While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Population. In 1759 the
population of the Kickapoo was estimated at about 3,000; in 1817 at 2,000,
and in 1825 at 2,200. Since the last mentioned date they have greatly
decreased. In 1875 those in Kansas and Indian Territory. together,
including all of those recently brought from Mexico, were officially
reported to number 706, while 100 more were supposed to be in Mexico,
making a total for the tribe of about 800. In 1885 those in the United
States numbered about 500, of whom 235 were in Kansas, while the Mexican
hand in Indian Territory (including some Potawatomi) numbered about 325.
It is supposed that there were at the same
time about 200 living in Mexico. Those in the United States in 1905 were
officially reported at 432, of whom 247 were in Oklahoma and 185 in
Kansas. There are supposed to be about 400 or more in Mexico. Within the
last two years there has been considerable effort by private parties to
procure the removal of the Oklahoma band also to Mexico.
The following are known as Kickapoo villages: Etnataek
(with Sauk and Foxes), Kickapougowi, and Neconga.
