How many people did Anza bring?
The answer to this question is complicated, first, because Father Font is on record in his diary saying that 240 people left Tubac, so 240 is the number that has been used for years, and second because we do not know exactly how many people may have stayed in California. However, after Herbert Bolton published the translation of Font’s journal in the 1930s and used the number 240 in his own writing, Donald T. Garate found an untranslated report from Anza dated October 20, 1775 from Tubac which lists the name and age of everyone on the expedition. The list totals 195. Included at the end of the list is a comment that “it is very probable that there is yet a third part made up of mule packers and other servants and like members of the expedition.” On the trek, after this listing was made by Anza, one woman died and three babies were born. So, we say that Anza brought 197 settlers—87 of whom were age 12 or under—but the entire expedition numbered around 300. (i) However, Anza reports on A
