INDIAN TRIBES OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY, 
435 
Captain Wilkes's Estimate —1841. 
Tribes and localities. 
Population. 
Chinooks..... 
Pillar Rock, Oak Point, and Columbia river. 
Cowlitz.. 
Chihalis and Puget Sound. 
Nisqually.. 
Port Orchard. 
Penn’s Cove, Whidby’s island, including the main land, (Scatchae tribe) 
Birch Bay.. 
Clallams at Port Discovery, New Dungeness, &c. 
Port Townsend.. 
Hood’s canal, (Suquamish and Toando tribe).. 
Total. 
209 
300 
350 
700 
200 
150 
650 
300 
350 
70 
500 
3,779 
Estimate of Indian tribes in the Western district of Washington Territory — January , 1854. 
Names of tribes and bands. 
Where located. 
s 
Women. 
Total bands. 
Total tribes. 
Remarks. 
Upper Chinooks—5 bands, 
Columbia river, above the Cowlitz.. 
200 
not including Cascade 
bands are mixed with the lvli- 
band. 
katats; the lower with the 
Cowlitz. 
Lower Chinooks— 
Chinook band.. } 
Columbia river, below the Cowlitz, 
32 
34 
66 
Four others, (esti- \ 
and Shoalwater bay. 
50 
mate.) ) 
116 
Chihalis. 
Chihalis... 
Gray’s harbor and Lower Chihalis 
100 
river. 
Do. 
Northern forks Chihalis river .. 
200 
Estimate. 
300 
Cowlitz and Upper Chihalis. 
On Cowlitz river and the Chihalis, 
above the Satsop. 
gether intermixed. 
Tai-tin-a-pam.. .......... 
Base of mountains on Cowlitz, &c.. 
75 
Quin-aik, &c___ 
Coast from Gray’s harbor northward. 
500 
Makahs__....... 
Cape Flattery and vicinity.___ 
150 
S’Klallams.. 
Straits of Fuca. 
Port Townsend...... .... 
67 
88 
155 
Ka-quaitl... 
Port Discovery. 
24 
26 
50 
Stent-1 um ... 
New Dungeness... 
79 
91 
170 
All others. 
False Dungeness, &c., westward... 
475 
The last estimated. 
850 
Chima-kum.... 
Port Townsend... 
70 
To-an hooch ___ 
Hood’s canal..... 
123 
109 
265 
the count, but estimated. 
Sko-ko-mish.. 
Hood’s canal—upper end.. 
200 
Sko-ko-mish estimated. 
465 
Guak-s’n-a-mish.. 
Case’s inlet, &c ......____.... 
19 
21 
40 
S’Kosle-ma-mish.. 
Case’s inlet, &c...„ „ 
14 
13 
27 
Sa-heh-wa-mish.. 
Hammersly’s inlet, &c.-__ 
11 
12 
23 
Sa-wa-mish.... ... 
Totten’s inlet, &,c.. 
2 
1 
3 
Eld’s inlet, &c__............ 
22 
23 
Stell-cha-sa-mish.. 
Budd’s inlet, &c.... 
20 
Nov-seh-chatl.. 
South bay..... 
12 
Estimate. 
170 
Squalli-ah-mish—six bands. 
Nisqually river and vicinity. 
84 
100 
184 
Steila-coom-a-mish.. 
Steilacoom creek and vicinity....... 
25 
209 
Pu-yallup-a-mish. 
Mouth of Puyallup river, &c. 
50 
T’Qua-qua-mish. 
Heads of_do.do. 
50 
Estimate. 
100 
Su-qua-mish. 
Peninsula between Hood’s canal 
215 
270 
48 J 
and Admiralty inlet. 
S’slo-ma-misli. 
Vaston’s island... 
18 
15 
33 
518 
