TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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24,969 acres; Quapaws, 240, reservation, 104,- 

 000 acres; Ottawas, 150, reservation, 24,960 

 acres ; Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Pianke- 

 shaws, 160, reservation, 72,000 acres; Wyan- 

 dotts, 22, reservation, 20,000 acres; Pottawa- 

 toraies, 1,600, citizens of the United States, 

 with allotments of 160 acres of land to each 

 adult, and 80 acres to each minor ; absentee 

 Shawnees, 663, with 80 acres of land to each 

 adult, and 20 acres to each child; Sacs and 

 Foxes, 463, reservation, 483,840 acres ; Osages, 

 3,956, reservation, 1,760,000 acres; Kiowas, 

 1,930, Comanches, 3,180, and Apaches, 380, 

 located on a reservation of 5,549,448 acres; 

 Arapahoes, 1,500, and Cheyennes, 2,000, res- 

 ervation, 4,611,500 acres; Wichitas, 299, Kee- 

 chies, 136, Wacoes, 140, Towoccaroes, 127, 

 Oaddoes, 392, lonies, 85, and Delawares, 81, 

 with no defined reservation, but occupying a 

 district on the Washita Eiver. 



MONTANA. This Territory has an area of 

 143,776 square miles, and a population of 39,- 

 895. Its capital is Virginia City, and the pres- 

 ent Governor, Benjamin F. Potts. The other 

 Territorial officers are : James E. Oallaway, 

 Secretary; Decius 0. Wade, Chief- Justice, 

 and Hiram Knowles and Franklin G. Service, 

 Associate Justices; Mortijner 0. Page, Dis- 

 trict Attorney; John E. Elaine, Surveyor- 

 General ; Jasper A. Viall, Superintendent of 

 Indian Affairs; E. W. Carpenter, United 

 States Commissioner; William H. Rodgers, 

 Auditor ; and Richard O. Hickman, Treasurer. 

 At the last election, in August, Martin Magin- 

 nis, Democrat, was elected Delegate to Con- 

 gress by a majority of 319 out of a total vote 

 of 8,711. The Legislature consists of 9 Demo- 

 crats and 3 Republicans in the Council, and 

 18 Democrats and 8 Republicans in the House. 

 The Indian tribes residing within the limits of 

 Montana are mostly natives of the districts 

 occupied, and number 32,412 in all. There 

 are 7,500 Black Feet, Bloods, and Piegans; 

 4,790 Assinaboines ; 1,100 Gros Ventres ; 2,- 

 625 Santees, Yanktonais, Uncpapas and Cut- 

 head Sioux; 1,240 River Crows;' 2,700 Moun- 

 tain Crows; 460 Flatheads; 1,000 Pend 

 d'Oreilles; 320 Kooteuays; 677 Shoshones, 

 Bannocks, and Sheep-eaters; 8,000 roving 

 Sioux or Teton Sioux, and roaming bands of 

 Cheyennes and Arapahoes. The Blackfeet, 

 Bloods, Piegans, Gros Ventres, Assinaboines, 

 River Crows, about 1,000 Arapahoes and Chey- 

 ennes and the Santee and Yankton Sioux, oc- 

 cupy a reservation of 17,408,000 acres on the 

 Milk River. The Mountain Crows have 6,272,- 

 000 acres in the south, near the Yellowstone 

 River. The Flatheads, Pend d'Oreilles, and 

 Kootenays, have 1,433,000 acres in the Jocko 

 Valley, and the Shoshones, Bannocks, and 

 Sheep-eaters near the western boundary have 

 no special reservation. 



According to the census of 1870, of the total 

 population (18,170) ten years old and over, 

 there were engaged in all classes of occupa- 

 tions, 14,048 persons ; in agriculture, 2,111 ; in 



professional and personal services, 2,674; in 

 trade and transportation, 1,233; in manufac- 

 tures, and mechanical and mining industries, 

 8,300. 



The Territory contained 5,289 horses, 475 

 mules and asses, 12,432 milch-cows, 1,761 

 working-oxen, 22,545 other cattle, 2,024 sheep, 

 and 2,599 swine. The chief productions were 

 177,535 bushels of spring, and 5,649 of winter, 

 wheat, 1,141 of rye, 149,367 of oats, 85,756 

 of barley, 988 of buckwheat, 600 pounds of 

 tobacco, 2,414 bushels of peas and beans, 91,- 

 477 of Irish potatoes, 408,080 pounds of butter, 

 25,603 of cheese, 105,186 gallons of milk sold, 

 and 18,727 tons of hay. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 201, using 33 steam-engines of 

 822 horse-power, and 46 water-wheels, of 795 

 horse-power, and employing 701 hands. The 

 amount of capital invested was $1,794,300 ; of 

 wages paid during the year, $370,843 ; of ma- 

 terials consumed, $1,316,331 ; of products, $2,- 

 494,511. 



The whole number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 10, having an aggregate circula- 

 tion of 19,580, and issuing annually 2,860,600 

 copies. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 15, having 11 edifices, with 3,850 sittings, 

 and property valued at $99,300. 



NEW MEXICO. This Territory has an area 

 of 121,201 square miles, and a population of 

 111,303. The capital is Santa Fe, and the 

 Territorial officers are : Marsh Giddings, Gov- 

 ernor ; W. F. M. Arny, Secretary ; John 

 Pratt, Marshal; T. B. Catron, Attorney; S. 

 A. Smith, Collector ; W. L. Waring, Assessor ; 

 J. G. Palen, Chief-Justice, and Warren Bristol 

 and Hezekiah S. Johnson, Associates. No 

 election of congressional Delegate took place 

 this year. The present Delegate, chosen in 

 1871, is Jose M. Gallegos, Democrat. The 

 Legislature is Democratic in both branches. 



The Indian tribes of New Mexico are the 

 Navajoes, 9,114 in number, with a reservation 

 of 3,328,000 acres in the northwest ; Mescalero 

 Apaches, 830, near Fort Stanton in the east,, 

 with no defined reservation; Gila Apaches, 

 1,200, in the south; Jicarilla Apaches, 850, 

 in the northeast ; Muache, Weeminuche, and 

 Capote Utes, 1,520, in the northwest; and the 

 Pueblos, who number 7,683, and live in vil- 

 lages on a reservation of 439,664 acres. 



According to the census of 1870, of the total 

 population (66,464), ten years old and over, 

 there were, engaged in all classes of occupa- 

 tions, 29,361 persons; in agriculture, 18,668; 

 in professional and personal services, 7,535 ; 

 in trade and transportation, 863; in manufac- 

 tures, and mechanical and mining industries, 

 2 295 



' The Territory contained 5,033 horses, 6,141 

 mules and asses, 16,417 milch-cows, 19,774 

 working-oxen, 21,343 other cattle, 619,438 

 sheep, and 11,267 swine. The chief produc- 

 tions were 338,930 bushels of spring, and 13,- 



