3 
J. H. Lefroy on the Indian Population of British America, 199 
It is to be regretted that the Lower Canadian returns do not 
distinguish the Iroquois according to the distinct nations of that 
once powerful confederacy. It will be observed, however, that 
the above numbers, combined with those of the Upper Canada 
return for 1846, make the number of chiefs and warriors still to 
amount to 1,220, and the total number to 4,301*. That their 
ancient loyalty to the British Crown is unabated, was shown b 
many incidents of the Canada rebellion, and by the language of 
their chiefs on the very interesting occasion of the meeting to re- 
store General Brock’s Monument in 1841. There is no native 
race entitled to claim, on so many grounds, the interest and re- 
UPPER CANADA—1852. | LOWER CANADA—1852. 
PMD ols Co sek Gans eas vse 1758) Beauharnois Ean cow cere eee 154 
Matlotiae. Gis eg, cs Wai as 20 Bonaventure i065. saSei s. es 451 
Dundas 54/Ch plain a 31 
PONT eet cuss eile seg be cae t JEG 1116) 174 Bemis, tan enprerse cone enna sare 
ille . 48|Huntingdon ...........-+ 5+ e+: 1259 
PAIR socal ak eo oe ce sae i ie 
en O59 Eislet... .y< ce cscs ceeweney er eee 21 
Northumberland 222, Megantic 14 
Peel 12) Montmorency 26 
Perth Si\Ottawa..... 5 
Portneul oc 5 ceed kc back omen Res 12 
SOGB Otiebet . vce cc ccctreseereercrs 218 
Rimouski 1038 
Saguenay ...--.+eeeccceceecess 663 
TVEIreDOUNE .. ow sec wowace nr cess 
wo Mountains. ......-.es+se0% 408 
4058 
The number of Indians on the lower St. Lawrence, frequent- 
ing the King’s posts of the Hudson’s Bay Company, is not known, 
but must be insignificant. I believe this to be also the case of 
the Indians in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but have no ac- 
cess, at present, to authentic returns. 
We have still to consider the population west of the Rocky 
Mountains, in New Caledonia. 
* The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinté are included, but the Delaware of the 
Thames are excluded, as never belonging to the Six Nations, although at present as- 
sociated with them in all the returns of the Indian Department. : 
