written records of the epidemics which reduced the population of Native poopie at thin region. Thomas Harriot recorded thai, in the ISSOh when he and bis fellow Englishmen traveled around to villages near dieir soon-to he 1 oft Colony" at Roanoke Island, many people died immediately after their visit. He wrote: "...within a few days after our departure...the people began to die very fast, and maay in short space; fa* some towns about twenty, in same forty, in some sixty, and in one six score [120], which in truth was very many in respect of tfieir numbers...; the duease (was) also so strange, that they neither knew what it was. nor how to care it..." By 170$ when John Lawsoo was traveling among the Indians of Eastern North and South Carolina. the eptdcmic damage bad been done I .awson reported that the Indian population everywhere within 200 mites ut white settlements had been reduced by five-sixths, down to seventeen percent of what it had been before the coming of Europeans. Epidemics of smallpox and nj-oiiW, rtwn by whiffy, happrivnt anmng all llvliaii nations in Eastern North America soon after contact with Europeans. In many cases epidemics occurred after contact with other Indian people who had themselves been in contact with Europeans. Thus villages and nations which had never even seen a European were struck by eptdemMh ? in which nearly everyone got side and as many as fifty 10 ninety percent died Epidemics dn <??? in eyelet, with MMai ml again within a short tpan of yeas. in places outside Eastern North Carolina wfcui better written records were kept, the ttory is winuading Among the Huron, an Iroqnoian speaking nation which lived between Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, there were several epidemics in seven years. The dm happened in 1634-3$. French Jesuit missionaries wrote that ,"...whole villages were prostrated," and that the disease began with "..a violent fever, followed by a sort of measles...accompanied in several cases by blindness for some days, or by dimness of sight" then followed by severe dtarrfeca. Another epidttnir in 1636-37 "...spared hardly anyone " A trader among the Huron reported: "they are aO dying, in our villages and alt rig the way." In dm period between epidemics. Indian people remained ill many of them from secondary infections. The Wenro, distant kinsmen of the Huron who themselves had already been decimated by epidemics, came to live with the Huron during this period, moving into balf-empty kmghouses. Most of these 600 Wenro were side women and children, who brought with them a strain of infection which did not affect very many Huron, lending some researchers to believe that the Huron had already experienced that particular vims (ix.? Johnston. S? "Epidemics: The Forgotten Factor in Seventeenth Century Native Warfare in the Saint Lawrence Region." in Native People. Native Lands [B A. Covad.]). Butin 1639-40 another epidemic came to the Huron Nation, this one probably smallpox. The Jesuits wrote that it "..spared neither age nor sex." and that death was "..ravaging the whole country " In 1640 (he Jeauau 30,000 Huron bad died. The same thing was happening ail over Eittn North America. Prom Florida toCanada. Indian nations were of primary infection* such as "*ff Ift and smallpox aad secondary infections such as staphylococcus and streptococcus. With so many people sick and dying, the daily life of the people ? simply getting food and water ? was drastically changed. Men were too side to bunt; women were unable to gather and grind com. The traditional cures of the shaman were to no avail, and sometimes they even made things worse. For example, the sweat lodge cure which worked so well for some of the old illnesses ? and which involved rapid change in extreme temperatures from the hot steam of the sweat lodge to the cold water of a lake or river ? was probably one of the worst things that could have been done for someone who already had the high fever and convulsion* of a viral infection. Indian nations disappeared; the "lucky" survivors merged into new groups and triedmdo the best they could to live with the new Americans. A few centuries later, almost no one remembers. State and Federal governments insist that before they will recognize Indian people the Indians must be able in document in writing that they have existed as a "distinct community from historical times into the present." and that they have maintained "distinct cultural patterns." This is how the East was won. For more information on epidemics and governmental recognition, visit the Native American Resource Center in Old Main Building. Pembroke Stale University. I Accent Studio Glamour Photography if Portraits taken at Town and Country Restaurant Pembroke 0 Grand Prize Drawing g I One Lucky Person wins his or her $149.95 picture package with over Q SO photographs I absolutely free! July 25 & 26 |H| 9."00 a.m.- until $19.95 sitting fee Portraits bock Saturday, August 6. H ?may 1, J BECK ?""?CSggr* V CHIROPRACTIC . CENTER r\ "APPOINTMENT PLEASB" Aj 11 OFFICB , wgntL ~ ^ U 73&-3751 SSuiA-noP iflB , E5 STw-in* w V Attorney* * fcoun??k>r? 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They're all unrestricted free agents and all former Hornets you could get for a Zarelli song and a Hugo dance Let's hope for Allan Bnstow's muscles of one Jonnson with a gold tooth U's progress should be evident later this month when the Dream Team plays at the Coliseum We all know athletes will sell anything But I had to laugh when 1 saw Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry the man who made a career of doctoring baseballs marketing a limited edition autographed jars of petroleum jellv. Pediatric Pointers I I By JOSEPH T. BELL, MD I finally got a chance to 90 10 Liunbee Homecoming thu past weekend after missing the Ian four while we were in Oklahoma I had forgotten what a big event it it. The Miss Lumboe Pageant, the Parade. the P0wW0w.1t was all great'1 have never seen so many Indian people in one place at one time in my life' What a Reunion! One thing 1 had forgotten was how hot it can be during the Homecoming, and this year was no exception by an measure I thought it would be good then to talk a little bit about beat related injuries. There are three heat related injuries we will discuss this issue - heat cramps, heat exhaustion ?"it heat stroke Heat cramps are characterized by painful spasms of the Muscles following exercise, especially when excessive sweating occurs during hot. humid weather The cramps, which usually involve the arms and legs, are brought on by the loss of salt and water during sweating Rest and replacement of salt and water to the patient generally alleviates the problem A more serious condition is called heat exhaustion It represents a failure ofthe heart and blood vessels to responds properly to high temperatures and is particularly common in elderly individuals. The initial symptoms are weakness, dizziness, headache, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and faintness Collapse of the patient may follow these symptoms. Treatment consists of removal of the patient to a cool ?? *d P^aor**? ? ? ?y"g usually takes place. Qaty rare I y do these patients require IV fluuk to relieve hed exhaustion The woeae bed illness is the heat moke (or " sun stroke"). This illness it aiott common in elderly , individuals w*b pre-existing chronic .> Jiscait-s such as coo restive heart frilurc. diabetes or hardening of the "* * arteries Mod bed stroke patients * loae their ability to sweat and therefore cannot cool themselves. The initial symptoms may include headache, dizziness, faintness. confusion or elevated temperature A rectal temperature greater than : -; [ 106 is common . The skin becomes hot and dry. and. in mod cases, sweating is absent . The patient may become unconscious, and coma or even death may occur if the patient is not treated quickly. Placing a heal stroke patient in a cold ice bath while monitored by a nurse or physician may help save their life. Intensive care treatment afterwards is required until recovery. Quick treatment is the key Well, that's all on heat illnesses Congratulations to Miss Lorna McNeil, our new Miss Lumbee. and io the A1SES group who put on a great Pow Wow at PSU Saturday . And a special thanks to the Lumbee Constitution committee and the many people who turned out to vote and make this a success. Continue to 4. support the Lumbee Bill in Washington I# IffVUIMBEE U GUARANTY ??mnk Now Offering Special CD Rates!!! Certificate Of Dapostt Tana Interest Rate Annate Percentage YMd(APY) 9 month 4.80% 4.58% 15 month 5.00% 5.08% 24 month 8.35% fc4>% APY's are accurate as of June 28,1994. Minimum balance to open an account and obtain the APY is $5,000.00. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. ? FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: PEMBROKE LUMBERTON I / 910-521-9707 910-730-3200 V L ST. 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