1659 — Measles Epidemic, Native Americans, FL –10,000

–10,000  Alchon. A Pest in the Land: New World Epidemics in a Global Perspective. 2003, 92.[1]

–10,000  US National Library of Medicine. Native Voices. “Timeline. AD 1659: Measles…”

Narrative Information

NIH: “AD 1659: In Florida, 10,000 Timuacans, Apalachee, Pensacola, Tocobaga, Calusa, Tequesta, Jeaga, Jobe, and Ais die from measles. Since 1492, these Native peoples have suffered steady population decline caused by epidemics.” (NIH)

Sources

Alchon, Suzanne Austin. A Pest in the Land: New World Epidemics in a Global Perspective. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 2003. Google digital preview accessed 3-4-2017 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=YiHHnV08ebkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

United States National Library of Medicine. Native Voices. Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness.  “Timeline. AD 1659: Measles decimates Native people of Florida.” Bethesda, MD:   National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Accessed 9-17-2012 at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/215.html

[1] Table 4.2 Epidemics in Florida, 1613-1659.” Cites: Hines.