New Mexico, we're #1!New Mexico, we're #1!One in Chicago?......................
"The epidemic of cocoliztli from1545 to 1548 killed an estimated 5 million to 15 million people, or up to 80% of the native population of Mexico (Figure 1). In absolute and relative terms the 1545 epidemic was one of the worst demographic catastrophes in human history, approaching even the Black Death of bubonic plague, which killed approximately 25 million in western Europe from 1347 to 1351 or about 50% of the regional population."
"The cocoliztli epidemic from 1576 to 1578 cocoliztli epidemic killed an additional 2 to 2.5 million people, or about 50% of the remaining native population."
Nice map.
The dot in Montana is the Brother of a friend of mine from college.
He was guiding some hunters on an antelope hunt.
One of the hunters shot a doe, he offered to field dress it.
A flea bit him (not that he knew at the time)...days later he had some odd pains...the Doctor made a FANTASTIC diagnosis and saved him from some misery. Fantastic call by the Doctor at the time.
Map at post 9 and historical info at post 17
The southwest sure has more than its fair share.