PART V. 



INDIANS.— MONUMENTS. 



The Indian tribes now inhabiting the country under our con- 

 sideration are the 



Chippewas, inhabiting the country toward the sources of 

 the Missisippi, above St. Peter's, and toward Lake Supe- 

 rior. With a small band of less than 200 inhabiting about 



Black River, they amount to 7,780 



The Menominies in Wisconsin, - - - - 2,508 



The New York Indians, " . . . _ 3,293 



Oneidas of Green Bay, ------ 720 



Potawatamies of Huron, ------ 100 



Stockbridge of Green Bay, 207 



Stockbridge and Munsee, - 388 



Dahcotahs (Sioux), 25,000 



Winnebagoes, 2,183 



Potawatamies, --- - 2,200 



44,379 



Perhaps the Oneidas, Stockbridge, and 

 Stockbridge and Munsee are included in the 

 New York, and if so, they are repeated, and 

 there should be deducted from the above - - 1,315 



43,064 



The whole number is therefore, in that case, about 43,000. 

 Of these the greater part, the Sioux, Potawatamies, and the 



