Smallpox Reported  

Decatur, Neb. March 12

Dr. Ross of this city reports a case of smallpox nine miles northwest of here on the reservation.  The name of the patient is Gallup.  

The doctors here were busy vaccinating many residents of Decatur.

source: Custer County Republican, March 15, 1900 edition

Transcribed and contributed by:  Melody Beery