[3846] [PORTER to EDITOR]
Nashville, Aug. 1st, 1836. Mr. Editor: As the public mind has been and still is somewhat excited with regard to the situation of our western frontier, and the state being now under a requisition of general Gaines for a regiment of mounted gunmen to maintain its defence, I have thought it would not be uninteresting to the public to know the names and numbers of the Indian tribes on that frontier. The statement is taken from an estimate accompanying a map of survey, showing the geographical and relative position of the different tribes which was prepared at the topographical bureau during the present year, which I have not yet seen published. The names and numbers of the Indians who have emigrated to the west of the Mississippi. Choctaws ....................................... 15,003 Appalachicolcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Cherokees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 Creeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,459 Seneca and Shawanees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Senecas (from Sandusky) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Potowatomies........._.................. .. .... .. . 141 Peorias and Kaskaskies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Pienkeshaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Wees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Ottowes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Kickapoos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 70 Shawances ................................ •. . . . . . 1,250 Delawares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826 The names and numbers of the Indian tribes resident west of the Mississippi. Ioways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 Sacks (of the Missouri) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Omahas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 Ottoes and Missourias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600 Pawnees ................................... .... . 10,000 Comanches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,000 J\'landons ........... ... ....... ..... ... ... ........ 15,000 Mineterees ...................................... 15,000 Assinaboins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 Crees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000
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