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Bienville said there were 40 Pensacola men between Pensacola and Biloxi
Source: Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors #121
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The Pensacola Indians were so insignificant in historic times that Bienville, writing in 1725 or 1726, says there were not more than 40 men in their village and that of the neighboring Biloxi together.5 In 1764 John Stuart places them in one group with the Biloxi, Chatot, Capinans, Washa, Chawasha, and Pascagoula, and allows them all but 241 men.8 (Swanton)
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