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ascertained with lefs accuracy than others, by tra- 
vellers who have not known to set a proper value’ 
upon them. ; 
There are within what are Bast the boundaries 
of the United States, twenty-eight different tribes of 
Indians. Their warriors are estimated at 10,000 men; 
though you will easily believe, that, from the little 
police and government that exists among them, such 
calculations cannot be very exact ; but if this calcu- 
lation fhould be ro00 men under or over the truth, it is 
the best we can obtain; for they are very jealous of 
persons whom they suspect to be attempting to count 
their numbers; and from the usual proportion of 
Indian families, the whole of their people cannot be 
above four times that amount. 
Their employments and manners I must reserve 
till another opportunity, when I fhall give what in- 
formation is in my power, or may be agreeable to 
you. 
With regard to the inquiries you make respecting 
the inhabitants of the United States, I have to inform 
you that the different sects of religion agree better 
with one another here, than, perhaps, in any other 
part of the world; and this concord is daily beco- 
ming more perfect. Religious differences are in some 
measure buried in political interests. A few years 
before the late war, the several denominations, more 
zealous than they are at present, carried their mutu- 
al animosities to a greater height. They are begin-~ 
ning to treat one another with a degree of franknefs 
and confidence that has been seldom known before. 
I-am .2fraid however that the effect is more laudable 
