858 



THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



The following table shows the extent of laud owned by each tribe now established 

 in the Territory, and the population of each tribe : 



Table of population and land owned by each tribe in the Indian Territory. 



Name of reser- 

 vation. 



Agency. 



Name of tribe occupying reserva- 

 tion. 



Square 

 miles. 



Popu- 

 lation. 



Cheyenne and 

 Arapaho. 



Cherokee 



Chickasaw 



Choctaw 



Creek 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kic&apoo 



Kiowa and Co- 

 manche. 



Modoc 



Oakland or Nez 

 Perc6. 



Osage 



Otoe 



Ottawa 



Pawnee 



Peoria 



Ponca 



Pottawatomie 



Quapaw 



Sac and Fox 



Cheyenne and Ar- 

 apaho. 



Union 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Sac and Fox 



Osage 



Sac and Fox 



Kiowa,Comanche, 

 and Wichita. 



Quapaw 



Ponca, Pawnee, 

 and Otoe. 



Osage 



Ponca, Pawnee, 

 and Otoe. 



Quapaw 



Ponca, Pawnee, 



and Otoe. 

 Quapaw 



Ponca, Pawnee, 



and Otoe. 

 Sac and Fox 



Quapaw 



Sac and Fox 



Seminolo 

 Seneca... 



Shawnee. 

 "Wichita . 



Union 



Quapaw 



--.do 



Kiowa, Comanche, 

 and Wichita. 



Wyandotte 



Quapaw 



Southern Arapaho and Northern 



and Southern Cheyenne. 



Cherokee 



Chickasaw 



Choctaw (Chahta) ., 



Creek 



Iowa 



Ka.nsa.8 or Kaw 



Mexican Kickapoo 



Apache, Comanche (Komantsu), 



Delaware, and Kiowa. 



Modoc 



Tonkawa 



Great and Little Osage and Quapaw 

 Otoe and Missouria 



Ottawa of Blanchard's Fork and 



Roche de Bceuf. 

 Pawnee (Pani) 



Kaskaskia, Miami, Peoria, Pian- 



kasha, and Wea. 

 Ponca 



Absentee Shawnee (Shawano) and 

 Pottawatomie. 



Kwapa 



Otoe, Ottawa, Sac (Sauk) and Fox 

 of the Missouri and of the Mis- 

 sissippi (including Mokohoka's 

 band). 



Seminole 



Seneca 



Eastern Shawnee (Shawano) 



Comanche (Komantsu), Delaware, 

 Ion-ie, Kaddo, Kichai, Tawaka- 

 nay, Wako, and Wicliita. 



Wyandotte 



Unoccupied Cherokee lands 



Creek lands in Cheyenne and Ara- 

 pahoe treaty reserve. 



Unoccupied Creek and Seminole 

 lands. 



Unoccupied Chickasaw and Choctaw 

 lands. 



4,297,771 



5,031,351 



4, 650, 935 



6, G88, 000 



3, 040, 495 



228, 418 



100, 137 



206, 466 



2, 968, 893 



4,040 

 90, 711 



1, 470, 059 

 129, 113 



14, 860 

 283, 020 



50, 301 



101,894 



575, 877 



56, 685 

 479, 667 



375, 000 

 51, 958 

 13,048 



743,610 



21,406 



[2, 279, 618 

 105,456 



'3, 637, 770 

 683,139 



1, 211, 272 



1, 511, 576 



6,715 



7,861 



7,267 

 10, 450 



4,751 

 357 

 1561 

 322£ 



4,639 



6 



142 



2,297 

 202 



23 

 442 



78£ 



159 



900 



88J 

 750 



586 



81 



21 



1,162 



C3£ 



3, 562 



165 



5,684 



1,067 



1, 892J 



2,362 



3,609 



23, 000 



6,000 



18, 000 



14, 000 



89 



225 



346 



3,103 



94 

 92 



1,672 

 266 



117 



1,045 



206 



574 



1,260 



52 

 1,126 



3,000 



239 



69 



1.034 



79, 469 



Total 



41. 102, 546 



64, 233 



It will be seen that this extensive region of country contains a population of 79,469. 



The civilized nations— Cherokees, Chickasaws,-Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles — 

 and all of the other more advanced tribes are in the eastern part of the Territory. Here 

 the principal progress in agriculture, as well as in general advancement, has been 

 made, while an extended portion of the west is occupied by the Cheyennes, Arapa- 

 Loes, Wichitas, Kiowas, .and Comanches, with a united population of 7,746, who have 

 made comparatively little progress, with ver,y unimportant improvements, and none 

 of a permanent character, 



It is very manifest that if it is the policy of Congress to exclude the further settle- 

 ment of tribes in the Territory, the interests of the Indians, as well as the Govern- 

 ment, require an important change in the condition of this great Territory at an 

 early day. 



While it is true that extensive regions of this Territory are leased by the tribes for 

 pasturasre, including all of the Cherokee outlet west of the Arkansas River, and is for 

 the present a source of revenue for the tribes, yet the recent experience in the Cheyenne 

 and Arapaho Reservation, and the irritation manifest in several tribes whose lands 



