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Domestic News February 19, 1825

Concord Register

Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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Statement from the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, accompanying the President's message to Congress, detailing 129,266 Indians and 78,104,118 acres of land claimed across U.S. states and territories, with a table of specifics.

Merged-components note: The table provides detailed data supporting the preceding text on the number of Indians in the U.S., forming a single coherent report; table label changed to domestic_news.

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Number of Indians in the U. States.

The following interesting statement of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, is one of the documents that accompanied the message communicated by the President to both Houses of Congress.

STATEMENT

Showing the number of Indians now remaining within the limits of the several States and Territories, and the quantity of land claimed by them respectively.

Number of Indians 129,266

Acres 78,104,118
States or Ter-Whole numberQuantity of
ritories.of Indians.land claimed
Maine956acres
Massachusetts750
Rhode-Island4203,000
Connecticut4004,300
New-York5,143246,675
Virginia4727,000
South-Carolina450144,000
Ohio2,350409,501
Michigan Territory28,3607,057,920
Indiana11,57910,104,000
Illinois5,314,560
Georgia10,240,000
Alabama7,272,576
Tennessee1,055,680
Mississippi15,705,000
Florida Territory5,0004,032,640
Louisiana1,313
Missouri2,782,726
Arkansas Territory18,91713,612,480

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Indian Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Indian Population Land Claims United States Superintendent Of Indian Affairs

What entities or persons were involved?

Superintendent Of Indian Affairs

Where did it happen?

United States

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United States

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Superintendent Of Indian Affairs

Event Details

Statement showing the number of Indians now remaining within the limits of the several States and Territories, and the quantity of land claimed by them respectively. Number of Indians 129,266. Acres 78,104,118. Table lists states/territories with whole number of Indians and quantity of land claimed in acres.

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