1108 WILD RICE GATHERERS OF UPPER LAKES. _ [eTH.any.19 
gator, such a comparison is certainly legitimate. The estimates were 
not made for any such purpose as that for which they are here used, 
and there was nothing to bias the mind of the investigator in favor of 
one part of the territory against another. Where the estimates are 
large, they are so throughout, and vice versa. Thus their relative 
value is unimpaired. 
TABLE EF 

Bouquet’s estimate of Indian population in 1764 
A—INDIANS IN THE WILD-RICE DISTRICT 







Warriors Boop 
a — = — ——d ——— 
Prés de la Baie des Puants: 
lable ey SS pccH copa noaacoSsSUp Banc nO AoE Shon oo shor postcnne aa Ssaaened 700 3,500 
LOS Ye Way bt ae Re Ome One eee aSTSaby att ot meee Ae Gack ocenetne 350 1, 750 
{Unknown.] Au Sud de la Baie des Puants: 
NECN LLO) ONS 5 Seo Samet osgosongsecos cestode vacoocydesaestontesscon 250 1, 250 
Ste fees eer aconccocea sss Eedseo sa Beis nee See = ct ampnsecia=esases 400 2,000 
Mascoutens. ..- 500 2,500 
Ouifconfins fur une riviére de ce nom qui tombe dans le Miffiffipi du 
(oy Ae Fey BC ee none ae einano: Anat scHeAn Oo oduaAaSaesocossbaseonSSeec 550 2,750 
Prés des Lacs Supérieur & Michigan: | | 
Chipwas sc: .c2.ses52¢ cc ese cce sees aes ess shetewsecteeedeeeccios 5, 000 
Ottawas 900 
(These Ottawa and, judging by other estimates, one-fifth of the 
“Chipwas”"’ [Ojibwa] belong in Michigan; so there are left in 
HHem Ce Cishri Cty] Pees sae see eee ae eee ae ee eee a ele erie 4, 000 20, 000 
Vers les fources du Miffifipi: | 
Sioux eSiPraini es soe stress ee = ree pana ea feet 2,500 
Siowxdes/bols. 25-5 2 s2-sancoe- aes caseae eee snede ee eeeee= 1,800 
(50 per cent of these were probably in the rice district] ............ 2,150 10, 750 
Granditotaleae sats onakte seca = ee tne eee ee eee eb reeeeen 44, 500 


1 Bouquet, Relation Historique, p. 144, et seq. Bouquet estimated the warriors as one-fifth of the 
total population. The column ‘Total population” is calculated in accordance with this estimate. 
B—INDIANS IN THE REMAINING TERRITORY 



Powtewatamis, prés de St Jofeph & du Detroit.......................-.- | 350 1,750 
Chipwas (see estimate for these Indians in rice district)................ 1,000 5, 000 
Ottawas (see estimate for these Indians in rice district)................ 900 | 4, 500 
Miamis, fur la Riviére de ce nom, qui entre dans la Lac Erie ........... 350 1, 750 
Delewaresi(lessoups)) dar OBR se se eter ca ere alte miee e atten ae Patera eetatatatelePa 600 3, 000 
Sur l’Ouabache: 
Kickapoux seac-<e-s2sen ee 300 1,500 
QOusachvewons || WeH) ccrecense seen scien cere mines oles ais cles elves ota mentale ates 400 | 2,000 
Panquichasiieianiishdwi) sseces=--seseeee cece eeenas eae eseeee aes 250 | 1, 250 
Les Shawanefes, fur la Scioto 500 2,500 
Kaskafquias, ou Ilinois en général, fur la Riviere des Ilinois ........... 600 3, 000 
Planrias(PEOria]|-\sc ssp oc os yc ase oplaa ob eee Sa es <a eee eee Eee 800 4, 000 
Win dots pres! Une Cle ae. oc ane te ars Seat Oates gate eat 800 1,500 

| MOLI e  S acs actions oot = oe oe ae ns See eee Sn Rai ceentss| Heston ose 31, 750 


