Lewis and Clark! These boys never did anything wrong!

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https://anthropology.indiana.edu/research/publications/the-myth-of-syphilis-the-natural-history-of-treponematosis-in-north-america.html

https://www.science.org/content/article/medieval-dna-suggests-columbus-didn-t-trigger-syphilis-epidemic-europe

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/history-syphilis-part-1#the-roots-of-syphilis

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20612203

https://franceshunter.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/love-in-the-afternoon-syphilis-and-the-lewis-clark-expedition

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https://daily.jstor.org/the-mysterious-death-of-meriwether-lewis/

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