The following is a brief statement of the present location and population of the Six Nations of Indians:
SENECAS.
1. Senecas on the Allegheny river, in Pennsylvania, fifteen miles above Warren, at Cornplanter's town, (Jennesadaga.) | |
| Population | 80 |
| Acres of land owned | 300 |
2. Senecas on the Allegheny reservation, in New York, a few miles above the Pennsylvania line. | |
| Population about | 900 |
| Acres of land | 26,600 |
3. Senecas on Cattaraugus reservation, in Erie and Cattaraugus counties, New York. | |
| Population about | 1,700 |
| Acres of land under cultivation | 5,000 |
4. Senecas at Tonnawandas, in New York. | |
| Population about | 700 |
| Acres of land | 7,000 |
| ONEIDAS. | |
1. Oneidas, in Oneida and Madison counties N. York. | |
| Population about | 250 |
| Acres of land | 400 |
2. The largest remnant of this tribe, (Oneidas,) reside in Brown county, Wisconsin. | |
| Population about | 800 |
| They possess a large body of land. | |
The residence of this tribe is about six miles south of the city of Syracuse, in the State of New York. | |
| Population about | 350 |
| Acres of land owned | 7,600 |
| TUSCARORAS. | |
Their residence is about seven miles north-east of Niagara Falls. | |
| Population about | 350 |
| Acres of laud held by them | 6,250 |
| RECAPITULATION OF POPULATION. | |
| Senecas | 3,380 |
| Oneidas | 1,050 |
| Onondagos | 350 |
| Tuscaroras | 350 |
| Total | 5,130 |
The present condition of these remnants of the Six Nations is quite respectable. In most of the reservations they have schools and places of public worship. Many of them belong to the Methodist and Baptist churches. The Chief of the Six Nations, Stephen S. Smith, who made a speech at the inauguration of the Cornplanter monument, is a minister in the Baptist church. He is a man of intelligence and respectability, I here insert a letter I have recently received from him, which will doubtless be interesting to our readers.
"Akron, N Y., July 10, 1867.
"Dear Sir:—I am very desirous of obtaining a copy of the history of the life of Cornplanter. If you have a copy of the history that you spoke at the raising of the monument on the Cornplanter reservation last October, and will send it to me for the use and benefit of our young men, you will confer a favor upon me and them that I shall be most grateful to re-pay, when an opportunity is presented. And if you have a copy of the minutes of the addresses delivered that day, and taken by yourself, I should be most happy to receive a copy of the same also.
"If your noble State saw fit to appropriate money to fence the grave of the deceased Cornplanter, I shall be most happy to meet you there and assist you in surrounding the last resting place of our departed brother, with the respectful barricade furnished by a grateful people.
"I am sorry, that it is necessary, in speaking of our honored brother, John Luke, who was with us at the monument meeting last October, that he will be with us no more at our meetings this side of the setting sun. He took his departure for the great spiritual hunting ground last April.
"Yours truly,
"STEPHEN S. SMITH,
"Chief of Six Nations.