The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-31

their condition, ana LED 70 oo0o BENEFICIAL Ngiala-
Such vas tAs stals Of information on this head,
when early IN 1647 Congress directed the present
investigators % b made. IL was believed that
iuilar Information from the other tribes In toe
Hose Of ne tribes Of the nississippi were mers
hunters; some Of them in the widest state Of bar
harlan, roaming after deer, wsrshpping demons, at
war With each other and with the principles Of the
How many had deviated from this type Of bar.
baiism, and how far they had gone to yards ths
ndustral state, could only be conjecture OF their
statistics nothing was absolutely known beyond
The system Of oaying annuities to tribes, either
TO chiefs - distributing msgistrates or to tue mass
OF beads OF families, per capita, d proved almost
equally uptatisiac.ory-tne one oy csoricsous
and unequal distribution, and the other BY reeu.
lsrly squaodesing the fluid without bsneft to
individuals or tribes. No data exhibited the striking
difference which existed between the hunter and the
semicivized tribes. As Q general fact, IT seemsd
that ttose tibes who received the arg 9; annuitles
dwiudled away most rapidly. and made the most
equivocal strides TO advance in their industry or
social condition. To den0ss the necessity Of 10 rs
TO protect chassels and property Is seemed requisite
70 shoy that the Indians had chsttels and property
toProtecs.
fence and cultivated fields, and forest the raising
of domestic cattle and the pursuit Of Wild game,
tho condition Of society must be indeed different.
Statistical forms were therefore immediately pre-
pared and distributed to the agents throughout the
Union. The first object Was to obtain details from
the c0l0njzed tribes at the West, who were known
to have made the greatest advances in the line Of
civilization namely, the Appalachian grSups OF the
Muscogoes, ChickAsaws and ChoctaEs, and the
various local bands s,eaking the language Of the
Achalague or Cherokee.
Difficulties have been encountered in this which
we're not anticipated. Whether the tribes mis- Ap-
pretended the object or fels reluctance TO exhibit
their mesDs, basng itself ON other reasons Is un-
"a AHA
Of their vital and Industrial statistics still exist
cept with respect 10 the Chickass %. BY tables
transmitted from the agent 10 1850. they sfe
shown TO bave tribal aggregate Of 4260. OF
toese, l,O29 A.e males under the age OF Is
1859 are females under the age Of l6 $50 male,
betwe@n Is and 60; 1882 females bet geea T6
., 60; eighty persons are found between the age
o. Is aId 100 There 9, are ssi persons o. mixed
over 1000 was u. The number Of deaf aad dumb
4 lur atics G. There were II orphans, three blind
persons, and over e age OF 100. The quantity OF
grain raised was 265 1851 bushels OF cora, 25S
busteia of shest 63 OH Of potatoes and IA 4O2 Of
OATS Taere were 200 pounds of cotton picked. They
possessed $3.50 horses; 14768 neat cattle; JAS
sheep, sSd "a, l42 hogs. There were 1913 pleasure
wagons; 1924 slaves, Of African descent. (Vcl 4,
pay rolls in 1853 denotes population of u.s. being
an increase Of 455. (vol. 4, p. 5s2) Agreesbly
to the reports Of teachers the Lumber Of horses
was 5000; neat cattle, $500; hogs, 100 600. They
coo acres Of lsnd-600o0 # this was planted 10
corn. Trey possessed 1000 agricultural im2le-
ments. (VOl.4 4, p. $500
:. In 1905 the G lickasaws coded to the Uaitel
States 345 900 acres Of land, for which they re-
ceved $22 900. In 1888 they oeded 6,422 400 ares,
for which they received ,646 900. (vol ~. 609)
This tribe receives permanent annuity of $4,000.
1t possesses investment in State stocks, guaran
pledged to the support Of orphans, aud $4,000 for
il Incompetent persona. (Vol. 2, D. 56l) At an early
day they adopted the policy OF investing the pro-
ceeds Of their lands In publ, stocks, through the
believed to be- at this day in their hscal means aLj
policy very tar in advance Of any ytbe in America.
The Cnocsaws, at the last returns, numoer II, 1877.
(Vol. 4, p. 1922 They have regular government,
Education claims high place liz TIE 0ssian- Thsy
are indus ri0us, temperate, and animated by sound
principles of progress. They are raasers OF the
cereal grains, corn and cotton, horses and cattle.
ings, and conduct their commercial and political
affairs with efficiency and foresight. Of their m7ral
ard intellectual conc ition, instructive data pub
shed in vol. 4, p. $50, &c. Toey possess a supes.
al once terse, soroious, and ex fessise. Il sacl
people should not rapidly advaMS, Is would reverse
all the teachings of history:
any Of The rar sieired tiSes, Delus san loo tsa 10
the districts known 10 tns = n Georgia as Upper
ana an Lower eeks. YA,r safe. IA 1888, vas
males and 7l42 females Tlz(Ae cSmiles possess AS
slaves Of African descent. (vJ. s, p. 5s1> Ia the
Upper Greek towns the aggregate Is S,522 existing
n f. TS.ss saaI 5s pss' and so
The latest returns OF the Ccerokees which are
derived from the pay rolls OF 1889, give an aggre-
gate OF IL 1851, without denotS sNs ages AUD sexes
Vol H. p. 5S2) The number Of scoolars in school at
the present date, derived from the report Of the
teachers TO their several so lesies, is LOO the
number OF orphans in schools: ia. The Methodist
church reports ,294 Cheroke e1iistiars, aud l56
colored members. The sums ex pended for this tribe
during the revolutionary war and the confedsrscy,
derived from the treasury books, were $3.50 los Al.
From 1889 to 1919 ths sum 1919 81 SO, and it
has IN rsased piopossiona6Iy since. The waco
(vol. 4, p. 602) Their permanent investments are
$766, 490. (vOl. 4, p. 56l.)
Agreeably to TO the foregoing details of numbers,
some Of which, however, are decade back, the
gross agg egato of the four semcvilzed tribes Is
fraction under GO 600.
There are no reliable details to compute thu ratio
Of ;nc ease that should be added to this agy.egae
for the present population. 1t vas an o. Of CON.
siderable interest wien these Investigations we're
commenced, to ascertain the number OF I1disns
brought into the Union by the annexation of Tex
and the acquisition Of New Mexico aud California
Texas, within the boundaries finally assigned {, it,
contains no monumental indiaia of the fixed rest
appears to have been vast neutral hun;ing ground
between the tribes south of the lover part Of the
Rio Grande and those Of the Mississippi valley.
There is not known to be the remains of teocalli
or tumulus along the entire seabord coas. reaching
inlands to the m0untains, comprising the fast
nesses Of the Nina or Camanches.
Alcedo, who bestows Unlimited encomiums on the
fertility OF the country and the abundance of its na-
tural resources, describes it as Inhabited By u1
mite nations of Indians" Mr.. Burnett, the first
President Of the republic of Texas, represents
the Camsncbes ~ nomadic, being in state o, com.
plsse bar barism, and without even any Traditions
Of any kind, which run back over TIRES genera.
tons. He estimates their number, 10 ls47, to
range nom ten to twelve thoussod, having from
600 to $500 warriors. (vol. l. p. 33l and 1921
Mr.. Charles Bent, the frst prosi cha Governor OF
tie county after Ats acquisition by the Uni ed Stas
states the whole NUMBER II tribes at ten with Al
segIeeate population Of 3G,95O. (yol. l, D. 245.)
Tlete were red, csd by Mr.. Ne'ghbors, /, isi9. by
further scrutiny, TO 20 5l5. tvol l, p. $50
On the aboriginal population OF Ne~ Mexico
considerable discrepancies have appea ed. The
Pueblo Indisns o; that territory Constitute a dis