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Title: Indian wars and pioneers of Texas
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Brown, John Henry, 1820-1895
Subjects: Indians of North America Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America
Publisher: Austin : L.E. Daniel)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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s 800 Crees 3,000 Crosventres 3,000 Crows 45,000 Sioux 27,500 Quapaws 460 Caddos 800 Poncas 800 Osages 5,120 Konsas 1,471 Sacs 4,800 Arickaras 8,000 Chazenes 2,000 Blackfeet .30,000 Foxes 1,600 Areehpas and Keawas 1,400 There is yet remaining east of the river in theSouthern States a considerable number: the fiveprincipal tribes are the Seminoles, Creeks, Chero-kees, Choctaws and Chickasaws. Seminoles, yet remaining east 2,420 Choctaws, yet remaining east 3,500 Chickasaws, yet remaining east 5,420 Cherokees, yet remaining east 10,000 Creeks, yet remaining east 22,668 Those stated as western tribes extend along thewhole western frontier. And taking as true theopinions of the department, that the averagenumber of an Indian family is four, it may be seenwhat number of warriors, by possibilitj^ might bebrought into the field, and what number on theother hand might be required to keep them incheck. By publishing the foregoing statement, you willoblige your humble servant, Thomas J. Porter.
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CHIEF AT HOME. INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS. At that time there were in East Texas the Chero-kees and their twelve associate bands of UnitedStates Indians, embracing portions of the Dela-wares, Shawnees, Kickapoos, Alabamas, Coosh-attes, Caddos, Pawnees, and others. There were also remnants of ancient TexasIndians -— some almost extinct — such as theAchaes, Jaranenies, Anaquas, Bedwias — stillformidable bodies of Carancahuas, Tasahuas,Lipaus, Tahnacarnoes, Wacos, Wichitas, Keechies,lonies, Towdashes, and others, besides the stillprincipal tribes of the Comanches, Kiowas and to their west the Apaches, Navajoes, and othersmore strictly pertaining to New Mexico, but oftendepredating in Texas, as did the Mescalaros andother tribes from beyond the Eio Grande hailingfrom Coahuila and Chihuahua. Our work is hereafter confined to events after theAmerican settlements began. It covers the periodfrom 1822 to 1874, fifty-two years, and much isuntold, but the early struggles in every paindianwarspionee00brow

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