COST OF THE INDIANS TO THE UNITED STATES. 



UNDER THE COLONIES TO JULY i, 1776. 



During the colonial period Indians were cared for by the colony in 

 which they were located. 



UNDER THE CONFEDERATION AND THE NATION, FROM JULY 4, 1776, TO 



JUNE 30, 1886. 



The expenses of the Indian Department, on account of holding 

 treaties, &g., and including yearly payments for annuities and other 

 charges, to the Government, from July 4, 1876, to June 30, 1886, was 

 annually as follows : 



July 4, 1776, to Decem- 

 ber 31, 1776.. 142,928 64 



1777 57,622 28 



]778 10,322 11 



1779 3,326 45 



1780 2,337 79 



1781 2,195 60 



1782 905 00 



1783 1,718 00 



1784 4,534 48 



1785 8,738 88 



1780 27,092 35 



1787 750 00 



1788 4,747 10 



1789 and 1790.... 2,650 00 



1791 27,000 00 



1792 13,648 85 



1793 27,282 83 



1794 13,042 46 



1795... 23,475 68 



1796.. 113,563 98 



1797 02,396 58 



1798 16,470 09 



1799 20,302 19 



1800 32 22 



1801 9,000 00 



1802 94,000 00 



1803 , 60,000 00 



1804 116,500 00 



1805 196,500 00 



1806 234,200 00 



1807 205,425 00 



1808 213,575 00 



1809 337,503 84 



1810 177,625 00 



1811 151,875 00 



1812 277,845 00 



1813 167,358 28 



1814 167,394 86 



1815 ■530,750 00 



1816 



1817 



1818 



1819 



1820 



1821 



1822 



1823 



1824 



1825 



1826 



1827 



1828 



1829 



1830 



1831 



1832 1, 



1833 1, 



1834 1, 



1835 1, 



1836 5, 



1837..... 4, 



1838 5, 



1839 2, 



1840 2, 



1841 2, 



1842 1, 



1843 



1844 1, 



1845 1, 



1846 1, 



1847 1, 



1848 1, 



1849 1, 



1850 1, 



1851 2, 



1852 3, 



1853... 3, 



1854 1, 



274, 

 319, 

 505, 

 463, 

 3)5, 

 477, 

 575, 

 380, 

 429, 

 724, 

 743, 

 750, 

 705, 

 576, 

 622, 

 930, 

 352, 

 802, 

 003, 

 706, 

 037, 

 348, 

 504, 

 528, 

 331, 

 514, 

 199, 

 578, 

 256, 

 539, 

 027, 

 430, 

 252, 

 374, 

 663, 

 829, 

 043, 

 880, 

 550, 



512 16 

 463 71 

 704 27 

 181 39 

 750 01 

 005 44 

 007 41 

 781 82 

 987 90 

 100 44 

 447 83 

 624 88 

 084 24 

 344 74 

 262 47 

 738 04 

 419 75 

 980 93 

 953 20 

 444 48 

 022 88 

 036 19 

 191 34 

 917 28 

 794 86 

 837 12 

 099 68 

 371 00 

 532 39 

 351 35 

 693 64 

 411 30 

 296 81 

 161 55 

 591 47 

 801 77 

 576 04 

 494 12 

 339 55 



1855 2,772,990 78 



1856 2,644,263 97 



1857 4,354,418 87 



1858 4,978,266 18 



1859 3,490,534 53 



I860 2,991,12154 



1861 2,865,481 17 



1862 2,327,948 37 



1863 ... 3,152,032 70 



1864 2,629,975 97 



1865 5,059,360 71 



1866 3,295,729 32 



103, 369, 211 42 

 53, 286 61 



103, 422, 498 03 



1867 4,642 35177 



1868 4,100,682 32 



1869 7,042,923 06 



1870 3,407,938 15 



1871 7,426,997 44 



1872 7,061,728 82 



1873 7,951,704 88 



1874 6,692,462 09 



1875 8,384,656 82 



1876 .5,966,558 17 



]877 5,277,007 22 



1878 4,629,280 28 



1879 5,206,109 08' 



1880 5,945,957 09 



1881 9,514,16109 



1882 9,730,747 40 



1883 7,362,590 34 



1884 6,475,999 29 



1885 6,552,495 00 



1886 6,099,158 00 



Grand total. 232, 900, 006 34 



COST OF INDIAN WARS FROM JULY 4, 1776, TO JUNE 30, 1886. 



The amount expended in Indian wars from 1776 to June 30, 1886, can 

 at best be estimated. The several Indian wars after 1776, including 

 the war of 1812 in the West and I^orthwest, the Creek, Black Hawk, 

 and Seminole wars, up to i860, were bloody and costly. 



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