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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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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 number | Quantity of |
| ritories. | of Indians. | land claimed |
| Maine | 956 | acres |
| Massachusetts | 750 | |
| Rhode-Island | 420 | 3,000 |
| Connecticut | 400 | 4,300 |
| New-York | 5,143 | 246,675 |
| Virginia | 47 | 27,000 |
| South-Carolina | 450 | 144,000 |
| Ohio | 2,350 | 409,501 |
| Michigan Territory | 28,360 | 7,057,920 |
| Indiana | 11,579 | 10,104,000 |
| Illinois | 5,314,560 | |
| Georgia | 10,240,000 | |
| Alabama | 7,272,576 | |
| Tennessee | 1,055,680 | |
| Mississippi | 15,705,000 | |
| Florida Territory | 5,000 | 4,032,640 |
| Louisiana | 1,313 | |
| Missouri | 2,782,726 | |
| Arkansas Territory | 18,917 | 13,612,480 |
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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.