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STATISTICAL TABLES of the Indian population, comprised within the boundaries of the consolidated Agency of Sault Ste Marie and Michilimackinac, in the year 1832, together with the number of Trading Posts established under the act of Congress, of May 25, 1824, and other facts illustrating the condition and operations of the Fur Trade. Prepared under instructions of the War Department of the 3d May, 1832, for visiting the sources of the Mississippi.

NATURE AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRICT.	Name of the Village or Periodical Encampment.	No. of Men.	No. of women.	No. of children.	No. of persons of the mixed blood all ages & sexes.	Population of villages, &c.	Population of geographical districts.
N. W. Coast of Lake Huron.	Michilimackinac (See note A.)	18	29	51	146	244	308
St. Martin’s Islands
Chenos
Drummond Island	16	18	23	7	64
St. Mary’s River, American side.	Mineeshco river (B.)	58	73	144	161	436	436
Muscoda Sagi (C.)
Sugar Island
Little Rapids Kinibitunoong(D.)
Sault Ste Marie (E.)
Southern Shores of L. Superior.	Misconabies Creek	42	46	98			1006
Tacquimenon
Heart’s blood Lake
Manistic River
White Fish Point (F.)
Shelldrake River (Onzig)
Two hearted River
Grand Marais
Miner’s River and Pictured Rocks
Grand Island	7	6	23	14	50
Presque Isle and Granite Point	4	4	12		20
Huron Bay	4	6	4		14
Keweena Bay (G.)	31	38	43	28	140
Ontonagon (H.)	29	32	76	15	152
Mouth of Montreal River	32	40	113	28	213
Mauvais River
Lapointe of Chegoimegen (I.)
Fond du Lac (K.)	44	46	103	38	231
Extreme Upper Mississippi.	Sandy Lake.	70	83	127	35	315	1855
Pine River and Red Cedar Lake	20	19	33	6	78
Pierced Prairie and Noka Seepi (L.)	22	26	52	12	112
Peckagama Falls (Mississippi.)	4	6	14		24
Lake Winnepec (M.)	20	18	41	10	89
Turtle Lake	20	21	44	14	99
Cass Lake (N.)	40	51	66	11	168
Lac Traverse and Itasca Lake (O.)
Leech Lake. Mukkundwas (P.)	139	194	373	34	730
Bear Island of Leech Lake	26	32	44		102
Mille Lac	38	43	57		138
Rum River (Q.)
Old Grand Portage to the L. of the Woods, American side.	Old Grand Portage (R.)	12	11	27		50	476
Rainy Lake	38	40	65	16	159
Vermillion Lake	37	40	48	7	132
Lake of the Woods	31	34	61	9	135
Red River of the North.	Red Lake	84	74	100	32	290	1174
Pembina (S.)	142	150	288	304	884
St. Croix River of the Upper Mississippi.	Falls of St Croix	80	88	133	38	339	895
Snake River
Yellow River (T.)	106	114	120	42	382
Rice Lake and Lac Vaseux
Nama Kowagun	30	32	33		25
Lake of the Cross of the Namakagun	6	6	14		26
Pukwaewa (Odabossa’s V.)	11	14	28		53
Chippewa River of the Upper Mississippi.	Rice Lake of Red Cedar fork	46	38	58		142	1376
Red Cedar Lake of Lac Chetac	19	20	31		70
Lac Courtoreille (Ottowa L.)	117	136	195	56	504
Red Devil’s band of the Ochasowa.	49	37	66		152
Lac du Flambeau	112	137	168	50	457
Trout Lake and Tomahawk Lake	15	15	21		51
Sources of the Wisconsin and Monomones Rivers.	La Lac or Upper Wisconsin. (U.)	30	30	60		120	342
Plover Portage and Post Lake	18	23	36		77
Metawonga	28	30	43	10	111
White Clay Portage	8	9	14	3	34
Northern curve of Green Bay.	Bay de Nocquet	29	34	60	15	138	210
Wcequaidons
White Fish Creek	16	18	38		72
N. W. coast of Lake Michigan.	Mouth of Manistic	46	54	120	14	234	274
Mille au Coquin
Choiswa
Straits of Michigan
Point St. Ignace
Peninsula of Michigan.	River au Sable (Arenac.)	1350	1566	2384	374	5674	5674
Thunder Bay
Cheboigon
L’Arbre Croche, Upper and Lower (V.)
Grand Traverse Bay
Rivière au Becsie
Maskegon
Grand River
		3,144	3,571	5,752	1,553	14,020	14,020

STATISTICAL FACTS RESPECTING THE FUR TRADE.

Geographical District.	Name of the Village or Periodical Encampment.	Trading posts estab-lished by Indian Dept.	Number of clerks licensed to trade.	Number of inter-preters, boatmen &c. employed by the clerks.	Total number of white persons engaged in the trade.	Amount of goods bonded for, agreeably to duplicates of the invoices on file in the Agency Office.	Estimated amount vested in boats, or paid in men’s wages, &c.	Aggregate amount of capital vested in the trade within the Agency.	Estimated amount of returns in furs and pletries on on the outfits of 1832, computed at the quoted New-York prices of 1831.	Computed distance of the Trading Post from the seat of the Agency.	Course of the Post from the Agency.	Names of the persons who have received licences to trade, and executed bonds, with sureties, under the several acts of Congress, regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, during the year.	Total population resident within the Agency in 1832, excluding inhabitants of M. T. at Sault Ste Marie & Michili-mackinac
N. W. Coast of L. Huron.	Michilimackinac,									Miles.
St. Martin’s Islands,
Chenos,	12	N.E.
Drummond Island,	1	1	3	4					40	N.E.		306
St. Mary’s River, American side.	Mineeshco river,					$5,701,59	$5,701,59	$11,403,18	$15,204,24				436
Muscoda Sagi,
Sugar Island,
Little Rapids, Kinibitunoong.
Sault Ste Marie,
S. Shores of L. Superior.	Misconabies Creek,
Tacquimenon,	1	1	4	5	120	N.N.E.	William Johnston.
Heart’s blood Lake,							Edward Cadotte.
Manistic River,							Ecstache Raussain.
White Fish Point,	1	3	19	22	130	N.N.E.	Samuel Ashman.	1087
Shelldrake River, Onzig.							Richardson May.
Two hearted River,							William Johnston.
Grand Marais,
Miner’s River & Pictured Rocks,
Grand Island,	1	2	8	10	180	N.N.W.	Louis Nolin. B. Marvin.
Presque Isle & Granite Point,
Huron Bay,							John Holiday.
Keweena Bay,	1	3	16	19			William Holiday.
Ontonagon,	1	1	10	11	500	N.W.	Jean Bt. Dubay.
Mouth of Montreal river,	1	1	3	4	410	N.W.	George Bartlet. J. Brown.
Mauvais River,					479	N.W.	Michael Cadotte, jun.
Lapointe or Chegoimegon,	1	2	4	6	500	N.W.	L.M. Warren. M. Cadotte.
Fond du Lac,	1	1	74	88	$13,817,00	$13,817,00	$27,634,00	$36,845,33	590	N.W.	W. Aitkin. W. Davenport.
Extreme Upper Miss.	Sandy Lake,	1	1	740	N.W.
Pine River and Red Cedar Lake.	1	1	800	W.N.W.	John H. Fairbanks.
Pierced Prairie & Noka Seepi,	1	1	940	W.N.W.	Benjamin F. Baker.
Peckagama Falls, (Mississippi.)
Lake Winipec,	1	2		N.W.	Alfred Aitkin.
Turtle Lake,				N.W.	Jean Bt. Belonger.
Cass Lake,				N.W.	James Ermatinger.
Lac Traverse & Itasca Lake,	1	2		N.W.
Leech Lake, (Mukkundwas.)	1	5		N.W.	Pierre Cota.
Bear Island of Leech Lake,					J. W. Abbott. G. Bungo.
Mille Lac,					Charles Chabattio.
Rum River,	1	2			A. Morrison. Jean Bt. Roy.	1870
Old G. Portage to the L. of the Woods, American side.	Old Grand Portage,	1	1		N.N.W.	Ambrose Davenport.
Rainy Lake,	1	3			J. Cadotte. S. Lecomble.
Vermillion Lake,	1	1		N.N.W.	V. Roy. P. Craphesa.
Lake of the Woods,	1			N.N.W.	F. Brunet & A. Belonger.	481
Red River of the North.	Red Lake,	1	1		N.W.	J. Bt. Dejardin. L. Dufault.
Pembina,	1	1		N.W.	David Aitkin.	1250
St. Croix River of the Upper Miss.	Falls of St. Croix,										W.S.W.
Snake River,	1	2	8	10						W.S.W.	Thomas Connor.	349
Yellow River,	1	1	4	5						W.S.W.	Souvraign Dawnee.
Rice Lake & Lac Vaseux,	1	1	2	3						W.S.W.	Louis Ladabouche.	387
Nama Kowagun,										W.S.W.		95
L. of the Cross of the Namakagun,										W.S.W.		26
Pukwaewa, (Odabossa’s V.)										W.S.W.		53
Chippewa River of the Upper Miss.	Rice Lake of Red Cedar Fork,										W.S.W.		142
Red Cedar Lake of Lac Chetac,	1	1	3	4						W.S.W.	Louis Corbin.	74
Lac Courtoreille, (Ottowa L.)	1	2	9	11						W.S.W.	Benjamin Cadotte.	515
Red Devil’s band of the Ochasowa,										W.S.W.		152
Lac du Flambeau,	1	1	7	8						W.S.W.	Charles H. Oaks.	465
Trout Lake & Tomahawk Lake,										W.S.W.	Paul Grignon.	51
Sources of the Wisconsin & Monomonee Rivers.	La Lac or Upper Wisconsin,	1	1	4	5						S.W.	G. D. Cameron.	125
Plover Portage & Post Lake,										S.W.		77
Metawonga,	1	1	6	7						S.W.		118
White Clay Portage,										S.W.		34
Noth’n curve of Green Bay.	Bay de Nocquet,										S.W.
Weequaidons,										S.W.
White fish Creek,										S.W.		210
N. W. coast of L. Michigan.	Mouth of Manistic,	1	1	4	5	$1000,00	$1000,00	$2,000	$2,666,66		S.	Joseph Troque.
Mille au Coquin	S.
Choiswa,	S.	239
Straits of Michigan,	S.
Point St. Ignace,	S.E.	40
Peninsula of Michigan.	River au Sable, (Arenac.)	1									S.E.		5698
Thunder Bay,										S.E.
Cheboigon,										S.
L’Arbre Croche, Upper & Lower,	1									S.
Grand Traverse Bay,										S.
Rivière au Becsie,										S.
Maskegon,	1	1	4	5	$994,00	$994,00	$1,988,00	$2,650,66		S.	George Campeau.
Grand River	1	5	14	19	$5000,00	$5000,00	$10,000,00	$13,333,33			Rix Robinson. Joseph Daily. Francis Lacroix. William Lesley.
		35	53	206	259	$26,512,59	$26,512,59	$53,025,18	$70,700,22				14,279