Indians.
As great efforts are making, by almost all classes of Christians to spread the benign influence of the gospel among the red men on our borders, it may not be amiss to state their locations, numbers, &c. &c.
Mr. McCoy, in his valuable “Annual Register of Indian Affairs,” published at Shawanoe, in the Indian Territory, makes many important statements respecting this highly-interesting people.
He says that the number of Indians north of Mexico may be fairly estimated at one million eight hundred thousand. He estimates the population of the tribes east and west of the Mississippi as follows:—
Tribes East Of Mississippi River.
| Indians in New England and New York | 4,715 |
| Indians from New York, at Green Bay | 725 |
| Wyandots, in Ohio and Michigan | 623 |
| Miamies | 1,200 |
| Winnebagoes | 4,591 |
| Chippewas | 6,793 |
| Ottawas and Chippewas of Lake Michigan | 5,300 |
| Chippewas, Ottawas, and Putawatomies | 8,000 |
| Putawatomies | 1,400 |
| Menominees | 4,200 |
| Creeks | 23,668 |
| Cherokees | 10,000 |
| Chickasaws | 5,429 |
| Choctaws | 3,500 |
| Seminoles | 2,420 |
| Appalachicolas | 340 |
| Total | 81,904 |
Tribes West Of Mississippi River.
| Sioux | 27,500 |
| Iowas | 1,200 |
| Sauks of Missouri | 500 |
| Sauks and Foxes | 6,400 |
| Assinaboines | 8,000 |
| Crees | 3,000 |
| Camanches | 7,000 |
| Crows | 4,500 |
| Arrepahas, Kiawas, &c. | 1,400 |
| Caddoes | 800 |
| Snake and other tribes within the Rocky Mountains | 20,000 |
| Gros-ventres | 3,000 |
| Arrekaras | 3,000 |
| Cheyennes | 2,000 |
| Minatarees | 1,500 |
| Mandans | 1,500 |
| Black Feet | 30,000 |
| Tribes west of Rocky Mountains | 80,000 |
| Total | 201,300 |