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Indian Tribes between Missouri and Red Rivers
and the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains,
1822
By a reference to the Table, it will be seen, that within the limits above
specified, there are more than 100,000 Indians. In different and very
advantageous positions, in the midst of this population, are planted already
three Education Families, one at Dwight,1 among the
Cherokees, on Arkansaw river, established by the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, two by the United Foreign Missionary Society, among the
Great and Little Osages, at Harmony and Union. More are in contemplation, one
particularly at the Council Bluffs. These establishments are on the plan of
those planted among the Cherokees and Choctaws. The one contemplated at Council
Bluffs is planned on a larger scale, and is to consist, if carried into effect,
of a little colony of Christians. Its intended size is well suited to the
interior and important station, which it is to occupy, and the large connexion
it will hare by branch establishments, with surrounding tribes. For more
particular information concerning these Education stations, and of the tribes
with which they are connected, and over whom they may obtain ultimate influence,
and the country they inhabit, see Appendix.2 From
the facts which will here be found, it will appear, that the great work of
educating this large portion of Indians, and preparing them to exercise and
enjoy with us the rights and blessings of citizens, has already commenced with
very promising prospects. Perseverance can hardly fail to secure success.
| Between Missouri and Red Rivers and the Mississippi and Rocky
Mountains
101,072 |
| Shawaneese |
1,383 |
Cape Girardeau and Merrimac river, near St. Louis. |
| Delawares |
1,800 |
On Current river, east of the bend of White River. |
| Peorias |
97 |
On Current River. |
| Piankashaws |
207 |
On St. Francis River. |
| Kanzas |
(a) 850 |
On Kanzas River. |
| Great Osage |
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On Osage River. |
| Great Osage of the Arkansas |
(b) 200 |
On Neozho or Grand River. |
| Little Osage |
1,000 |
On Grand or Neozho river, of the Arkansaw. |
| Grand Pawnees |
6,000 |
On the Wolf fork of Platte River. |
| Pawnee Republicans |
1,500 |
4 miles above the Grand Pawnees. |
| Pawnee Loups |
2,750 |
3 miles above the Pawnee Republicans |
| Ottoes, Missouries and Ioways |
1,800 |
On Platte river, 40 miles from its mouth. |
| O'mahas |
3,000 |
On Elkhorn River, 80 miles west-northwest of Council
Bluffs. |
| Pancas |
1,250 |
At the month of Quickoane River. |
| Arrapahays |
10,000 |
Their territory extends from the headwaters of the
Kanzas River north to the Rio del Norte |
| Kaninavisch |
2,000 |
West of the Pawnees, all the headwaters of the
Yellowstone River. |
| Kaninavisch |
5,000 |
On the heads of Yellowstone River. |
| Staitans or Kite Indians |
500 |
Between the heads of Platte river and Rooky
Mountains. |
| Wettaphato or Kiawa Indians |
1,600 |
Rove above the last mentioned. |
| Castahana |
1,500 |
Supposed to be remnants of the Great
Padouea Nation, now under that name, extinct, who occupied the
Country between the upper parts of the Platte and Kanzas Rivers. |
| Cataka |
375 |
| Dotami |
200 |
| Chayennes or Chiens |
3,260 |
On Chayenne River, above Great Bend. |
| Chayennes or Chiens |
200 |
Head of the above river. |
| Kaskayas or Bad Hearts |
3,000 |
In the neighborhood of the above tribes, bordering
on the Rocky Mountains. |
| Ricaras or Arricaras |
3,500 |
On the Missouri, halfway between Great Bend and
Mandan. |
| Mandans |
1,259 |
On the Missouri, near Mandan Fort. |
| Minetaries |
3,250 |
Halfway between Mandan and Yellowstone River, on
Little Missouri. |
| Roving bands |
20,000 |
On the Missouri, near and on the east side of the
Rocky Mountains, including bands of the Blackfoot, Assinniboins,
Crows, etc., within the present boundaries of Missouri territory. |
| Wate-panatoes and Ryawas |
900 |
On the Padoucas fork |
| Padoucas |
1,000 |
On the Padoucas River |
| Pastanownas |
1,500 |
Between the Padoucas fork and the Platte. |
| Ayutans or Camarsches |
8,000 |
Southwest of the Missouri river, near the Rocky
Mountains. |
| Blue Mud and Long Haired Indians |
3,000 |
Between the heads of the Missouri and of the
Columbia. |
| Cherokees |
6,000 |
On the north side of Arkansaw river, 400 miles front
its mouth. |
| Quampaws |
700 |
On the south side of the Arkansaw, opposite the post
and Little Rook. |
Indians of the
United States 1822
1. Named
after the late President Dwight.
2. Appendix E e
(a) This is
Major O'Fallon's estimate
(b) Mr. Sibley's estimate is
1,600
Notes About the Book:
Source: Report on Indians Taxed and Indians not Taxed in the United States, Except
Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890, Department of the Interior, Government
Printing Office, Washington DC., 1894
A
Report to the Secretary of War of the United
States on Indian Affairs, by Rev. Jedidiah
Morse, 1822, Printed by S. Converse
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and
then ocr'd. Minimal editing has been done, and readers can and should expect
some errors in the textual output. Several spellings have been used for the same
tribe of Indians.
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