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Mr. Put-cell, in his account of the population of the Indian 

 nations south of the Ohio, has stated the number of war- 

 riors to be 13,516, which is 1,260 more, than is here given. 

 The number of souls are considerable less, being 42,033, 

 and 2,260 less than the preceding estimation. Although 

 he appears to have taken his numbers from actual enumera- 

 tion, he makes the proportion of warriors, to the number of 

 souls, only a small fraction more than three souls to one 

 warrior, which is considerably less than the common rule of 

 calculation. It is not improbable, however, that his account 

 is correct. It has been a general opinion that these nations 

 have been increasing in number, for a considerable time 

 past- The greatest enemy to their population has doubtless 

 been the intemperate use of spirituous liquors. 



