Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-02
10. The PooR INDIAN.
strength Of the Various Indian Tribes and
Location of Their Agencies.


Location Of Their Agencies.
Over one-fourth Of the Indians now hv-
ing are included in what are known as the
f" five civilized tribes" which live in the In.
dian Territory, and whose names and mum.
bers are, according to the Chicago Inter
ocean, as follows Cherokees, 5000; Choc-
laws, 1900; Chiclzasaws, 5000; Creeks,
1900; Seminoles, 1900. The other tribes
are all small and distributed under the vari-
bus agents on reservations in twenty-three
States and Territories. In Arizona there
are three agencies-the Colorado River
Apencv. under which are the following In
7ians: Mohaves, 769; Chimehuevis, 2O2;
Yumas, 800; the Pima Agency, which has
Pimas, 4,1OO; Maricopas, 310 and Papagos,
2,162 the San Carlos Agency, with 1857
White Mountain ApacheS, and of Apaches
of six other tribes, 1920. There are also in
Arizona Of Indians not under an agent,
,342, Of the Mohave and other tribes. In
California the tribes are distributed as fol-
lows: Hoopa Valley Agency, Hoopas, 46O;
Klamaths, 213; Mission Agency, Serranos,
BOO; Dieguenos, 872 Coahulla, 597, and San
Luis Rey Indians, 1,153; Round Valley
agency, 551 Indians belonging to the Ulne
hnd other Klamath tribes; Tule River
bands, 679; also of Indians scattered
throughout the State and not under an
agent a total Of about 6,355. In Colorado
there are at the Southern Ute Agency,
of the Moache and other Utes, 995, and
Jacarilla Apaches, 7S5. Dakota has at
the Cheyenne River Agency, of Black
feet and other Sioux, 2,789; mixed
bloods, 1853; Crow Creek and Lower
Brule Agency, Sioux, 2,252; DEVILS Lake
Agency, Sioux, 92S; Chippewas, 1,126; Fort
Berthold Agency, Arickarees, 501 Gros
Ventres, 5O2; Mandans, 2S6; Pine Ridge
Agency, Ogalalla Sioux, 4,197; Cheyennes,
B23; mixed bloods, 462; Rosebud Agency,
Brule and other Sioux, 1890; Sisseton
Agency, Sioux, 1879; Standing Rock
Agency, Uncapapa and other Sioux, with a
few Of mixed blood, 4,545; Yankton Agency
Yankton Sioux, 1,777. Idaho has at the
Fort Hall Agency, Bannacks, 400; Sho-
Bhones, 1,040; at Lemhi Agency, about 554 Of
both those tribes; at Nez Perce Agency,
Nez Perces, 1,192, and of Indians not in
cluded in the agencies, the Pend d'Oreilles
and Kootenais tribes, numbering. about 600.
Aside from the civilized tribes, there are in
Indian Territory, at the Cheyenne and Ara
paho Agency -Cheyennes, 2,059; Arapa-
hoes, 1,072. Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita
Apaches, 1892; Caddos, 525; Wichitas, 1872:
157, and belonging to the Della.
ware, Keechie and Waco tribes, total of
1888 souls. There are also at the Usage
Agency, in the same Territory-Osages, l.
501 Kaws, 1893; Quapaws, "a. Pawnee and
Otoe Agency-Pawnees 91S; Poncas, 529;
Otoes and Missouris, 355; Tonkawa and
Lipan Indians, S5 Quapaw Agency-Shaw-
nees, 89; Miamis, "a; Modocs, 81; Ottawas,
Ill; Peorias, 154; Quapaws, 104; Senecas,
247; Wyandottes, 267. The Sac and Fox
Agency In Iowa is occupied by $50 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,
722; Pottawatomies, AS; Kicka-
poos, 925; Iowas, SO, and Of other tribes, 15O.
The Pottawatomies and Great Nemaha
Agency, in Kansas, has Kickapoos, 233;
lowas, 145; Pottawatomies 474, with about
l56 Chippewas and others. Michigan has,
at Mackinac Agency, of the various Chip
pewa tribes, including some Ottawas, 1916,
md Pottawatomies, 76; and Minnesota, at
Lhe White Earth Agency, Of Chip
pewas, 4,535, and Pillager Indians,
l,554. In Montana there are at
Ieet, Blood and Piegan Indians, l.
1t Flathead Agency, Pend d'Orielles, 8O6;
Kootenais, 482, and Flatheads, 728; Fort |
3elknap Agency, Gros Ventres, 9O4; ASSN
BONES, 816; Fort Peck Agency, Yankton |
Sioux, 945; Assiniboines, s27; Tongue River
Agency, Cheyennes, 819. Nebraska has at |
he Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Oma-
las, 1,160; Winnebagos, 1910; at Santee |
Ind Flandreau Agency, Poncas, 20S; Santee |
Sioux, 1904 In Nevada, at the Nevada |
Agency, there are Pah-Utes, 1914; Pi-Utes, |
80, and at the Western Shoshone Agency |
296; Pi-Utes, 11b; while Of In |
lians wandering from the reserves in
he State there a total of about $500. In |
New Mexico the Mescalaro Agency enum-
rates Mesealaros, 437; the Navajoe Agen-
", Navajoes, 1883; Moquis Pueblos, 2,206, |
md the Pueblo Agency, Pueblos, 8,337. In |
lew York there are still some remnants OF |
he old historic tribes, scattered on several
mall reservations in different parts of the |
State, total of 1896 Indians, divided thus:
2,702; Onondagas, 326; Cayugas,
76; Oneidas, 364; Tuscaroras, 454, and st.
tegis Indians, 944. In North Carolina and
tennessee and adjoining States there are
till some 5000 Cherokees scattered about,
n Oregon there are at Grand Ronde Agency
# the Umpquas and other tribes, 800; at |
Klamath Agency, of Klamath, Modoc and !
snake Indians, 925; Siletz Agency, rem
Iants of large number Of tribes, amount
ng to COS in all; at Umatilla Agency, Of |
Valla Wallas and others, 984; Warm
springs Agency, Of different tribes, S57, and
Gaming on Columbia river, some 800 In
ians Of different tribes, for whom no |
gency has been provided. There are no
indian agencies in Texas, but there are a
ew Alabamas, Cushattas and Muskokees
catered through the State, making a total
I about 800. In Utah the Uintah and |
)uray Agency provides for 2,04l Utes Of |
ifferent bands, but there are some 400 or
lore in roaming bands through the Ter
itory, not under agency jurisdiction. In |
Territory the Colvill Agency |
as the oversight of 3,08S Indians Of the
Spokane, Nez Perce and other
ribes; the Neah Bay Agency has 793
Iallahs and Quillehutes; the Quinaielt
agency has tribe remnants belonging to
he great Selfish family mainly; 645; the
Iisqually and S'Kokomish Agency, 1892; |
he Tulalip Agency, 1878; the Yakama |
agency, 1,741, besides some 1000 Yakamas
.ot kept on any reserve. Wisconsin has |
pdar tho Graan Raw A OancV Onaidas /