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(14,779 posts)General Amherst made that recommendation in the 1760s. It appears Americans OPPOSED the plan, for most knew how Small Pox Spread, and that it spread rapidly between Native American and White populations.
A Young American Officer on The Staff of General Amherst, by the name of George Washington, would later make the US Army the first Army in the world 100% vaccinated against Small Pox. Washington knew Amherst (who was by the Revolution Commander in Chief of the entire British Army, but remain in Britain for the duration of the Revolution) and suspected he would try it against US Forces thus his insistence to vaccinate all soldiers.
I get sick and tired of the Small Pox allegations against Americans, the only evidence of it being done was by British Troops, and that Americans OPPOSED the policy (and the policy died for lack of volunteers to handle the blankets).
As to treaties with the Native Americans, several are still enforced. No new treaties were entered into after 1867, but pre-existing treaties are still the law of the land
Parts of the Laramie Treaty of 1868 is still enforce by terms of a 1980 US Supreme Court Decision:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)
Other treaties are still in forced. Most reservations are set by Treaty,
Paper that these Treaties, even of old, are still valid:
http://thorpe.ou.edu/cohen/3cohen33.pdf