The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-29
THE sAYAGFs-
Statistics OF Hostile and Friendly In
diRns-OmcIRI Figures.

| Va L440 GLlOuub OF our population.
l send you reliable data upon the sub
Ject, gathered from official sources. OF
course no Indian census can be perfectly
reliable. The strength of tribes is
generally computed by the number of
their lodges or wigwams, and six souls
are allowed to every lodge. The num-
Der of warriors. or fighting men, to a
tribe Is usually counted at one to every
lodge, though in some bands the pro
portion Is greater, rising, IN exceptional
! instances, to an average of two and a
half warriors to a lodge. The general
rule is to count one warrior for every
| Six Indians-meu, women and children
Where the census is taken at some
agencies, by families or individuals, the
number present is cOuntei, and the alb
sentees are accounted for by the head
OF each family Bringing to the agent a
bundle of twigs, each twig representing
an absentee. Where annuities in money
or presents are given it is the interest of
the head of each family to make it
large to increase his proportion of re-
ceipts, and thus the census by twigs is
not reliable one. East of the Rocky
mountains there is an Indian population
of 188, ,415. OF these 1887 are in
Nebraska and Dakota territory, as fol-
lows:
Winnebagoes, 1872; Omahas, !, 1,OO2 !;
Otoes and Missourias, All; Pawnees,
| 1881 Santee Sioux, 1894; Sacs and
Foxes of Missouri, 80; Iowas, 246 :;
Brule and Ogallala Sioux, 1885 Chey-
ennes, 800; Arapahoes, $50. OF these
the Brule and ORallala Sioux, and the
! Cheyennes and Arapahoes are hostile.
| They inhabit the country north of Ne
! braska, and from the Missouri river
on the east to the Powder river on the
west.
In addition to these there are in Da-
kota %, ,034, as follows: Lower Brule
Sioux, 900 Lower YanktoEnais Sioux,
! $3.50 Two Kettle Sioux, 750; Black
feet Sioux, 1000; Minneconioux Sioux,
5000; Sans Arc Sioux, 720; Upper
Yanl1tonnais Sioux, 2, 400 Ponca Sioux,
977; +; Oncpapa Sioux, 5000; Ogallala
| Sioux, 5000; YanktOn Sioux, $500 ;
| Wappeton and Sisseton Sioux, 1, 637 I;
Arickarees, 1,500; Gros Ventres, 400;
Mandans, 400; Assinnaboines, 2,64O.
OF these the Brules, Blackfeet, Sans
Arc, Oncpapas, Arickarees, Gros Ven
tres, Mandans and Assinnaboines are
hostile.
In Kansas, eastern Colorado and
western Indian territory are the POttO-
watomies, Sacs and Foxes of Missouri,
Shawnees, Delawares, Senecas, K tnsas
or Kaws, Kickapoos, Ottawas, Kiowas
and Comanches, Chippewas and Mum
sees, and Quapaws, making a total of
II, 7,442. Of these the Kiowas and Co
manckes, Arapahoes and Apaches are
hostile.
In the Indian territory are the Greeks,
Cherokees, Choctaws, Chiekasaws, Sem
inoles, Wichitas, Delawares and few
other tribes, all friendly, amounting to
AZ, ,8O4.
In New Mexico are the Navaioes,
some small bands of Utes, Apaches,
and Apaches and AIiembres, and the
Pueblas, amounting to 20,059.
In Colorado there are 5000 Utes.
In Montana there are the Flatheeds,
Pend d'OreilleB and Kootenays, Black
feet, Piegans, Blood, GrOs Ventres and
Crows, amounting to IS, $50. OF these
the Crows are friendly.
In Utah and Wyoming are the ShO-
shones or Snakes, the Utahs, few Utes
and mixed Shoshones and Bannocks, in
all %, ,250. These Indians are generally
friendly.
In addition to these there are in Min
nesota the Chippewss, in detached
bands, numbering 5,S79; IN Iowa
wandering band of Sacs md Foxes,
Numbering 264 in Wisconsin wander
ing bands of Winnebagoes, 200, and
the PottowatoInies, numbering $50.
The Pawnees, Utes, ShOshOnes or
Snakes, Arickarees and Crows are the.
enemies of the Sioux. The Northern
Chevennes and Arapahoes are the allies
of the Sioux, by association and inter
marriage with them. Four or five years
ago apparent differences arose between
the Sioux and the Cheyennes and Ara
pahoes, and the latter made Overtures
to the Shoshones to join them against
the Sioux. Washakie, the chief of the
Shoshones, placing no reliance in the
good faith of the CheyeDnes and Ara
pahoes, declined to entertain the propo-
sition made by them, and the alliance
was rot effected.
In 1882 a severe battle took place on
the Chug river, few miles south of the
present site of Fort Laramie, between
the Sioux and Cheyennes and Arapa-
hoes, for possession of the territory.
treaty of peace was then made, when 1t
was agreed that the territory north of
the Platte river should belong to the
Sioux. and that south of it to the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes. In 1871 a feud
arose in the Sioux camp, and consld-
| erable number of the tribe left, went
south and ranged with the Cheyennes
in the Republican river country. The
I seceders were given the name of the
s' Cutoff bands" and now number for
| ty lodges. In 1874 a social feud arose
| in the camp of the Cheyennes and Ara
pahoes and lao lodges of the Cheyennes
and sixty lodges of Arapahoes went
north and joined the Sioux. They con
stitute what is now known as the North
ern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. The
chief man among the Sioux IS He'd
/ = hn~aIaAovawy ui1Taf
| but a successful soldier, who, followed
at first by a few adventurous spirits,
has now, by success at arms, a retinue of
| 100 lodges of Ogallalas and 13O OF
Brules. Spotted Tail is Brule, with a
| following OF 200 lodges. Iron Shell
/ and Man-Afraid- of His Horses are minor
| chiefs, respectively of the Brules and
| Ogallalas. The principal chief of the
Arapahoes and Cheyennes Is Medicine
Man.
The Sioux, Arapahoes and Cheyennes
! hunt in the Powder river country, and
winter in the Black hills; a portion OF
| the Brules and Cut-Of bands hunt on
| the Republican river. The Republican
valley will, however, soon cease to be
! buntina-pround. It is already occupied
bv great numbers of white men, who
make a business of killing the buffalo,
not for robes, but for the leather to be
! obtained from tanning the hides. The
buffalo leather is superior to the leather
made from the hides of domestic cattle
/ for all betting for machinery.
! West of the Rocky mountains there rs
an Indian population Of 143, 1O5. Of
these there are in Oregon, cut up into
small bands, 7,O4O. all friendly. In
Idaho there are 6,O44, III friendly. OF
these the largest tribe is the Nez Perces'
/ numbering 5000 souls. In Washington
territory there are 10, 494 Indians, most;
Iv in small bands, peaceable or we'll
disposed. In Nevada there are n1mer-
ous small tribes, numbering In all T.
roo and ali friendly and peaceable, ex-
cent the Goshrites, indefinite bands to
the number of 500 Indians, reported
wild and treacherOus.
In California there are D. .SO7 Indians
Of various bands, all friendly except tue
Piutes. who number 4, 900, and the Ser,
rsnos. a small tribe Of 10, both OF
whish are hostile. o.
Tn Arizona are the Yumas, Cheme-
buevis- New River Indians, Coeopas,
Pab-IJtes. Moiaves, Hualopals, Pimas'