APPENDIX. 



A s an historical sketch has been given of the Indian na 

 tions, within what is considered the limits of Louisiana, on 

 the western side of the river Mississippi, it is presumed 

 that some account of the natives residing west of the Alle» 

 ghany mountains, and in the vicinity of the lakes, would be 

 acceptable. The following is given from the best materials 

 the writer was able to procure. To ascertain the numbers 

 of each nation, with any greaj degree of precision, is im- 

 practicable. They are taken principally from former esti- 

 mates, since which individual nations have doubtless consid- 

 erably varied in number, Since the close of the American 

 revolutionary war, some of the nations have increased in 

 population, while others have diminished. Mr. Imlay, in 

 his history of Kentucky, estimates the whole number of In- 

 dians, from the gulph of Mexico, on both sides the Missis- 

 sippi, to its head waters, to the gulph of Saint Lawrence ; 

 and as far west as the country has been explored, between 

 the Missouri and Saint aFd; to be only 60,000 souls. This 

 estimation must be much less than their real number. Mr. 

 Purcell, who resided among- the Indians, computes only the 

 Creeks, Chacktaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Catabaws, 

 in the year 1780, to consist of 13,516 warriors, and 42,033 

 souls. The roving life and frequent migrations of the na- 

 tives, increase the difficulty of ascertaining the number of 

 particular nations. Tribes and small bands often separate 

 from their nation, and form confederacies with others, or 

 find some new place of residence. After the establishment 

 of peace by General Wayne, at Greenville, in 1795, at Which 

 time large tracts of land were ceded to the United States, 

 nearly all the Indians who resided on the lands, to which 

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