Evening journal., 1915-07-20
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KS<ElGsessssHI THOOIlld
rSSssSS, Official Report Says,
.'0' Tendencies Now at Work
Undergo Decided Change
DECREASING VITALITY
OF THIS CLASS NOTED

WASHINGTON. July 2O.--The Indian
population of the United States, exciu-
siye of Alaska and the lnsular posses
sions, in 1910 was 265, ,6s3, an increase
OF l7,430 over the number recorded in
1890. The Indian constituted in 1910
less than three-tenths of I per cent. Of
The entire population.
Study of the figures by Census Di-
rector SAMUEL L. Rogers shows much
lower rate of growth for the Indian
population than for the white; an in
rreasing admixttue Of white blood; de-
cieasing vitality Of full-blood Indians,
Indicating a tendency TO disappear alto
gether; increasing attendance at school
and decreasing illiteracy; increase in the
percentage of self supporting; decrease
h the number Of reservation Indians.
These salient facts are set forth in a
special report by William @. Hunt, chief
btatistician for population Of the Census
Bureau.
"Of the total Indian population" :"
says Mr. Hunt. "74.S25, or % per
cent. were found In one State, Okla
homa; 160,107, or so per cent, in five
States, Oklahoma. Arizona, New Mex
AlOa GVulu Adhllh anu AhlIIUNUihs anu
Rb5. .46S. OF 96 per cent. In twenty-five
States five Of which-W Wisconsin,
North Carolina. Michigan, New York
and Mississippi-lie east OF the
Mississippi. In density Of Indian
population Oklahoma again led, with
los Indians per 100 square miles,
while Arizona and South Dakota. with
twenty-six and twenty-five per 100
square miles, respectively. held sec
Dnd and third places. The proportion
which Indians formed of the total
population was, however. greatest in
Arizona, where II was 14.S per cent.
There are $50 Indian tribes, com
prising ifty-two linguistic stocks
The most important tribes numer-
ically are the Cherokee. with 81 ,4S9
members IN 1910; the Nevato, with
22,45b; the Chippewa. with 20,214; the
Choctaw, with 1917, and the Teton
Sioux, with 1924. These five tribes
we're the only ones represented by
more than 10000 members each:
forty-four tribes had more than 1000
members each.
The ratio Of males to females in
the Indian population was 1885 10
100--a somewhat lower ratio than the
corresponding one for the whites,
1866 to 100
"Of the SO,3ss male Indians fifteen
years of age and over in the United
States in 1910, STA per cent were
married and "a per cent. we're widow
ed or divorced. AS compared with
white and negroes in the United
States. Indian marry somewhat earlier
In life. This tendency toward early
a.I.|.. .a
the. fact that the male reservation In.
Dian is frequently as assured of a live.
lihood at the age OF fifteen as he rs
later in life.
THE practice Of polygamy still ex-
lists, though to comparatively slight
extent, among American Indians Ac-
cording 10 the enumeration Of 1910
there were 494 Indian males living in
polygamy. and in thirty-seven cases
more than two wives we're reported
or these polygamous males. 327 were
Navajos.
"Of the total Indian population of
the United States in 1910. 160.O53 OF
56.5 per cent. were reported as full
bloods, and 93.42S. or 35.2 per cent. as
mixed bloods. OF the mixed bloods
5000. or over "a per cent. repre-.
sented mixture of white and Indian
lINta ine largest prOuurtion Of full
bloods was found in New Mexico
where IL was 80 per cent of the tota
Indian population other States ir
which the proportions were high wer,
Utah, with 95.1 per cent; Arizona
with 94.2 per cent; Colorado, witt
9S.4 per cent, and Mississippi. Will
91.6 per cent The lowest peroentag
OF full-bloods in any State having al
Indian population of at least 1 900 wa
found in North Carolina, 1871
"An interesting and significant fa
brought out by the statistics is thi
children born Of mixed marriages a.
more numerous and more likely to su
vive than are those born of marriag
between full-blood Indians. For 4
classes Of marriages for which data
fecundity and vitality were tabulat'
the proportion resulting in no childr,
was SO per cent; for marriages betwe'
full-hloods. l07 per cent. and for mix
marriages, 81 per cent. FirthermoI
the figures show that the greater Il
proportion of white blood in any class
mixed marriages the smaller the pc
,entage of sterility.
with reference TO vitality OF of
spring the statistics show that for a
classes of marriages the proportio