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that went to Red River near Natchitoches, and finally to the 
Brazos. 
Of the To-wac-o-nies there were fifty-one men, sixty-three 
women and fifty-five children. 
The Wacos numbered sixty-five men, eighty-cight women, 
and seventy-two children, 
These five tribes were living in great harmony, had nume- 
rous herds of horses and mules, all stolen from the whites, 
and at some of their temporary straw villages raised corn, 
beans, squashes and melons. They were all of pure Indian 
blood, and though their women were said to be far from 
chaste, they did not mingle with white men. . 
As far as could be ascertained, there were eighty Witchita 
men, one hundred and twelve women, and one hundred and 
twenty-two children, 
They are most arrant horse thieves and scoundrels, and 
haye given more trouble to the settlers in Texas than any 
other tribe. They have a village upon Rush Creek, a tribu- 
tary to the Washita, a kind of rendezvous for them, from 
which they make constant marauding expeditions, 
The Kickapoos live on the Washita near Fort Arbuckle ; 
are very famous hunters, and somewhat less Savage, though 
with ardent propensities for horse-stealing. The Paluxsies 
are but a mere remnant, wandering from place to place ina 
destitute and squalid condition. They number about sixty as 
amaximum. The Tonkaways have a tradition that their pro- 
