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Tunkas do not exceed twenty-five men, and live 

 at Avoyall. Pascagolas from West Florida, 

 have only twenty-five men, and live in a small 

 village on Red river. Tenisaws are emigrants 

 from Tenesau river, which falls into the bay of 

 Mobile, are reduced to twenty-five men, and live 

 on bayau Beauf. Chactoos live on the same 

 bayauj are aborigines of the country where 

 they live, and are diminished to about thirty men* 

 Washas are reduced to two men and three women, 

 and live in French families. The Chactaxvs have 

 two villages, one consisting of thirty, and the other 

 of fifty men, in the district of Appelousa, besides 

 rambling hunting parties, in different parts of the 

 country. They are at war with the Caddoques, 

 and not liked by either red or white people. 

 The Arkansas, who claim three hundred miles on 

 that river, but live in three villages, are supposed 

 not to exceed three hundred men. They speak 

 the Osage language, but are at war with that na- 

 tion. They raise corn to sell, and are called an 

 honest and friendly people. 



These Indian nations reside, or rove in their 

 hunting and trading excursions, within what has 

 been conjectured to be the limits of Louisiana. 

 In ascertaining their numbers, it was unavoidably 

 necessary, in many instances, to depend on In- 

 dian information ; but it is presumed that the 

 number of warriors, which is generally given in 

 even numbers, is not far from being correct; and 

 calculating on the best data that could be obtain- 



