UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



FINANCIAL CONDITION OF STATES, AS UNITS, DISTINCT 

 FROM COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES AND 

 OTHER MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.* 



was only by the cool judgment and patience of th* 

 special agents that the woA wu performed Tbl c 

 rollment ot the Slmwncc, Miami Winnehaco, 



a No report at time of publication. 

 b Not stated at time of publication. 



not issued by the United States to these Indians. 

 The population of the five civilized tribes, in ad- 

 dition to the Indians and colored, include 1,424 

 other Indians and Chinese and 107,987 whites. 



The Indians of New Mexico, made citizens of 

 the United States by the treaty of 1848, do not 

 receive rations or supplies from the Government. 

 The number of these Indians is given as 8,278. 

 The Indians counted in the general census, 98 

 per cent, of whom are not on reservations, include 

 16,945 males and 15,622 females, distributed 

 among 32 States and Territories, the 5 States 

 having the largest number being California, 10,- 

 263 ; Michigan, 6,991 ; Nevada, 3,404 ; Washing- 

 ton, 2,899 ; and Mississippi, 1,404. 



The apparent decrease in the number of In- 

 dians living on reservations since the commis- 

 sioner's report of 1889 to June 30, 1890, is 1,121. 

 The first part of the special agent's report con- 

 tains a description of the manner in which the 

 Indians viewed the taking of the census. 



Some of the reservation Indians were very cautious 

 in their reception of the enumerators. Their port- 

 folios were suggestive of books, and many Indians, 

 considering them books of new religious creeds, re- 

 fused to answer the questions. Others advised resist- 

 ance, claiming that this enrollment was a scheme to 

 get their names, which would then be attached to an. 

 alleged treaty, and they would be robbed, of their right 

 to remain on their lands. Naturally suspicious of the 

 white man, and doubly so of a Government official, it 



* See note on p. 829. 



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and other tribes presents many curious and Intew 

 features. Some Indians of those tribes are reporteS 

 as eighty, ninety, one hundred, one hundred and ten 

 and in one case one hundred and 1 , 

 age, and speak only their tribal language. The philo- 

 logist, with the aid of the phonograph7cou!d, by vMtl 

 ing the reservations and meeting these aged pernon* 

 preserve the tongue of many tribes now ncarh 



The number of reservation Indians engaged in 

 agriculture for a livelihood is smaller than thai 

 of those who obtain a living through rude dig- 

 gmg, hunting, fishing, or bone trailing. The 

 Navajos are entirely self -sustaining as sheep and 

 horse raisers. 



The names of new counties in each State and 

 lerritorv, and also those showing a decrease 

 of population, can be discovered by turning to 

 the articles on States distributed alphabetically 

 through this volume. 



Population of Cities. The table showing 

 the population of 306 cities in the United States 

 having a population of 10,000 and over in 1890 

 needs little explanation. The names have been 

 arranged alphabetically for easy reference. It 



FINANCIAL CONDITION OF MUNICIPALITIES. 



(a) No reports from cities at time of publication. 



