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Indians of the United States, 1782
Prior to 1846 there was no general law for taking a census of the Indians
within the United States, Thomas Jefferson in 1782 gave a careful analysis of
the location of tribes and their numbers the United States, which then comprised
only the country east of the Mississippi and north of the Floridas.
It will be noticed that Mr. Jefferson made two lists: one of Indians beyond the
United States of that date, part of whom were in territory which is still
outside the United States, based upon the estimates of Croghan, Bouquet, and
Hutchins, and a second of Indians within the limits of the, United States as
bounded in 1782 based upon the estimates of the authorities above named and
Dodge. In his "Notes on Virginia", he writes of the Indian
Tribes as follows:
Indians Northward and
Westward of the United States in 1782
(Thomas Jefferson)
| Name of Tribe |
Croghan
1750 |
Bonquet
1764 |
Hutchins
1768 |
Where they
Reside |
|
Total |
10,400 |
31,630 |
10,750 |
|
| Oswegatchies |
|
|
100 |
At Swagatchy, on
the river St. Lawrence |
| Connasedagoes |
|
200 |
300 |
Near
Montreal |
| Cohunnewagoes |
|
| Orondoes |
|
|
100 |
North Trois Rivlores |
| Ahenukies |
|
350 |
160 |
| Little
Algonquins |
|
|
100 |
| Michmacs |
|
700 |
|
River St. Lawrence |
| Amelisties |
|
550 |
|
| Chalas |
|
130 |
|
| Nipissins |
|
400 |
|
Towards the heads of the Ottawa
River |
| Algonquins |
|
300 |
|
| Round Heads |
|
2,500 |
|
Riviere aux
Totes Boules on the east side of
Lake Superior. |
| Messasagues |
|
2,000 |
|
Lakes Huron and
Superior |
| Christiaux Kris |
|
3,000 |
|
Lake Christian
aux |
| Assinaboes |
|
1,500 |
|
Lake Assinaboes |
| Blanes or Barbus |
|
1,500 |
|
On
the heads of the Mississippi and
westward of that river. |
| Sioux of the
Meadows |
10,000 |
2,500 |
10,000 |
| Sioux of the
Woods |
1,800 |
| Sioux |
|
| Ajones |
|
1,100 |
|
North of the
Padoneas |
| Panis, white |
|
2,000 |
|
South of the Missouri |
| Panis, freckled |
|
1,700 |
|
| Padoncas |
|
500 |
|
| Grundes eaux |
|
1,600 |
|
|
| Canses |
|
1,000 |
|
South of the Missouri |
| Osages |
|
600 |
|
| Missouris |
400 |
3,000 |
|
On the river
Missouri |
| Arkanzas |
|
2,000 |
|
On the river
Arkinzas |
| Caouitas |
|
700 |
|
East of the
Alibamous |
Indians within the limits of the
United States in 1782 (Thomas Jefferson)
| Names of
Tribes |
Croghan
1750 |
Bonquet
1764 |
Hutchins
1768 |
Dodge
1779 |
Where they
Reside |
|
Total |
9,100 |
23,330 |
25,080 |
11,050 |
|
| Mohocks |
|
1,500 |
160 |
100 |
Mohocks
River |
| Oneidas |
|
300
200 |
400 |
East side of
Oneida Lake and head
branches of Susquehanna |
| Tuscororas |
|
Between the
Oneidas and Onondagoes |
| Onondagoes |
|
260 |
230 |
Near
Onondago Lake |
| Cayugas |
|
200 |
220 |
On the
Cayuga Lake, near the north
branch of Susquehanna |
| Senecas |
|
1,000 |
650 |
On the
waters of Susquehanna, of
Ontario and the heads of the
Ohio |
| Aughquaghas |
|
|
150 |
|
East branch
of Susquehanna and on
Aughquagah |
| Nanticoes |
|
|
100 |
|
Utsanaugo,
Chaghtnet, and Owegy, on the
east branch of Susquehanna. |
| Mohiccons |
|
|
100 |
|
In the same parts |
| Conoies |
|
|
30 |
|
| Sapoonies |
|
|
30 |
|
At Diabago and other
villages up the north branch
of Susquehanna. |
| Munsies |
|
|
150 |
*150 |
| Delaware or
Linnelinopies |
600 |
600 |
150 |
|
Between Ohio and Lake Erie
and the branches of Beaver
Creek, Cayahoga and
Muskingum. |
| Delaware or
Linnelinopies |
500 |
400 |
600 |
*500 |
| Shawnees |
|
|
300 |
300 |
Sloto and
branches of Muskingum |
| Mingoes |
|
|
|
60 |
On a branch
of Sloto |
| Ouisenusings |
|
|
550 |
|
Oniscousing
River |
| Kickapous |
600 |
300 |
4,000 |
250 |
On Lake Michigan and between
that and the Mississippi |
| Otogumies,
Foxes |
|
|
|
| Mascoutes |
|
500 |
|
| Miscothies |
|
|
|
| Ontimacs |
|
|
|
| Muskoakies |
200 |
250 |
250 |
| Siox,
Eastern |
|
|
|
|
On the
eastern heads of the
Mississippi and the islands
of Lake Superior |
| |
|
|
Galphin
1768 |
|
|
| Cherokees |
1,500 |
2,500 |
3,000 |
|
Western
parts of North Carolina |
| Chickasaws |
|
750 |
500 |
|
Western
parts of Georgia |
| Catawbas |
|
150 |
|
|
On the
Catawba River in South
Carolina |
| Chacktaws |
2,000 |
4,500 |
6,000
3,000 |
|
|
| Upper Creeks |
|
1,800 |
|
Western
parts of Georgia |
| Lower Creeks |
|
|
|
| Natchez |
|
150 |
|
|
|
| Alibamous |
|
600 |
|
|
Alibama
River, in the western parts
of Georgia |
| Mohiccons |
|
|
|
*60 |
|
| Cohunnewagos |
|
|
300 250 |
|
Near
Sandusky |
| Wyandots |
300 |
300 |
180 |
Near Fort
St. Joseph's and Detroit |
| Wyandots |
|
|
Miami River near Fort Miami |
| Twightwees |
300 |
|
250 |
|
| Miamis |
|
350 |
|
300 |
Miami River
near Fort St. Joseph |
| Ouiatonons |
200 |
400 |
300 |
*300 |
On the banks of the Wabash,
near Fort Ouiatenon |
| Piankishas |
300 |
250 |
300 |
*400 |
| Shakirs |
|
|
200 |
|
| Kaskaskias |
400 |
600 |
300 |
|
Near
Kaskaskia |
| Illinois |
300 |
|
Near Cahokia
Query: if not the same with
the Mitchigamnis? |
| Piorias |
|
800 |
|
|
On the
Illinois River, called
Pinnrias, but supposed to
mean Piorias. |
| Pouteotamies |
|
350 |
300 |
450
*300 |
Near Fort St. Joseph's and
Fort Detroit |
| Ottawas |
2,000 |
5,000 |
550 |
| Chippawas |
200 |
5,450 |
|
| Ottawas |
On Saguinam
Bay of Lake Huron |
| Chippawas |
|
Near Michillimackinae |
| Ottawas |
400
250
400 |
| Chippawas |
Near Fort
St. Mary on Lake Superior |
| Chippawas |
Several
other villages along the
banks of Lake Superior,
number unknown. |
| Chippawas |
|
|
550 |
|
|
| Shakies |
200 |
400 |
|
Near Puans
Bay on Lake Michigan |
| Mynouamies |
|
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Indians in the 11th (1890) Census of
the United States
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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