130 NEW TRACKS IN NORTH AMERICA. 
None of the Apache hordes who have succeeded in de- | 
populating Northern Sonora live in that State; their country 
lies quite to the northward, in United States’ territory. 
With regard to population, Colton places Sonora in his new 
map of Mexico at 147,133 souls, which is simply absurd. A 
Mexican estimate, formed by itn up the population of , 
- each town, and then allowing a fair approximation for the | 
rest, places it at 85,664, in 1845. An American estimate, . 
founded on the Mexican one, considers 100,000 to be very 
near the truth for 1861. But this authority includes 20,000 ! 
Papago Indians, whereas there fre certainly not more than | 
3,000 south of the boundary-line. This reduces the estimate | 
to 83,000. Since 1861, both Mexicans and Indians have 
been decreasing ; the mines haye been more and more de- | 
serted, and yet the population in the towns has not : 
increased; on the contrary, they also have been losing | 
numbers. Hermosillo, in 1840, contained 11,655 Mexicans, | 
and 2,000 Yaqui Indians; in 1843, about 14,000, all told; | 
and to-day the population is generally placed at 9,000 | 
Mexicans, and 1,500 Yaquis. As I before remarked, every 
third house was unoccupied, and more or less in ruins. I} 
might add, also, a long list of frontier settlements, none of | 
which contain any inhabitants; and, in fact, I think that at 
the present time only 70,000 seals can be allowed to Sonora, » 
including the Indian population. | 
Comparing this with the neighbouring States, we have — 
Population. —_gquare Miles. 
Sono 70,000 11,953 
Chihuahua 164,000 15,534 
ngo 156,519 6,291 
Sinaloa 160,0 3,825 
Sinaloa is the most “ae and its port, Mazatlan, is the : | 
most thriving town on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Chihuahua | 
