Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-29
LO, THE POOR INDIAN.
Strength of the Various Indian Tribes and Location of Their Agencies.

CuenStn or tho Various Indian Tribes and Location of Their Agencies.
 Over GRe-fourth of the Indians now liy-
 ing are included in what are known as the
 five civilized tribes," which live in the h. dian Territory, and whose names and num-
 bers are, according to the Chicago Inter
 Ocean, as follows: Cherokees. g, 900; Choc-
 taws, 1S,000; Chickasaws, 6,OOO; Creeks,
 4000; Seminoles, 5000. The other tribes
 are all small and distributed under the vari-
 ous agents on reservations in twenty-three
 States and Territories. In Arizona there
 are three agencies-the Colorado River Agency, under which are the following h.
 dl>tns: MOhaves, 769; Chimehuevis, 2O2;
 4umas, 500; the Pima Agency, which has
 Plmas, 4,1OO; MaricOpas, BIO, and Papagos,
 2,l62; the San Carlos Agency, with 1887
 White Mountain Apaches, and of Apaches
 ot six other tribes, 3,290. There are also in
 ArHona of Indians not under an agent,
 1,S42, of the Mohave and other tribes. In
 California the tribes are distributed as fol-
 lows: Foopa Valley Agency, Hoopas, 460;
 ki2maths, 2l3; MissiUe Agency, Serranos, +J9; DlegucnOs, SIP; COahulla, 597, and San Luis Key Indians, 1,l53; Round Valley
 Agency, 351 Indians belonging to the Ukie
 and other Klamath tribes; Tule River
 Agency, of the Kings River and other
 bands, 619; also of Indians scattered
 eAAAONo1ouO AuS oGdIc duU nOU unOor an
 agent total of about 6,355. In Colorado
 thero are at the Southern Ute Agency,
 ot the Moache and other Utes, 995, and
 Jacarilla Apaches, 7S5. Dakota has at the Cheyenne River Agency, of Black feet and other Sioux, 2,7S3; mixed
 bloods, 153; Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, Sioux, 2,252; Devils Lake Agency, Sioux, 92S; Chippewas, LIPS; Fort Berthold Agency, Arickarees, 5O1: Gros
 
 Agency, Ogalalla Sioux, 4,197; Cheyennes, 323; mixed bloods, 462; Rosebud Agency, Brule and other Sioux, 7,46O; Sisseton Agency, Sioux, 1,579; Standing Rock Agency, Uncapapa and other Sioux, with a few of mixed blood, 4,545; Yankton Agency, Yankton Sioux, TIT. Idaho has at the Fort Hall Agency, Bannacks, 49O; Sho- shones, 1,040; at Lemhi Agency, about 554 of both those tribes; at Neg Perce Agency. Nez Perccs, 1,192, and of Indians not in- cluded in the agencies, the Pend d'Oreilles and hootenals tribes. numbering about GOO Aside from the civilized tribes, there are in Indian Territory, at the Cheyenne and Ara paho Acknowledgements, 2,O5S; Araps- hoes, 1,072. Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita Agency-kiowas, 1,179; Comanches, 1,646; Apaches, 332; Caddos, 525; Wichitas, 192: ToWaconies, 157, and belonging to the Della ware, Keechie and Waco tribes, total of 1SS souls There are also at the Osage Agency, in the same Territory-Osages, l. 5O1; haws, 193; Quapaws, 74. Pawnee and Otoe Agency-Pawnees, 91S; Poncas, 523; Otoes and Missouris, 355; Tonkawa and Lipan Indians, S5 Quapaw Agency-Shaw- nees, S3; Miamis, GA; Modocs, 91; Ottawas, III; Peorias, 154; Quapaws, 104; Senecas,
 47; Wyandottes, 267. The Sac and Fox Agency ID Iowa is occupied by 3SO descend ants of these once famous allied tribes. The agency of the same name in Indian Terri tory has 52S Sac and Fox Indians; also, ShaWnees, 722; Pottawatomies, AIS; Kicka- poos, 325; Iowas, S9. and of other tribes, 15O. The Pottawatomies and Great Nemaha Agency, in Kansas, has Kickapoos, 233: loWas, 145; Pottawatomies, A, with about 156 Chippewas and others. Michigan has, at Mackinac Agency, of the various Chip pewa tribes, including some Ottawas, 7,216, and PottaWatomies, 76; and Minnesota, at the White Earth Agency, of Chip pewas, 4,533, and Pillager Indians, 1854. In Montana there are at the Blackfeet Agency, including Black feet, Blood and Piegan Indians, 1,- @7; at Crow Agency, Crows, 2,456; at Flathead Agency, Pond d'Orieles, SO6; kootenais, 4S2, and Flatheads, FPS; Fort Bellnap Agency, Gros Veutres, 9O4; Assin- ibolnes, SIS; Fort Peck Agency, Yankton Sioux, 945; Assiniboires, S37; Tongue River Agency, Cheyenaes, ol9. Nebraska has at the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Oma- has, 116O; Winnebagos, 1910; at Santee and Flandreau Agency, Poncas, POS; Santee Sioux, 1,094. In Nevada, at the Nevada Agency, there are Pah-Utes, S94; Pi-Utes, 15O, and at the Western Shoshone Agency, Shoshones, 296; Pi-Utes, 115; while of h. dians wandering from the reserves in the State there total of about $500. In New Mexico the Mescalaro Agency enum- crates Mescalaros, 437; the Navaioe Agen- cy, Navaloes, +, ,S3S; Moquis Pueblos, 22O6, and the Pueblo Agency Pueblos, S,337 In New York there are still some remnants of the old historic tribes, scattered on several small reservations in different parts of the State, total of 1906 Indians, divided thus: Senecas, 2,702; Onondagas, 326; Cayugas. l76; Oneidas, 364; Tuscaroras, 454, and St. Regis Indians, 944. In North Carolina and Tennessee and adjoining States there are still some 5000 Cherokees scattered about In Oregon there are at Grand Ronde Agency of the Umpquas and other tribes, 399: at Klamath Agency, of Klamath, Modoc and Snake Indians, 925; Siletz Agency, rem nants of a large number of tribes, amount ing to eos in all; at Umatilla Agency, of Walla Wallas aSd others, 9S4; Warm Springs Agency, of different tribes, S57, and roaming on Columbia river, some 800 h. dlans Of different tribes, for whom no agency has been provided There are no Indian agencies in Texas, but there are a few Alabamas, Cushattas and Muskokees scattered through the State, making total of about 300. In Utah the Uintah and Ouray Agency provides for 2,041 Utes of different bands, but there are some 400 or more in roaming bands through the Ter rltory, not under agency Jurisdiction. In Washington Territory the Colvill Agency has the oversight of BOSS Indians of the Kalispels, Spokane, Neg Perce and other tribes; the Neah Bay Agency has 7es Makahs and Quinehutes; the Quinaielt Agency has tribe remnants belonging to the great Selfish family mainly; 645 the Nisqually and S'Kokomish Agency, 1,69a; the Tulalip Agency, 1,27S; the Yakama Agency, 1,741, besides some 2,OOO Yakamas not kept on any reserve. Wisconsin has under the Green Bay Agency Oneidas, 1, 732; Menominees, 1,31O, and Stockbridge Indians, 14; under La Pointe Agency, Chippewas, 4,042; Pottawatomies, 100, be- sides some 930 Winnebagos and 2SO Potta- outside of agency control. There are in Wyoming at the Shoshone Agency, Arrapahoes, 9SS; Shoshones, S76. And, finally, there gre in Indiana and Florida some MiamieSAan Seminoles, with total