, 1881-02-18
CENSUS OF THE CIALaM INDIANS.

of the Skokomish Agency, for tie
very complete census statistics re-
garding the Clalam Indians given
below, which we think is the most
complete ever published aud will
prove quite interesting, especially to
our Eastern readers. 1t demon.
strates by a process that is reliable
how the Indians are gradually be-
coming civilized and throwing off
their barharous customs. Rev. NJ.
Eells and his brother, Hon. Edwin
Eells, have spent their lives among
the Indians of this section, their
father before them being a mission
ary in the same cause for neari Y
half century. They have just cause
to feel proud of the tlattering result,
especially in view of the tremendous
task involved in changing the Gus
toms and habits of any people:
The census year was from October
lst, 1879, to september Both, 1880.
416 members of the tribe were en-
rolled. There are also some others
who are Cialam Indians, but who
have become so absorbed in the
white population as to be no longer
in any way connected with the tribe.
| Of those enumerated. l57 are men,
lG7 women, S3 boys and 50 girls
there being 240 males, and 23G le
males.
An estimate as to their ages
showed 56 to be under ) years Of
age, A between and 10; 10 be-
tween 10 aud 20; Ga betwaen'2O and
80; 81 between 30 and 40; II be-
tween 40 add so; GO between so
and 60; - between 60 and 20, and
| | | over 70, none being over rs. so
the tribe are on the English side, but
when in Washington Territory, the
residence of four of them is on the
Skokomish reservation, 10 at Sea-
beck, 80 at Port Gamble, 6 at Port
Ludlow, u at Port Townsend, % at
Port Discovery, Is at Sequim, Sc at
jamestown, 36 at or near D-ngen
ess, 90 at Port Angeles, (ncIuding
81 who at present are living on the
English side). &c at Ellzwa, - at
Pysht, 4G at Clalam bay, 2 at Hnko.
Several of the Elkwa and Clalam
bay Ipdians are also on the English
side.
There are only 2SS full blooded
Clalams, the rest being mixed with
is other tribes, quite number hav.
ing the blood of three or four tribes
in their veins; so are mixed with
the COwichans, 20 with the Makahs,
~ with the Twanas, or Skukomlsh
Indians, % with the Victoria In
dIans, 10 with the Quillehutes, 10
with the Chemakums, 10 with the
Samish tribe, 9 with the Skagits, 10
with the NanaImos, 5 with the Sno
homish, each with the Port Madi-
son, Lumni, Nootka, and Clyoquuu
Indians, and / each with ;he NItti
nat, Soke, Belling1 am Bay aud Puy
allup tribes, while IA are part white.
Their anc estry was traced back onl,
To the grand parents of the Older
ones. There were IL births and s
deaIhs during the year. 27 were
found TO be So sick as TO be unable
to perform the ordinary dutirs OF
life, . of which were from old aye:
3 are malmed or deiorned, ) blind.
all oi whom were quite old ones. 4
with one eye blind; l20 have beet
vacclnatrd, but the condition of o.
IN regard to- This point was not rs
certalned; 36 have been in school
the past yea, AZ can read, and );
write; some Of them, however, onh
little.
They have Is horses, 81 cattle, )
sheep, 81 swine, 5SS domestic fowls,
l32 dogs, lO2 Shot guns, IG comm, n
rifles, ii breech loading rifles, and 3
pistols. 81 are la5orers in the saw
mills, who represent l02 persons, ~
are farmers representing 6S persons.
70 day iaborers, 70 fishermen, e
sraItrs, IA canoe men, & canoe max.
ers' hunters, 3 policemen under
commission from Government, anu
. others under appointment from th.
chiefs; l3 are medicine men ami
'nedicine women. l Carpenter, =
wood choppers. is apprrnriced TO a
iarmer and apprentice in the lack
smlthshop. OF the women 40 re-
port themselves as mat and baske,
makers, and 0 as washerwnmen. 10.
"i them representa- z 123 per. ons,
own land-939 aeres-el,her by. par
cut, warranty deed, quit.claim deed
or homestead. 26 of them. rem.
sentlng lO4 persnns, cultivate 45g
acres. One Of these has been OIL
his place about II years, bu. most OF
them have done very little except
during the past FIVE years.
1t was estimated that 93 of them
obtain 90 per cent. of their food from
civilized industry, and the rest from
hunting, fishing and berries; ISL OBJ
tam TO per cent. from The first nam
ed source, 10 get 70 per cent, u gt,
oo per cent, % get So per cent,
l37 get 80 per, cent. get 95 PEI
cent, all Of heir food, and ) ar.