MISCELLANIES. 



551 



V. Samojedes. 



The statements of 1803 and 1804 

 give 3,000 families of Samojedes. 



The American tribes are not nu- 

 merous. The numbers given in the 

 above-mentioned statements are, 



Alioutari 246 



Joukagires 605 



Karagassi ...... 163 



Kamtschadales . . 1 ,782 

 Koraeques ...« 1,224 

 Kouriles .^.... 100 



4,020 males, 

 or 8,040 individuals. These, 

 with 12,000 Samojedes, make 

 20,040 individuals. 



Nothing can be more imperfect 

 than the enumerations of these 

 tribes in the north of Siberia. 

 Several are not even known. Even 

 in the present year (1810) several 

 tribes of Jakoutes setvt a deputa- 

 tion to Tobolsk bearing the act of 

 their submission ; for, say they, 

 we have learnt that our brethren 

 are happy under your dominion. 

 His Majesty our august Emperor 

 ordered each of these deputies to 

 receive a sabre as an honorary dis- 

 tinction. 



VI. Tribes of Mongoles and 

 Mantschoux. 



According to the statements 

 made to the Minister of the In- 

 terior there are, 



Buraetes or Bratzki .... 58,767 

 Cal mucks of Tobolsk . . 1,158 

 Calmucks of Astrachan. 



or 13,000 families . . 50,000 



Mongoles 9G 



Tunguses of Irkoutzk. . 12,832 

 Tunguses of Tobolsk .. 1,998 



Lamuti 076 



Tschapogiri . 308 



And besides, 23,090 individuals 

 who were exempt from the im- 

 posts : about 140,225 males, or 

 208,450 individuals. 



The known number of all these 

 tribes does not surpass 300,000 

 individuals. 



I add a general statement re- 

 specting all the nomades of Russia. 

 In 1803, according to the state- 

 ments laid before the Minister of 

 the Interior, they amounted to 



Males 652,000 



Females 472,000 



Individuals 1,124,000 



All the reports show that these 

 tribes have a deficiency of women ; 

 but it is true likewise that the 

 women are not so carefully re- 

 gistered as the men, because they 

 pay no imposts. 



The preceding results give us 

 the following table of the people 

 subject to the Russian empire that 

 are not Russians : 



Poles 6,800,000 



Finlanders 2,500,000 



Tartars 550,000 



Caucasians 60,000 



Samojedes, and other 



Siberians 300,000 



10,210,000 



This is the probable number 

 resultins from the statements at 

 present in our possession. But it 

 is proper to remark, that all the 

 statements respecting the popu- 

 lation of Russia, being drawn up 

 for financial or military purposes, 

 are very exact respecting those in- 

 cluded in the class of revisionaries, 

 but very inaccurate as far as re- 

 spects the other classes, and con- 

 sequently upon the whole alway« 



