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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 12:21, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Chico Velasquez

  • ... that Native American leader Chico Velasquez was killed by smallpox carried on a coat given to him as a reward by an American agent? "Velasquez and his fellow tribesman Tamouche had also particiapted in a manhunt for a suspected murderer. Being paid "each a gray cloth coat"... they had also just contracted small pox ... and every one that received a coat died" from: Blackhawk, Ned (30 June 2009). Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West. Harvard University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-674-02099-3.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:19, 6 July 2021 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.
Overall: @Dumelow: Great work as usual. Not a big issue, but the sentence He afterwards succeeded Blanco as chief of the Jicarilla[11][10] is missing a period. 16:29, 7 July 2021 (UTC)