Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-04-13
10, THE POOR INDIAN.
Strength OF the Various Indian Tribes NJ
Ioo.a;1... IF TIair AnancIea.

!" five civilized tribes" which live in the In
dian Territory, and whose names and num-
bers are, according to the Chicago Inter
Ocean, as follows: Cherokees, $4,000; Choc-
taws, $4,000; Chickasaws, 5000; Greeks,
14,000; Seminoles, 5000. The other tribes
are all small and distributed under the vari-
Gus agents on reservations in twenty-three
States and Territories. In Arizona there
are three agencies-the Colorado River
Agency, under which are the following In
dams Mohaves, 100; Chimehuevis, 202;
Yumas, 800; the Pima Agency, which has
Pimas, 400; Maricopas, 80, and Papagos,
2,162; the San Carlos Agency, with 1857
White Mountain Apaches, and of Apaches
of six other tribes, $500 There are also in
Arizona of Indians not under an agent,
| 1912, Of the Mohave and other tribes. In
| California the tribes are distributed as fol-
| lows: Hoopa Valley Agency, Hoopas, $50;
Klamaths, 2l3; Mission Agency, Serranos,
400; Dicguenos, 672; Coahula 591, and San
Luis Rey Indians, 1,153; Round Valley
| Agency, 551 Indians belonging to the Ukic
and other Klamath tribes; Tule River
| Agency, of the Kings River and other
bands, 679; also Of Indians scattered
throughout the State and not under an
| agent total of about G,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, 2,7S3; mixed
bloods, 1885, Crow Creek and Lower
Brule Agency, Sioux, 1852; Devils Lake
| Agency, Sioux, 92S; Chippewas, 1,126; Fort
| Berthold Agency, Arickarees, sol; eros
Ventrcs, 502; Mandans, 2S6; Pine Ridge
| Agency, Ogalalla Sioux, 4,197; Cheyennes,
1923; mixed bloods, 4G2; Rosebud Agency,
Brule and other Sioux, 1850; Sisseton
Agency, Sioux, 1879; Standing Rock
! Agency, Uncapapa and other Sioux, with a
| few of mixed blood, 4,545; Yanl1ton Agency,
Yankton Sioux, LIN. Idaho has at the
Fort Hall Agency, Bannacks, 400; Sho-
shones, 1,040; at Lemhi Agency, about 554 Of
both those tribes; at Ncz Perez Agency,
| Nez Perces, 1,192, and of Indians not in
Guided 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,O5S; Arapa-
hoes, 1,072 Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita
| Agency-Kiowas, Ito; Comanches, 1915;
| Apaches, 1872; Caddos, 525; Wichitas, 1872;
Towaconies, 157, and belonging to the Della
ware, Keechie and Waco tribes, a total of
1873 souls There arc also at the Usage
Agency, in the same Territory-Osages, L.
sol; Kaws, 1888; Quapaws, "a. Pawncc and
| Otoc Agency-Pawnees 91S; Poncas, 523 {;
! Otoes and MIssouris, 355; Tonkawa and
Lipan Indians, IS. Quapaw Agency-Shaw-
nees, So; Miamis, ca; Modocs, Oh; Ottswas,
| Ill; Peorias, 154; Quapaws, 104; Scnccas,
247; Wyandottcs, 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 528 Sac ana Fox Indians; also,
Shawnees, T22; Pottawatomics, 418; Kiclia-
DOCS, 3225; IoIvas, So and of other tribes, 80.
| The Pottawatorlics and Great Ncmaha
Agency, IN Kansas, has Kickapoos, 233;
| Iowas 145; PottawatOmies, IA, with about
1856 Chippewas and others. Michigan has,
at Mackinac Agency, of the various Chip
pcwa tribes, including some OttaWas, 1926,
and Pottawatomics, 76; and Minnesota, at
the White Earth Agency, of Chip
pcwas, 1853, and Pillager Indians,
| 1854 In Montana there are at
the Blackfeet. Agency, including Black
feet, Blood and Picgan Indians, l.
927; at Crow Agency, Crows, 1856;
at Flathead Agency, Pend d'Orielles, sos;
Kootenais, 4S2, and Flatheads, 726; Fort
| Belknap Agency, eros Ventres, 904; ASSN
iboincs, SIG; Fort Peck Agency, Yanl1ton
Sioux, 945; Assinibomcs, S27; Tongue River
| Agency, Cheaennes, $40. Nebraska has at
the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Oma-
| has, LOO; Winncbagos, 1910; at Santec
and Flandreau Agency, Poncas, POS; Santee
| Sioux, 1904 In Nevada, at the Nevada
| Agency, there are Pah-Utes, 1914; Pi-Utcs,
| $50, and at the Western Shoshone Agency,
| Shoshoncs, 200; PiUtes, 1l5; while Of In
| dams wandering from the reserves i'll
| the State there a total of about 800. In
| New Mexico the McScalaro Agency enum-
crates Mesealaros, 49,; the Navajoe Agcn-
! CIV, Navaloes, 1888; Moquis Pueblos, 2,206,
and the Pueblo Agency, Pucblos, $685. In
| New York there arc still some remnants Of
| the old historic tribes, scattered on several
small reservations in different parts OF the
State, total of 1865 Indians, divided thus ::
| Senccas, 2,102; Onondaga5, 326; Cayugas,
| 176; Oncidas, 364; Tuscaroras, 454, and St
Regis Indians, Oh. In North Carolina and
| Tennessee and adjoining States there arc
| still some 5000 Chcrokces scattered about
In Oregon there arc at Grand Rondc Agency
of the Umpquas and other tribes, 339; at
Klamath Agency, Of Klamath, Modoc and
| Snake Indians, 925; Siletz Agency, rem
nauts of q largo number of tribes, amount
| ing to COS in all; at Umatilla Agency, Of
| Walla Wallas and others, 9S4; Warm
| Springs Agency, of differenttribcs, S57, and
roaming on Columbia river some 500 In
| dams of different tribes, for whom no
agency has been provided. There are no
| Indian agencies in Texas, but there are
| few Alabamas, Cushattas and Muskokees
scattered through the State, making total
! of about 300 In Utah the Umtah and
| Ouray Agency provides for 2,0il Utes OF
! different bands, but there arc some 4OO or
more in roaming bands through the Ter
! ritory, not under agency jurisdiction. In
/ Washington Territory the Colvill Agency
| has the oversight of 3,OSS Indians OF the
Kalispels, Spokane, Nez Perez and other
tribes; the Neah Bay Agency has 1893
Makahs and Quillehutes; the Quinaielt
| Agency has tribe remnants belonging TO
| the great Selfish family mainly 645; the
! Nisqually and S'Kokomish Agency, 1882 !;
the Tulalip Agency, 1878; the Yakama
| Agency, LA, besides some 1900 Yakamas
not kept on any reserve. Wisconsin has
under the Green Bay Agency Oneidas,
! 1872; Menominees, 1910, and Stockbridge
Indians, 1874; under La Pointe Agency,
| Chippcwas, 4,042; Pottawatomies, 100, be-
sides some $50 Winnebagos and 2o0 Potta
watomies outside of agency control. There
are in Wyoming at the Shoshone Agency,
Arrapahoes, 9SS; Shoshones, o16. And,
finally, there are in Indiana and Florida
some Miamics and Seminoles, with total
number estimated at So, and IN Malnc
about 40 Old Town Indians. The above
| summary is condensed from the tables OF
population given il tn report OF the Com
missioner on Indian alters Tor 1885,