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There should be an agency established among the Blackfeet near the falls of the Missouri, and, 

 besides, one among the Flalheads in the St. Mary s valley; one on the Spokane plain, for the 

 Indians between the Cascades and Bitter Root mountains; one for the Indians on Puget sound, and 

 an agency or sub-agency (I recommend the former) among the Nez Perces, and also among the 

 Indians on the lower Columbia. Laws should be passed for the extinguishment of the Indian 

 title, and placing the Indians in reservations. It can be done now without difficulty, and should 

 be done before settlements are further advanced. In connexion with each agency there should 

 be one or more farms. 



All these subjects will be treated more fully in my final report, and wilt also be reported on 

 to the proper departments. 



Excluding the Indians in the Territory of Minnesota, the Indians on the general line of the 

 route may be estimated as follows: 



EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BLACKFEET NATION. 



Lodges. Warriors. Total No. 



Gros Ventrcs 3GO 900 2,520 



Bloods 350 875 2,450 



Piegans 350 875 2,450 



Blackfeet 250 625 1,750 



Assiniboins, Crees, &c 400 1,000 2,800 



1,710 4,275 11,970 



WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



Flatheads 60 350 



Kootenaies and Flatheads .... 400 



Peud d Oreilles of Upper Lake , 40 280 



Pcnd d Oreilles of Lower Lake 60 420 



Coeur d Alenes 70 500 



Spokanes - 600 



Nez Perces 1,700 



Peluses 500 



Cay uses .... 120 



Wallah-Wallahs 300 



Dalles band 200 



Cascades - - - - 36 



Klikitats 300 



Yakimas 600 



Pisquouse and Okinakanes - ^50 



Shwoi-el-pi, or Colville . 50 



7,356 



WEST OF THE CASCADES. 



Indians on the Columbia river , .... .... 656 



Coast from mouth of Columbia to entrance of Straits de Fuca. . 950 



Straits de Fuca 1 920 



West shore, Puget sound - .... 



Nisqually 209 



Islands and east shore of sound 4,189 



6,903 



26,885 



