 So many Mission Indians died from exposure to harsh conditions at the missions and diseases like measles, diphtheria, smallpox, syphilis, etc.that at times raids were undertaken to new villages in the interior to supplement the supply of Indian women at the missions.As reported by Krell, as of December 31, 1832, the mission Franciscan "padres" from 1800 to 1830 had performed a combined total of 87,787 baptisms and 24,529 marriages, and recorded 63,789 deaths.