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Spanish missionaries claimed that half the natives had died of pestilence
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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A letter from the missionaries dated January 17, 1617, informs us, however, that in the preceding four years more than half of the Indians had died of pestilence. Yet they claim 8,000 Christianized Indians still living.2 (Swanton)
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