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Miraculous Plagues: Epidemiology on New England’s Colonial Landscape

Miraculous Plagues: Epidemiology on New England’s Colonial Landscape CRIsto BAL sILVA Florida State University Miraculous Plagues Epidemiology on New England’s Colonial Landscape But they did not understand that the Jes Grew epidemic was unlike physical plagues. Actually Jes Grew was an anti-plague . . . Terrible plagues were due to the wrath of God; but Jes Grew is the delight of the Gods. So Jes Grew is seeking its words. Its text. For what good is a liturgy without a text? —Ishmael Reed During his 15 60 voyage down the coast of present-day New En- gland, Samuel de Champlain made note of the numerous people and cul- tivated e fi lds that he encountered along the way: at the mouth of the Saco River in what is now southern Maine, he described the corn “which [the Al- mouchiquois] raise in gardens,” as well as the “many squashes, and pump- kins, and tobacco, which they likewise cultivate,” and in Boston Harbor, he noted that “all along the shore there is a great deal of land cleared up and planted with Indian corn” (64–65, 72–73). A decade later, John Smith wrote about the same region using idyllic terms in his Description of New England (11 6 6), observing that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Literature University of North Carolina Press

Miraculous Plagues: Epidemiology on New England’s Colonial Landscape

Silva, Cristobal.
Early American Literature , Volume 43 (2) – Jul 26, 2008
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CRIsto BAL sILVA Florida State University Miraculous Plagues Epidemiology on New England’s Colonial Landscape But they did not understand that the Jes Grew epidemic was unlike physical plagues. Actually Jes Grew was an anti-plague . . . Terrible plagues were due to the wrath of God; but Jes Grew is the delight of the Gods. So Jes Grew is seeking its words. Its text. For what good is a liturgy without a text? —Ishmael Reed During his 15 60 voyage down the coast of present-day New En- gland, Samuel de Champlain made note of the numerous people and cul- tivated e fi lds that he encountered along the way: at the mouth of the Saco River in what is now southern Maine, he described the corn “which [the Al- mouchiquois] raise in gardens,” as well as the “many squashes, and pump- kins, and tobacco, which they likewise cultivate,” and in Boston Harbor, he noted that “all along the shore there is a great deal of land cleared up and planted with Indian corn” (64–65, 72–73). A decade later, John Smith wrote about the same region using idyllic terms in his Description of New England (11 6 6), observing that

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Published: Jul 26, 2008

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