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was placed at the head of 500 Indians to be sent against the English, 

 but only part of these were Yamasee. In 1719 a captive reported 

 only 60 near St. Augustine, but in 1726 the Spaniards themselves 

 give 313 in the missions there and in 1728, 144. Figures covering the 

 Indian population about St. Augustine in 1736 indicate that there 

 may have been about 360 so called Yamasee, though this probably in- 

 cluded Indians of the Guale province as well. In 1761 a body of 

 Yamasee containing 20 men was living near St. Augustine, but by that 

 time the tribe had probably scattered widely. In 1821 the "Emusas" 

 on Chattahoochee Kiver numbered 20 souls. Mooney estimated that 

 there may have been about 2,000 in all in 1650. 



YATASI 



This Caddo tribe was reported by Tonti in 1690 to be living on 

 Red River northwest of the Natchitoches, and in one band with the 

 "Natasi" and "Choye." In 1701 Bienville and St. Denis made an 

 alliance with them. When the post of Natchitoches was established, 

 they were being so hard pressed by the Chickasaw that a part of them 

 sought refuge near by while another part fled to the Kadohadacho. 

 Later they reoccupied their old country, but were very much reduced 

 in numbers and left Louisiana for Texas along with the other Caddo 

 of the section, whose fortunes they subsequently followed. 



Yatasi population. — In 1700 the number of their warriors was said 

 to be 200, but either this was an overestimate or they fell off very 

 rapidly in the two decades following, since this tribe, the Natchitoches, 

 and the Doustioni together were said to have had but 80 men in 1718. 

 Nevertheless, a year later we get 150-200 souls reported in the group. 

 In 1773 De Mezieres reported that there were only 3 Yatasi warriors, 

 but in 1805 Sibley found 8 men and 25 women and children. In 1825 

 a total of 36 was reported. 



YAZOO 



In 1682 these Indians were found living on the river which bears 

 their name, and Tonti's account of the tribe here seems to indicate 

 that they may have been in that place for a considerable time, 

 though there is also a possibility that they had once lived higher 

 up the Mississippi and had come down at about the same period 

 as their congeners, the Tunica. In 1702 they were accessory to the 

 murder of the missionary Foucault, and they and the Koroa were 

 always decidedly anti-French in their sentiments. In 1718, if we 

 may trust Penicaut as to date, Fort St. Peter was established near 

 their town, and in 1722 a plantation was laid out near it by M. de la 

 Tour, in the interest of M. Le Blanc, but it was soon abandoned. 



