Census of various Indian tribes living on or near Puget's sound, N. W. America, taken by W. F. Tolmie in the autumn of 1844. Penn's Cove, Whitby's island, including the main land, (Scatchat tribe). 650 300 B.-Enumeration of the Indian tribes in Washington Territory cast of the Cascades. ESTIMATE OF 1853, BY GOV. I. I. STEVENS. Undoubtedly a large majority of the Nez Perces are in Washington Territory; but the major part of the Cayuses, Walla-Wallas, and the Dalles Indians, are in Oregon. The above furnishes a very incorrect statement even of the tribes that are given, and some of the most important are omitted altogether. No conclusion can be drawn from it whatever. A more general one is contained in Captain Wilkes's pamphlet on Western America, as follows: Which is also much less than the actual number at that time. Yet more incorrect is the estimate of Lieutenants Warre and Vavasour, R. N., published in Martin's "Hudson's Bay Territories, &c.," in 1849, though as regards this part of the Territory it is not so bad as the rest. The Pisquouse and Koutaines are omitted, and the band of Upper Chinooks at the Dalles included with the Walla-wallas. No. 87. SUPERINTENDENCY OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, OREGON TERRITORY, Dayton, September 11, 1854. SIR: I respectfully submit the following report of affairs during the past year, in this superintendency. With a few exceptions, the Indians remain in a condition differing little from that exhibited in my last report. Much excitement has existed at various times among the settlers and miners in the southern and southwestern districts, of which former communications to some extent advised you. Outrages, in which whites and Indians, in turn, were the aggressors, have occurred, resulting in the death of a few of our citizens and many of the natives. These occurrences, especially the massacre of the Indians at Coquille and Chetco, caused serious apprehension of a general outbreak of hostilities in the Port Orford district. Frequent acts of violence during the winter, the sufferings of the Indians on the reserve from disease and want, the refusal of Tipsey and his band to come upon the reserve, and other causes, produced a state of affairs equally threatening in the Rogue River country. I determined at the close of the rainy season to visit the scene of these disturbances; and also, if the condition of affairs permitted, carry into effect my plans of exploration, which I have heretofore announced. Accordingly, about the first of April I set out with a small party, and a few pack-animals, carrying, besides the necessary equipage of the expedition, some farming utensils, and supplies for |