Mr. McCoy estimates the number of inhabitants of this territory at 47,733.
| INDIGENOUS TRIBES | |
| Osage, about | 5,510 |
| Kanzau, about | 1,684 |
| Ottoe and Missourias, | 1,600 |
| O'Mahaus, | 1,400 |
| Pawnees, four tribes, | 10,000 |
| Puncahs, about | 800 |
| Quapaws, about | 450 |
| 21,444 | |
| EMIGRANT TRIBES | |
| Chocktaw, about | 15,500 |
| Cherokee, about | 4,000 |
| Creek, about | 3,600 |
| Seneca, Shawanoe of Neosho, | 462 |
| Wea, about | 225 |
| Piankesahu, | 119 |
| Peoria and Kaskaskias, | 135 |
| Ottawa, | 81 |
| Shawanoe of Kanzau river, | 764 |
| Delaware, | 856 |
| Kickapoo | 603 |
| Putawatomie, | 444 |
| Emigrants, | 26,289 |
| Indigenous, | 21,444 |
| Total, | 47,733 |
The estimate of the Chocktaws include about 400 negro slaves,—that of the Cherokees 500, and that of the Creeks about 450 slaves.
Chocktaws. Their country adjoins Red river and the Province of Texas on the south, Arkansas on the east, and extends north to the Arkansas and Canadian rivers, being 150 miles from north to south, and 200 miles from east to west. Here are numerous salt springs. For civil purposes, their country is divided into three districts.
Cherokees. The boundaries of their country commences on the Arkansas river, opposite the western boundary of Arkansas Territory;—thence northwardly along the line of Missouri, 8 miles to Seneca river;—thence west to the Neosho river;—thence up said river to the Osage lands;—thence west indefinitely, as far as habitable;—thence south to the Creek lands, and along the eastern line of the Creeks to a point 43 miles west of the Territory of Arkansas, and 25 miles north of Arkansas river;—thence to the Verdigris river, and down Arkansas river, to the mouth of the Neosho;—thence southwardly to the junction of the North Fork and Canadian rivers;—and thence down the Canadian and Arkansas rivers to the place of beginning. The treaty of 1828, secures to this tribe 7,000,000 of acres, and adds land westward for hunting grounds as far as the U. S. boundaries extend.
The Creeks, or Muscogees, occupy the country west of Arkansas that lies between the lands of the Chocktaws and Cherokees.
The Senecas join the State of Missouri on the east, with the Cherokees south, the Neosho river west, and possess 127,500 acres.
The Osage (a French corruption of Wos-sosh-ee, their proper name, which has again been corrupted by Darby and others into Ozark) have their country north of the western portion of the Cherokee lands, commencing 25 miles west of the State of Missouri, with a width of 50 miles, and extending indefinitely west. About half the tribe are in the Cherokee country.
The Quapaws were originally connected with the Osages. They have migrated from the lower Arkansas, and have their lands adjoining the State of Missouri, immediately north of the Senecas.