6,000

[abraxas]

A memorial at the Mission San Gabriel in California dedicated to the approximatley 6,000 Indians interred here in unmarked mass graves who died of cholera and small pox during the epidemics in 1825.

 

[Miaow]

Sad so may died Is that a gum I see in the background? Sorta hard to imagine them other places than Aus (though i know are some in the US etc)

 

[abraxas]

Sad so may died Is that a gum I see in the background? Sorta hard to imagine them other places than Aus (though i know are some in the US etc)

I'm not sure what kind of tree it could be; possibly a eucalyptus? The garden/cemetery has a plaque stating that all of the plants are native in origin. This is about 75 miles from where I live and well out of the desert. Outside of the desert my botanical knowledge is reduced to - tree, bush, sticky thing.