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Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors (ID121)Author: Swanton, John (ID85)
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1747-01-01 - 1747-12-31
What became of the Chickasaw
Chickasaw Population at Various Periods Prior to 1834'
1699. M. do Montigny, 350 cabins.
1702. Iberville, 2,000 families.
1704. De La Vente, "as numerous as the Choctaw," i. e., 700 to 800 cabins.
1708. South Carolina documents, at least 600 warriors.
1715. South Carolina census, 6 villages, 700 men, 1,900 population.
1722-23. Bienville, 6-7 villages, 800 men.
1739. Georgia records, 500 warriors.
1747. South Carolina public documents, reduced to 200 to 300 warriors.
1750. Adair, barely 450 warriors.
1750. An anonymous French memoir, 560 warriors.
1764. Capt. Thos. Hutehins, 750 warriors.
1764. Col. Bouquet, 750 warriors.
1764. John Stuart, 500 gunmen.
1768. Rev. Elam Potter, estimated at 300 to 400 warriors.
1771. Romans, 250 warriors.
1780. Purcell, 575 warriors, 2,290 population.
1814. Schermerhorn, 1,000 warriors, 35,000 population.
1817. Morse, 3,625 population.
1829. Gen. Peter B. Porter, 3,600.
1833. Report in Schoolcraft, 4,715.
Chickasaw Population Subsequent to 1834
1836. United States Indian Office, 5,400.
1838. United States Indian Office, 4,176 (in west).
1839. United States Indian Office, 5,000.
1841. United States Indian Office, 5,000.
1842. United States Indian Office, 5,010.
1843. United States Indian Office, 5,010.
1844. United States Indian Office, 4,130.
1845. United States Indian Office, 4,211.
1847. United States Indian Office (in Schoolcraft), 1,166 families, 4,260.
1847. Another entry in Schoolcraft, 6,500.
1853. United States Indian Office, 4,709.
1855. United States Indian Office, 4,787.
1861. United States Indian Office, 5,000.
1865-1870. United States Indian Office, 4,500.
1871. United States Indian Office, 5,000.
1872-1875. United States Indian Office, 6,000.
1876. United States Indian Office, 5,800.
1877-1878. United States Indian Office, 5,600.
1879. United States Indian Office, 7,000.
1880-1889. United States Indian Office, 6.000.
1890-1891. United States Indian Office, 6,400.
' Authorities: Compte Rendu, Int. Cong. Am., 15th scss., i, p. 35; Iberville in MarRry, Dec., iv, pp.
601-602; S. C Puh. Rec., MS., v, pp. 207-209; Rivers, A Chapter in the Early Hist. of S. Car., p. 94; Oa. Col.
Rec., v, p. 191; S. C. Pub. Roc., xxm, p. 75, MS.; Adair, Hist. Am. Inds., p. 353; nutchins in Schoolcraft,
Ind. Trities, in, p. 555; Bouquet, ibid., p. 559; Potter in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., 1st scr., x, p. 121; Am. Hist.
Rev., xx, 4, p. 825; Romans, Concise Nat. Hist. of E. and W. Fla., p. 69; Purcell in Mi,.ss. Hist. Soc. Colls.,
1st scr., iv, p. 100; Schrrmerhorn in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., 2d ser., n, p. 16; Morse, Rept. to Sec. of War,
p. 364; Porter in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, in, p. 597; Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes (1833); Reports U. S. Indian
Office: Ind. Pop. in U . S., U. S. Census of 1910, p. 15; MS., Lib. Cong
148001"—22 29
450 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOOY [bull. 73
1892. United States Indian Office, 6,800.
1893-1897. United States Indian Office, 6,000.
1898. United States Indian Office, 8,730.
1899. United States Indian Office, 9,048.
1900. United States Indian Office, 10,500.
1901. United States Indian Office, 6,000 Indians, 3,500 freedmen.
1902. United States Indian Office, 11,500.
1903. United States Indian Office, 4,659 by blood, 198 by intermarriage, 4,211
freedmen.
1904. United States Indian Office, 4,826 by blood, 348 intermarried, 4,471 freedmen.
1905. United States Indian Office, 5,474 by blood, 598 intermarried, 4,695 freedmen.
1906. United States Indian Office, 5,558 by blood, 623 intermarried, 4,730 freedmen.
1907. United States Indian Office, 5,684 by blood, 635 intermarried, 4,670 freedmen.
1908. United States Indian Office, 1,538 full bloods, 4,146 mixed bloods, 635 inter
married, 4,670 freedmen.
1909. United States Indian Office, 1,550 full bloods, 4,185 mixed bloods, 647 inter
married, 4,673 freedmen.
1910. United States Census, 4,204.
1910-1912. United States Indian Office, 5,688 by blood, 645 intermarried, 4,651 freed
men.
1913. United States Indian Office, 5,674 by blood, 645 "by intermarriage, 4,670
freedmen.
1914. United States Indian Office, 10,955 total population.
1915. United States Indian Office, 1,515 full bloods, 966 one-half or more, 3,823 less
than half (including 645 by intermarriage), 4,662 freedmen.
1916-1919. United States Indian Office, 5,659 by blood, 645 intermarried, 4,652
freedmen.
The only attempt to give the Chickasaw population by towns, so far as I am aware, is contained in an anonymous French memoir of about 1750, ' from which I quote the following:
Men.
Ayanaqua 40
Falatch6 50
Goulat chitou 60
Acquina 40
Concquafala 50
Outanquatlo 30
Aehouqueouma 30
Coui loussa 60
Tasca oullon 80
Apeonn6 120
560
(Swanton)
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