THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



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SUGGESTED LEGISLATION. 



The members of the committee are unanimous in the opinion, after a careful con- 

 sideration of the subject, that the lands, as well in the Indian Territory as in the 

 various reservations, which shall be ultimately found not required for the Indians or 

 the Indian tribes, and which, with their consent, ought to be disposed of for their 

 benefit, should not be purchased by the Government, but should be held and disposed 

 of by the United States, in trust for the tribe interested, to actual settlers only, on 

 an extended period of time. Such a system avoids complications, is perfectly just 

 to the tribes, and at the same time promotes the interest of the settlers, and, it is 

 deemed proper to add, will enable the Government to dispose of these surplus lands 

 gradually, and through a prolonged series of years — a policy believed to be of the 

 highest importance to the people of the United States. 



STATISTICS OF INDIAN POPULATION, ETC. 



The following statistics of population and land, with area of tribes 

 in Indian Territory 1834, are from the report of the Senate Committee 

 on Indian Affairs of the Forty-ninth Congress, first session. (Eeport 

 1278, Part 1, June 4, 1886.) 



Name of agency and tribe. 



Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency : 



Cheyenne 



Arapaho 



Khma, Comanche, and Wichita Agency: 



Kiowa 



Comanche 



Apache 



Wichita 



Waco. 



Towaconie 



Keechi 



Penetheka Comanche 



Delaware 



Caddo 



Osage Agency: 



Osage 



Kaw 



Quapaw 



Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency: 



Ponca 



Pawnee 



Otoe and Missouria , 



Nez Perce 



Quapaw Agency : 



Seneca 



Miami (Western) . 



Peoria '. 



Modoc 



Wyandotte 



Ottawa , 



Quapaw , 



Eastern Shawnee , 



Sac and Fox Agency : 



Sac and Fox of the Mississippi 



Iowa , 



Absentee Shawnee 



Mexican Kickapoo 



Pottawatomie (citizens) 



Mokohoko band of Sac and Fox 



Otoe 



Union Agency: 



Cherokee' 



Creek 



Choctaw 



Chickasaw . . '. 



Seminole 



Popula- 

 tion. 



Total 



Tribes west of the five civilised tribes consoli- 

 dated 



3,905 

 2,366 



1,152 

 1,382 



308 

 209 



40 

 163 



79 

 165 



74 

 555 



1,570 

 245 

 150 



560 

 1,142 



274 

 287 



225 

 60 



140 

 94 



284 



122 

 53 

 71 



445 



88 

 720 

 326 

 500 

 340 

 240 



23, 000 



14, 000 



18, 000 



6,000 



3,000 



Number of 



acres in 

 reservation. 



82, 334 

 18, 334 



4. 297, 771 



3, 712, 503 



1, 570, 196 



101, 891 



283, 020 



129, 113 



90, 711 



51, 958 



50, 301 



4,040 

 21, 406 

 14, 860 

 56, 685 

 13, 048 



1, 055, 544 



5, 031, 351 



3, 215, 495 



6, 688, 000 



4, 650, 925 

 200, 000 



Number of 



acres 



of land 



tillable. 



31, 238, 821 

 11, 453, 050 



30, 000 



316, 000 



88, 000 



50, 000 



29, 958 

 40, 000 



2. 500 

 14, 000 

 10, 860 

 42, 000 



6,088 



120, 000 



2, 500, 000 

 1, 000, 000 



3, 000, 000 

 2, 300, 000 



70, 000 



Number of 

 acres of tilla- 

 ble land 

 per capita. 



649, 406 

 779, 406 



Less than 



Less than 84 



Less than 45 



Less than 44 



133J 



200 



Less than 27 

 Less than 50 

 Less than 90 

 792£ 

 85| 



Less than 46 



Less than 109 



16C§ 



3^3| 



23i 



117* 



Less than 43 



