4,200
Creeks 23,668
Cherokees 10,000
Chickasaws 5,429
Choctaws 3,500
Seminoles 2,420
Appalachicolas 340
Total 81,904
Tribes West Of Mississippi River.
Sioux 27,500
Iowas 1,200
Sauks of Missouri 500
Sauks and Foxes 6,400
Assinaboines 8,000
Crees 3,000
Camanches 7,000
Crows 4,500
Arrepahas, Kiawas, &c. 1,400
Caddoes 800
Snake and other tribes within the Rocky Mountains 20,000
Gros-ventres 3,000
Arrekaras 3,000
Cheyennes 2,000
Minatarees 1,500
Mandans 1,500
Black Feet 30,000
Tribes west of Rocky Mountains 80,000
Total 201,300
The above tribes, although within the territory of the United States, are
not within what is commonly called the Indian Territory.
Mr. McCoy states the names and numbers of the indigenous and emigrant
tribes within the Indian Territory, so called, as follow:--
Indigenous Tribes.
Osage 5,510
Kauzau, or Kansas 1,684
Otoe and Missouria 1,600
Omaha 1,400
Pawnee 10,000
Puncah 800
Quapau 450
Total 21,444
Emigrant Tribes.
Choctaw 15,000
Cherokee 4,000
Creek 3,600
Seneca and Shawanoo of Neosho 462
Wea 225
Piankasha 119
Peoria and Kaskaskias 135
Ottawa 81
Shawanoe of Kauzau River 764
Delaware 856
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