Colorado Indian Tribes in the 1890 Census

Total Indian Population As Of June 1, 1890

Indian Population of Reservations

Southern Ute Agency
Ute Reservation, Ute Tribe, Total Population 985, Males 484, Females 501, Ration Indians 493.

The civilized (self-supporting) Indians of Colorado, counted in, the general census, number 107, 31 males and 76 females, and are distributed as follows:

Arapahoe County, 47; other counties with 12 or less in each, 60. Their condition does not require distinct description.

• Tribe, Stock, and Location of the Indians In Colorado
  • The Southern Utes
  • The Moaches
  • The Jicarilla Apaches
• Indian Policy In Colorado, 1849-1890
  • Indians In Colorado In 1890
• Southern Ute Agency
  • Southern Ute Reservation

Condition of the Indian by State, 1890

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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