INDIANS ON THE ROUTE. 
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There should be an agency established among the Blackfeet near the falls of the Missouri, and, 
besides, one among the Flatheads in the St. Mary’s valley; one on the Spokane plain, for the 
Indians between the Cascades and Bitter Root mountains; one for the Indians on Puget sound, and 
an agency or sub-agency (I recommend the former) among the Nez Perees, and also among the 
Indians on the lower Columbia. Laws should be passed for the extinguishment of the Indian 
title, and placing the Indians in reservations. It can be done now without difficulty, and should 
be done before settlements are further advanced. In connexion with each agency there should 
be one or more farms. 
All these subjects will be treated more fully in my final report, and will also be reported on 
to the proper departments. 
Excluding the Indians in the Territory of Minnesota, the Indians on the general line of the 
route may be estimated as follows: 
EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS-BLACKFEET NATION. 
Gros Ventres. 
Bloods . 
Piegans . 
Blackfeet. 
Assiniboins, Crees, &c, 
WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 
Flatheads. 
Kootenaies and Flatheads. 
Pend d’Oreilles of Upper Lake.,. 
Pend d’Oreilles of Lower Lake.. - 
Coeur d’Alenes.„... 
Spokanes.. 
Nez Perees... 
Peluses. 
Cayuses..... 
Wallah-Wallahs.. 
Dalles band.... 
Cascades. 
Klikitats..... 
Yakimas.. 
Pisquouse and Okinakanes.- 
Shwoi-el-pi, or Colville..... 
WEST OF THE CASCADES. 
Indians on the Columbia river.... 
Coast from mouth of Columbia to entrance of Straits de Fuca.. 
Straits de Fuca. 
West shore, Puget sound. 
Nisqually.* 
Islands and east shore of sound.... .... 
Lodges. 
Warriors. 
Total No. 
360 
900 
2,520 
350 
875 
2,450 
350 
875 
2,450 
250 
625 
1,750 
400 
1,000 
2,800 
1,710 
4,275 
11,970 
60 
350 
a m m m 
400 
40 
280 
60 
420 
70 
500 
600 
1,700 
500 
120 
300 
200 
36 
300 
600 
• “ “ • • 
550 
500 
7,356 
..... 
.... 
656 
. . . . 
950 
. . . . 
920 
.... 
635 
.... 
209 
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4,189 
6,903 
26,885 
