"Owing to suspected cases of Spanish Influenza on the reservation every one is cautioned to take every care that they do not expose themselves or their neighbors. And to observe the following rules: Do not collect in a crowd any place. Women and children remain at home. Stay in the open air and sunshine. Keep the home aired out. Have plenty of fresh air when you sleep In case of storm keep dry and do not expose yourselves. Do not mingle with others more than is necessary. Do not go near where any one is sick or where a white flag is flying. Do not go to the store unless it is necessary. If you have to go to the store or office your wants will be attended to on the porches. If you get sick go to bed, in a tent is best, and notify the doctor at once. Lie down flat on your back and stay there. Only one person in the family should go near the sick person. Every one help the Superintendent and Doctor all they can by following these instructions and they will do all they can for you."
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H D Lawshe, “Notice to occupants of Western Shoshone Agency Nevada, of rules for duration of the flu”, Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Spanish flu
, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or the 1918 influenza pandemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was March 1918 in Kansas, United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April. Two years later, nearly a third of the global population, or an estimated 500 million people, had been infected in four successive waves. Estimates of deaths range from 17 million t
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