The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
TIE SAYAGEs.
Statistics of Hostile and Friendly IN
diRns- Official Figures.
Corresnondance of New Ynrl- EIernla u

1 send you reliable data upon the sub
ject, gathered from official sources. o
course no Indian census can be perfectly
u reliable. The strength OF tribes il
I generally computed by the number ot
& their lodges or wigwams, and six souls
! are allowed to every lodge. The mum
I Der of warriors, or fighting men, TO 8
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 q
half warriors to a lodge. The general
rule is to count one warrior for every
six Indians-men, women and children.
Where the census is taken at some
agencies, by families or individuals, the
number present is coUnte &, 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 q reliable one. East of the Rocky
mountains there is an Indian population
! OF 18S, AIS. OF these IT, ,937 are in
Nebraska and Dakota territory, as fol-
] lows
Winnebagoes, 1912; Omahas, 1 I,OO2 !;
! Otoes and Missourias, AIT Pawnees,
| 2, ,831 Santee Sioux, 1 ,394; Sacs and
Foxes of Missouri, 80; Iowss, 246 !;
| Brule and Ogallala Sioux, 1856; Chey-
! ennes, /, 800 Arapahoes, 750. Of these
! the Brule and Ogallala Sioux, and the
! Cheyennes and Arapahoes are hostile.
| Tney 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 28 034, as follows: Lower Brule
! Sioux, ], 900 Lower YanktoEnais Sioux,
| 2. $50 Two Kettle Sioux, $50; Black
| feet Sioux, 200; Minneconjoux Sioux,
| 5000; Sans Arc Sioux, 720; Upper
Yanktonnais Sioux, 2, 400 Ponca Sioux,
| 977 Oncpapa Sioux, 5000; Ogallala
Sioux, 5000; Yankton Sioux, 2, 500 /;
Wappeton and Sisseton Sioux, l, ,637 !;
Arickarees, J, 500; Gros VeDtres, 400;
Mandans, 400 Assinnaboines, 2,640.
Of these the Brules, Blackfeet, Sans
Arc, Oncpapas, Arickarees, Gros Ven
tFas. 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, ObtsWas, KIowas
and COmanches, Chippewas and Nun
sees, and Quapaws, making total of
II, 442 Of these the KiOwas and Co
manches, Arapahoes and Apaoheg are
hostile.
In the Indian territory are the Creeks,
Cherokees, Chootaws, Chickasaws, Sem
inoles, Wichitas, DelaWares snd a few
other tribes, all friendly, amounting to
AZ, ,8O4
In New Mexico are the Navaioes,
some small bands of Utes, Apaohes,
and Apaches and Miembres, and the
Pueblas, amounting to 20,059.
In Colorado there are 5000 Utes.
In Montana there are the F'Iatheads,
Pend d'Oreilles and Kootenays, Black
feet, Piegans, Blood, Gros Ventres and
Crows, amounting to 19, $780, OF these
the Crows are friendly. r. -l-a
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 Chippewas, in detached
bands, numbering 5,S79 in Iowa a
wandering band of Sacs md Foxes,
ing bands of Winnebagoes, 700, and
the Pottowatomies, numbering $50.
The PaWnees, Utes, ShoshOnes or
Snakes, Arickarees and Crows are the
enemies of the Sioux. The Northern
Cheyennes and ATapahOes 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 Cheyennes and Ara
pahoes, declined TO entertain the propo-
sitiOn made by them, and the alliance
was not effected.
In 1882 a severe battle took place on !
the Chug river, few miles south of the |
present site of Fort Laramie, between I
the Sioux and Cheyennes and Arapa- /
hoes, for possession of the territory. A |
treaty of peace was then made, when it 4
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 feud /
arose in the Sioux camp, and consid- I
erable number of the tribe left, went I
south and ranged with the Cheyennes I
IN the Republican river country. The |
seceders were given the name of the /
&c Cutoff bands" and now number for I
ty lodges. In 1874 a social feud arose !
In the camp of the Cheyennes and Ara /
pahOes and 140 lodges of the Oheyennes |
and sixty lodges of Arapahoes went !
north and joined the Sioux. They con
stitute what is now known as the North I
ern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. The /
chief man among the Sioux is Red |
Cloud. He is nOS q hereditary chief, /
but successful soldier, who, followed /
at first by a few adventurous spirits, /
has now, by success at arms, retiDue of |
100 lodges of Ogallalas and $50 of ]
Brules. Spotted Tail is q BruIe, with /
following of 200 lodges. Iron Shell /
chiefs, respectively of the Brules and /
Ogallalas. The principal chief of the !
Arapahces and Cheyennes is Medicine /
Man.
The Sioux, Arapahoes aud Cheyennes I
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, sosa cease to be a
hunting ground. It is already occupied
by great numbers Of white men, who
make q business of killing the buffalo,
not for robes, but for the leather to be
from tanning the hides. The
buffalo leather IS superioTtto the leather
made from the hides Of domestic cattle
for all betting for machinery.
West of the Rocky mountains there is
an Indian population of 143, ,7O5. OF
these there are in Oregon, cut up into
small bands, 7,040. all friendly. In
idaho there are G, 6,044, IL friendly. OF
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