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THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



^n act of the Dominion Parliament of 1884, which took effect Jan- 

 uary 1, 1885, provides for a system of municipal organization by which 

 Indians may have the regulation of their own affairs in their own hands. 



The most serious evils that the Canadian Indian report of 1884 shows 

 that the authorities have had to meet among the Indians was the use of 

 whisky by the Indians, and quarrels arising from dissensions among 

 missionaries. 



Treaties that have been made in the past are respected, and the In- 

 dian treated as a ward. All obligations are scrupulously regarded and 

 kept by the Government. 



Violence and outbreaks are few. For three years prior to 1885 not a 

 white man was killed by an Indian in the Northwest. Outside influ- 

 ences have, however, sometimes worked bloodshed. 



The total population January 1, 1885, was 131,952; January 1, 1886, 

 it was 129,325, a decrease of 2,627 in one year. 



The following names of tribes and their residences in Canada are given 

 for reference. 



Census return of resident (on reservations or otherwise) and nomadic Indians in the Domin- 

 ion of Canada, by Provinces, June 30, 1884.* 



Name of tribe and residence. 



Province of Ontario. 



Algonquins at Carleton 



( Golden Lake 



* Renfrew 



Chippewas and Munsees at the Thames. 



Ottawas and Pottawattamies of Wal- 

 pole Island 



Sarnia, Kettle Point, and Sauble 



Snake Island 



Kama 



Saugeen 



N awash 



Beausoleil 



Iroquois and Algonquins at Gibson (Mus- 



koka district) 



Moravians at the Thames 



Mississaguas at Mud Lake 



Rice Lake 



Scugog 



Alnwick 



New Credit 



Mohawks at the Bay of Quinte 



Oneidas at the Thames 



Ojibbewasand Ottawas of Monitoulin and 

 Cockburn Islands, at — 



Cockburn Island 



Shesheg waning 



West Bay 



■Sucker Creek 



Shequiandah 



Sucker Lake 



South Bay 



Wikwemikong 



Wikwemikongsing 



Obidgewong 



Ojibbewas of Lake Superior, at — 



Port William 



Red Rock or Helen Island 



Pays Plat 



Lake Nipegon 



Pio River : 



Long Lake • 



Michipicotin and Big Heads 



No. 



26 



77 

 673 

 575 



802 

 485 

 137 

 247 

 362 

 397 

 325 



117 



275 

 158 

 94 

 43 

 231 

 218 

 965 

 770 



45 

 148 

 244 

 101 

 125 



41 



58 

 791 

 140 



17 



416 



153 



54 



426 



245 

 311 

 283 



Name of tribe and residence. 



Province of Ontario — Continued. 



Ojibbewas of Lake Huron, at— 



Thessalon River 



Maganettawan 



Spanish River 



Whke Pish Lake 



Mississagua River 



Onewaiegoes 



Serpent River 



Prench River 



Tahgaiwenene 



White Pish River 



Perry Island 



Shawanaga 



Henvy's Inlet 



LakeNipissing 



Temogamingue 



Dokis 



Garden River 



Batchewana Bay 



Six Nations on the Grand River. 

 Wyandots of Anderdon 



Total 



Province of Quebec. 



No. 



Abenakis at St. Francis 



Becancour 



Algonquins at Desert 



Temiscamingue 



South Pontiac ? 



North Pontiac 5 



Bigelow, Wells, Blake, McGill, county 



of Ottawa 



Beauman, Villenuve, county of Ottawa 

 Mulgrave, Derry, county of Ottawa. . . 



St. Angelique, county of Ottawa 



Hartwell, county of Ottawa 



North Nation, county of Ottawa 



River Rouge, north county of Ottawa 



Hull (city), county of Ottawa 



Hull, county of Ottawa 



172 



164 



503 



156 



141 



62 



91 



81 



149 



73 



78 



114 



176 



162 



95 



62 



326 



384 



3,230 



16, 892 



411 

 136 



1,028 



14 

 1 

 15 

 6 

 25 

 11 

 31 

 3 

 5 



It is to be regretted that there is no map published showing the Indian reservation in Canada. 



