The Kalapuya population in the valley was between 4,000 and 20,000 before contact with Europeans, but new diseases were introduced shortly afterwards, the tribes suffered from a smallpox epidemic that raged through the Pacific Northwest in 1782--83.
The Kalapuya population in the valley was between 4,000 and 20,000 before contact with Europeans, but new diseases were introduced shortly afterwards, the tribes suffered from a smallpox epidemic--83. This smallpox epidemic raged through the Pacific Northwest in 1782.