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Show REPORT OF TEE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. ' XXhVII . pendifnres of money for the prosecntion of their work in the iucrease of I Facilities and couveuiences and the erection of suitable buildings. The .. , Department basin no instance required a religions society to which it h:~sa ssigned lands for mission work to vacate the same. Lands occupied for missionary purposes within the limits of ihe fire civilized tribes are secured to the occupants by treaty stipulations or are assigned to them by the nations, and in some instances lands on other reservations are secured to churches and societies by treaty pro-vinious. A table is subjoined (see Appendix, page OLXXU) exMbiting all lands set apart for missionary purposes. REDUCTION OF RESERVATIONS. At the date of the last annual report of this office there were one hundred and thirty-three Indian reservations in the United States (counting the twenty-two small reserves of theMission Indiana ofCali-fornia as one only and the nineteen Pueblo reserves in New Mexico also as one), having an aggregate area of about 116,000,000 acres or 181,250 sqnaremiles, which is greater than that of the New England and Middle States combined, greater than the aggregate area of the States af Ohio, Indiaua, Illinois, and Kentucky, and nearly equal to the com-biued area of the two Dakotas and Montana. To carry the co~npari-son further, it is larger by half than the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, larger than Sweden or Norway, and nearly as large as either France or Spain. The total Indian population of the United States, exclusive of Alaska, was, by the census of 1889, 250,483, and exclusive of the five civilized tribes in Indian Territory, 186,283. The following table shows the distribution of Indian lands and Indian population in the several States and Territories at the date above referred to: TABLE 10.-Showing, 6g Stalr8,populnlion of Indians and areas of Indian l'eeemations. - state or Territory. I h a in acres. I Square miles. I ~ogo~ation. ~~i~~~~ ................................................ Califernis. .............................................. Colorado .......................................... Nurch Dakota .......................................... Sotnth Dekota .......................................... Idaho ............................................... Indian Ternitor5 ....................................... Iowa. ..................................... : ............. K%n~.aa.. ............................................... Michig~n.. .... ............................. Minnerata .............................................. MuuCau~.. ............................................. Nebraska .............................................. Nevada ................................................ New Meriao ......................................... Sew York ............................................. North Camlioa ......................................... Oregon ................................................ T ~ l a .a.. ............................................................................... UWh .............................................. Wn-hineton ............................................ Wimain .............................................. Wsrmrit~e. ............................................ Xisoellansana ......................................................................... 6603.1~1 491.045 1,094,490 3. 188 480 22 819 426 2:611:481 89,199,530 I. 258 10?.0'16 27.319 - 4,747,941 10,591.380 136.047 954.135 10,002.S25 87,671 65.211 2,076,240 2972.480 4,045,281 512.961 2.342 400 lo, ant TI2 1 110 4: 982 . '2% 01,249 2 lS9i 1,419 42* 16.549 214 1.490t 15, 6% 131 102 a, 242 6, 201 0,321 809 3.6m |
