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more than 23,400. Catlin’s estimate for the same tribes, is 
35,000; but I found that ail his numbers were regarded by bet- 
ter authorities (for Mr. Catlin did not visit the region here in 
question, ) as too high. 
We have next the various divisions of that widely diffused 
race, the Hythinyuwuk or Crees, which form the population of 
the wooded country east of the Great Plains, and south of the 
Churchill River, extending however in some instances on to the 
one, and north of the other. The Crees of the Plains we have 
already counted. ‘There are a few Crees trading at Fort Chipe- 
wyan, at Isle a la Crosse, and at Lesser Slave Lake. 
Families. Souls. 
At Fort Chipewyan, - - 5 140 
‘¢ Lesser Slave Lake, - - 83 341* 
“© Isle a la Crosse, and Green Lake, 100 600 
‘¢ Cumberland House, - - 300T 
‘¢ The Pas, or Basquan, - - 1507 
«* Norway House, - - - 3007 
** Oxford House, - - 100+ 
*“ York Factory, - - - 200T 
‘¢ Beren’s River, - - - 1007 
*¢ Red River dependencies, - 2000+ 
« Albany River, Martin’s Falls, 500+ 
*¢ Moose Factory and outposts 500+ 
“ Lake Tamiscaming, - - 200 
5431 
To this division belong the Chippewas or Ojibwas, Saulteurs, 
and Tetes de Boule of Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and their 
tributary waters. It was ascertained by the Honora le W. B. 
Robinson, Indian Commissioner in 1851, that the Indians on the 
north side of Lake Superior, from the Sault St. Mary to Pigeon 
River, and inland as far as the possessions of the Hudson’s Bay 
Company, forming six bands, or subdivisions, were in all 1102 
souls; and that the Indians on the. north side of Lake Huron, 
from the Sault to French River, forming 17 bands, amounted to 
1,422 souls, giving a total of 2,521. ‘The bands were found to 
vary much in number, some comprising no more than 15, some 
as many as 241 souls. We have then— 
Brought forward, - - - - ) 
At Fort Alexander—Lake Winnepeg, - 200+ 
* Rat Portage—Lake of the Woods, - 1207 
“ Fort Francis—Rainy Lake, - - 400t 
“© Lake Superior, as above, - - « 2 a 
“ Lake Huron, as above, - - s.r 
8,675 
* About one-third half-breeds. + Estimates only. 
