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together with the data submitted by the special agent for the Navajo 

 Reservation proper, and the recapitulation of the first Navaho tribal 

 roll prepared in 1885. 



Table 22. — Reported Navaho population, all ages and school age, by sex and 

 residence— 1885, 1888, and 1890 ^ 



Residence and date 



Total Navaho 

 population : 



1885 



1888 



1890. 



1890 



Navaho population on 

 reservation: 



1885 



1890 



Navaho population ofl 

 reservation : 

 1885 



Source 



Aycock, MS. 

 Bureau of Indian 



Affairs, 1889, p. 189 

 Bureau of Indian 



Affairs, 1890, p. 161. 

 Bureau of the Census, 



1894, pp. 102 f. 



Aycocls:, MS. 

 Shipley, MS. 



Aycock, MS. 



» All percentages are based upon the total population from the source specified. 

 in the category "school age" was not specified. 



The age group Included 



The figures shown do not permit close comparison because of the 

 temporal range of the data reported and the lack of specification re- 

 garding the areas covered in the respective enumerations. Nevertheless, 

 two outstanding discrepancies are apparent. Comparing the 1890 

 Navajo Agency report with that of the 1890 census, we find a total on- 

 reservation population of 16,102 and a total enumerated population of 

 17,204, This would imply an 1890 off-reservation poj)ulation of about 

 1,100 Navahos, By contrast, the agency report of 1885 gives a total 

 enrolled population of 13,003, but adds an estimated 8,000 off-reserva- 

 tion Navahos, for a grand total of 21,003. Even if this latter estimate 

 is far too high, the figures reported in the years immediately preceding 

 the 1890 census suggest that this census was not comj)lete in its 

 coverage. 



The second major discrepancy to be noted in the figures given in 

 table 22 pertains to the reported numbers of children of school age. 

 The 1885 roll gave a total of 6,404 children of school age, which is 

 49.2 percent of the total enrolled population. The 1890 agency report, 

 on the other hand, gave a total of only 3,200 children of school age, or 

 19.9 percent of the total reported population. The 1890 census, finally, 

 reported a total of 5,621 children of school age, or 32.7 percent of the 

 total enumerated population. 



The several available age distributions of the Navaho population 

 suggest that the proportion of the population that is of school age is 



