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11 Menominee (5 male and 9 female adults), at the (ireen Bay agency, Wis., in popu- 

 lation of 1,283, or 10.9 p(>r thousand. 



2 Mission Indians (both iVinale a(hilts), at Round Valley, ('al.,iii popuhitionof (543, 

 or 3.1 per thousand. 



1 Navaho (female adult), at the Navaho agency, N. Hex., in population of 12,000, or 



0.08 per thousand. 



2 Navaho (female adults), at the Navaho school, Ariz., out of population of 493, or 



4.] per thousand. 

 1 Osage (female adult), at the Osage agency, Okla., in population of 1,895, or 0.5 per 



thousand. 

 1 Pawnee (female adult), at the Pawnee agency, Okla., in population of (iOu, or l.G per 



thousand. 



3 Piegan (1 male and 2 female adults), at the Blackfeet agency, Mont., in population of 



2,059, or 1.5 per thousand. 



3 Rio Grande Pueblos (all female adults), at the Santa Fe agency, N. Mex., in popu- 

 lation of 566, or 5.3 per thousand. 



6 Shoshoni or Arapaho (2 male and 4 female adults), at the Shoshoni agency. Wye, 

 in population of 1,659, or 3.6 per thousand. 



1 Sioux (female child), at the Chamberlain school, S. Dak., in population of about 70, 



or 14.3 per thousand. 



2 Sioux (female adults), at the Lower Brule agency, S. Dak., in population of 470, or 



4.3 per thousand. 



8 Sioux (3 male and 5 female adults), at the Pine Ridge agency, S. Dak., in popu- 

 lation of 6,690, or 1.2 per thousand. 



39 Sioux (2 male children, 5 male adults, 3 female children, and 29 female adults), at 

 the Rosebud agency, S. Dak., in population of 4,977, or 7.3 per thousand. 



2 Sioux (1 male and 1 female adult), at the Sisseton agency, S. Dak., in population 



of 1,874, or 1.1 per thousand. 



10 Sioux (4 raale and 6 female adults), at the Standing Rock agency, N. Dak., in popu- 

 lation of 3,514, or 2.8 per thousand. 



5 Sioux (1 male and 4 female children), at the Yankton agency, S. Dak., in population 

 of 1,702, or 2.9 per thousand. 



3 Sioux (all advdt females), at the Crow Creek agency, S. Dak., in population of 1,025, 



or 2.9 per thousand. 

 28 Ute (11 male and 17 female adults), at the Uinta agency, Utah, in population of 791, 



or 35.4 per thousand. 

 1 Southern Ute (female child), at the Fort Lewis school, Colo., in popidation of 178, 



or 5.6 per thousand. 

 1 Yuma (female adult), at the Fort Yuma reservation, Cal., in population of 650, or 1.5 



per thousand. 



In the aggregate there were reported 376 cases of goiter, from 36 locali- 

 ties, " while from 66, or nearly two-thirds of all the localities heard from, 

 goiter was absent ; the proportion of cases to the total Indian popula- 

 tion was 3 per thousand. Of all the cases 21 per cent were among the 

 males and 79 per cent among the females, showing that among the 

 Indians goiter is four times as prevalent among the latter. It is 

 well known that the female sex also is more liable to this affection 

 among the whites and other races,^ Seven per cent of the cases were 



a Goiter is also quite prevalent among the women at the La Pointe, Wis., Chippewa agency, but 

 accurate data from that locality are wanting. 



6For a summary of data on goiter in various parts of the world see Ilirsch, Handbook of Geographical 

 and Historical I'athology, London. 1885, ii. 



