Y 20,280Y
+---------------------+-------+
YCrees Y 3,000Y
+---------------------+-------+
YArrepahas Y 3,000Y
+---------------------+-------+
YGros-Ventres Y 16,800Y
+---------------------+-------+
YEutaws Y 19,200Y
+---------------------+-------+
YCrows Y 7,200Y
+---------------------+-------+
YCaddoes Y 2,000Y
+---------------------+-------+
YPoncas Y 900Y
+---------------------+-------+
YArickarees Y 2,750Y
+---------------------+-------+
YCheyennes Y 3,200Y
+---------------------+-------+
YBlackfeet Y 30,000Y
+---------------------+-------+
YTotal Y231,806Y
+=====================+=======+

RECAPITULATION.

Number of Indians now east of the Mississippi 49,365

Number of Indians who have emigrated from east to west side 51,327

Number of indigenous tribes 231,806

Aggregate 332,498

_Estimated number of warriors_.

Whole number of Indians 332,498

Assuming that every fifth one may be considered a warrior (and this is
believed to be a reasonable supposition), the number of warriors will be
66,499

War Department, Office of Indian Affairs, November 22, 1837.

CA Harris, Commissioner.

This force of the Indians, if ever they combined, would be very
formidable, and they might certainly sweep away the whole white
population west of the Mississippi. That there will hereafter be an
attempt of that kind is very probable, as hunger must eventually drive
them to it; but any success in their attempt must depend very much upon
their leaders, and the possibility of combination. It certainly
_appears_ to have been an oversight on the part of the American
Government, to concentrate the whole of the Indians upon their frontiers
in the way which they have done; still they could not well have acted
otherwise. The removal of the Cherokees has been the most hazardous
part of their proceeding, as they are very superior people; and should
the other tribes put themselves under their directions, they would be
formidable enemies. There is another circumstance which may render the
Indians more serious enemies, which is, that they, having been located
on the prairie country, have become Horse Indians, instead of what is
termed Wood Indians, and they have a vast country behind them to retreat
to in case of necessity. I do not think, however, that there is, at
pre