 This increase in deaths was accompanied by a very low live birth rate among the surviving Indian population.As reported by Krell, as of December 31, 1832, the mission Franciscan "padres" had performed a combined total of 87,787 baptisms and 24,529 marriages, and recorded 63,789 deaths.If Krell's numbers are to be believed (others have very different numbers) the Mission Indian population had declined from a peak of about 87,000 in about 1800 to about 14,000 in 1832 and continued to decline.