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Smith to Secretary of the Interior, 1 November 1872, in United States, Office of Indian Affairs, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary for the Year 1872 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872), 68-71, NADP Document R87200

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[Page 68]

The following tabular statement exhibits the organization of the Indian service in the field.

Statement exhibiting the names and locations of Indian agencies, and the number of Indians, the number and class of employés, and the aggregate compensation of employés, at each agency, at date of last quarterly report.

	Name of agency.	Location of agency.	Tribes embraced in agency.	Number of Indians	Clerks	Physicians	Teachers
1	New York	Forestville, N.Y.	Senecas, or New York Indians	5,070
2	Michigan	Detroit, Mich.	Ottawas and Chippewas	8,914			5
3	La Pointe	Bayfield, Wis.	Chippewas of Lake Superior	5,150			2
4	Chippewa	White Earth, Minn.	Chippewas of the Mississippi	6,455	1	3	2
5	Green Bay	Green Bay, Wis.	Menomonees, Oneidas, Stockbridges	2,871			3
6	Sac and Fox	Toledo, Iowa	Sacs and Foxes in Iowa	275
7	Santee	Nebraska	Santee Sioux	965		1
8	Winnebago	do	Winnebagoes	1,440		1	3
9	Omaha	do	Omahas	969			3
10	Pawnee	do	Pawnees	2,447		1	5
11	Great Nemaha	do	Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri and Iowas	313			2
12	Otoe	do	Otoes and Missourias	464			1
13	Kickapoo	Kansas	Kickapoos	290			1
14	Pottawatomie	do	Pottawatomies, Prairie band	400
15	Kansas	do	Kansas or Kaws	598			1
16	Quapaw	Indian Territory	Quapaws, Senecas, Shawnee, Miamies, Wyandotte, Kaskaskias, Weas, Peorias, and Piankeshaws	1,689			6
17	Neosho	do	Osages	3,956
18	Sac and Fox	do	Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi	463		1	2
19	Kiowa	do	Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches	5,490	1	1	1
20	Wichita	do	Wichitas and confederated bands	1,250		1	1
	Name of agency.	Location of agency.	Tribes embraced in agency.	Number of Indians	Clerks	Physicians	Teachers
21	Upper Arkansas	do	Cheyennes and Arapahoes	3,500	1	1	2
22	Cherokee	do	Cherokees	18,000
23	Choctaw	do	Choctaws and Chickasaws	22,000
24	Creek	do	Creeks	12,295
25	Seminole	do	Seminoles	2,398			4
26	Yankton	Dakota	Yankton Sioux	2,000
27	Sisseton	do	Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux	1,496	1	1	3
28	Devil's Lake	do	Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux	720		1
29	Upper Missouri	do	Sioux	3,000		1
30	Whetstone	do	Sioux	5,000		1
31	Cheyenne River	do	Sioux	5,000		1
32	Grand River	do	Sioux	6,000		1
33	Red Cloud	Wyoming	Sioux	7,000	1
34	Ponca	Dakota	Poncas	735			1
35	Blackfeet	Montana	Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans	7,500			1
36	Milk River	do	Assinaboines, Gros Ventres, Sioux, River Crows	5,565
37	Crow	do	Crows, (Mountain)	2,700			1
38	Flathead	do	Flatheads and confederate tribes	1,460		1	2
39	Temporary	do	Bannocks, Shoshones, and Sheep-Eaters	677
40	Fort Hall	Idaho	Bannocks and Shoshones	1,000		1
	Name of agency.	Location of agency.	Tribes embraced in agency.	Number of Indians	Clerks	Physicians	Teachers
41	Nez Perces	do	Nez Perces	2,807		1	2
42	Wyoming	Wyoming	Shoshones	1,037		1
43	White River	Colorado	Utes, Grand River, Yampa and Uintah bands	800			1
44	Los Pinos	do	Utes, Tabequache band	3,000		1	1
45	Uintah Valley	Utah	Utes, Uintah band	800
46	Navajo	New Mexico	Navajoes	9,114		1	1
47	Mescalero Apache	do	Mescalero Apaches	830
48	Tierra Amarills	do	Utes, Capote, and Weeminuche band	870		1
49	Tularosa	do	Southern or Gila Apaches	525
50	Cimarron	do	Utes, Muache band and Jicarillos Apaches	1,250
51	Pueblo	do	Pueblos	7,683			4
52	Pima and Maricopa	Arizona	Pimas and Maricopas	4,342		1	1
53	Papago	do	Papagoes	5,000		1
54	Colorado River	do	Mohaves	4,000		1
55	Moquis Pueblo	do	Moquis Pueblos	3,000			1
56	Camp Grant	do	Apaches	400		1
57	White Mountain	do	Apaches	900		1
58	Camp Verde	do	Apaches	500		1
59	Walker River	Nevada	Pah-Utes	6,000
60	Pah-Ute	do	Pi-Utes, Southeastern Nevada	2,500

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Statement exhibiting the names and locations of Indian agencies, and the number of Indians, the number and class of employés, &c. – Continued.

	Name of agency.	Location of agency.	Tribes embraced in agency.	Number of Indians	Clerks	Physicians	Teachers
61	Round Valley	California	Ukies and other bands	1,700		1
62	Hooper valley	do	Humboldts and other bands	725		1	1
63	Tule River	do	Tules and other bands	374		1
64	Umatilla	Oregon	Umatillas, Cayuses, Walla- Wallas	837		1	2
65	Warm Springs	do	Walla-Wallas and Wascoes	626		1	1
66	Grand Ronde	do	Molallas, Clackamas, and other bands	870			2
67	Siletz	do	Chasta Scotone and fourteen other bands	2,500		1
68	Alsea	do	Alseas and other bands	300
69	Klamath	do	Klamaths, Modocs, and Snakes	4,000		1	1
70	Puyallup	Washington	Nisquallys, Puyallps, and others	1,200		1	2
71	Tulalip	do	D'Wamish and other bands	3,600		1
72	Neeah Bay	do	Makahs	604		1	2
73	Skokomish	do	S'Klallams, Skokomish, and others	919		1	2
74	Quinaielt	do	Quinaielts Qui-leh-utes, and others	520		1	2
75	Yakama	do	Yakamas	3,000			3
76	Chehalis	do	Chehalis and others	600		1	1
77	Colville	do	Colvilles and other tribes	3,349		1
				Totals	5	43	82

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	Name of agency.	Far- mers	Black- smiths	Carp- enters	Mill- wrights and millers	Saw- yers	Engi- neers	Shoe- makers	Herders	Team- sters	Matrons of schools	Cooks	Seams- tresses	Gun- smiths
1	New York
2	Michigan		2	1
3	La Pointe	5	10	1
4	Chippewa	4	3	4	2					2	2
5	Green Bay	1	1		1
6	Sac and Fox
7	Santee	1	3	4	2	1			1	1
8	Winnebago	2	2	5	2		2	3		4
9	Omaha	1	1	2	1		2
10	Pawnee	2	2	4	2				1		2	3	2
11	Great Nemaha		1	1									1
12	Otoe			1
13	Kickapoo	1									1
14	Pottawatomie	3
15	Kansas	1
16	Quapaw		5
17	Neosho		1	1
18	Sac and Fox	2	1	4							1	1		1
19	Kiowa		1				1		4			6
20	Wichita	3	1	4			1		2		3	4
	Name of agency.	Far- mers	Black- smiths	Carp- enters	Mill- wrights and millers	Saw- yers	Engi- neers	Shoe- makers	Herders	Team- sters	Matrons of schools	Cooks	Seams- tresses	Gun- smiths
21	Upper Arkansas	2	2	2			1		8		1
22	Cherokee
23	Choctaw
24	Creek
25	Seminole
26	Yankton	2	2	3			1		8
27	Sisseton		1	2			1					1
28	Devil's Lake	1	1	1			1		1	1		1
29	Upper Missouri	3	1	1		1	1		7
30	Whetstone		1	1			1		7
31	Cheyenne River	1	1	2		1	1		4
32	Grand River	1	1	4			1
33	Red Cloud		1	1		1			6	2		1
34	Ponca		2	2		1	2
35	Blackfeet	1	1	1								1
36	Milk River											1
37	Crow	1	2	1			1
38	Flathead	2		2	2						1		6
39	Temporary	1	1
40	Fort Hall	1			1				1
	Name of agency.	Far- mers	Black- smiths	Carp- enters	Mill- wrights and millers	Saw- yers	Engi- neers	Shoe- makers	Herders	Team- sters	Matrons of schools	Cooks	Seams- tresses	Gun- smiths
41	Nez Perces	1	1	1	1						1
42	Wyoming	1	1
43	White River	1	1		1				1
44	Los Pinos	1	1	1	2				2			1
45	Uintah Valley	1	1	1								1
46	Navajo	1	1	1					2	1
47	Mescalero Apache
48	Tierra Amarills
49	Tularosa									1
50	Cimarron
51	Pueblo									2
52	Pima and Maricopa	1	1	1
53	Papago		1
54	Colorado River	2	1						1			1
55	Moquis Pueblo
56	Camp Grant	2
57	White Mountain
58	Camp Verde			1
59	Walker River	2
60	Pah-Ute

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	Name of agency.	Far- mers	Black- smiths	Carp- enters	Mill- wrights and millers	Saw- yers	Engi- neers	Shoe- makers	Herders	Team- sters	Matrons of schools	Cooks	Seams- tresses	Gun- smiths
61	Round Valley	1	2	2				1
62	Hooper valley	1				1			1
63	Tule River	1	1	1
64	Umatilla	2	1	1	3
65	Warm Springs	2	1			1
66	Grand Ronde		1	2		1				3		1
67	Siletz	4	1
68	Alsea
69	Klamath	5	2	1	1					1				6
70	Puyallup	1		1					1
71	Tulalip	2	1	1		1
72	Neeah Bay	1	1
73	Skokomish	1	1	1
74	Quinaielt	1	1	1					1
75	Yakama	1			1
76	Chehalis	1							1
77	Colville	1
	Totals	80	73	72	22	9	17	4	60	19	11	29	3	7

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[Page 69(b)]

	Name of agency.	Labor- ers.	Inter- preters	Indian apprent- ices to trades.	Commis- ioners.	Tin- smiths.	Wagon and plow makers	Total employés in each agency.	Aggegate am't compensation paid to employés in each agency.
1	New York		1					1	$400
2	Michigan		5					13[a]	4,800
3	La Pointe		1					19	10,770
4	Chippewa	1	3		1			28	22,770
5	Green Bay		1					7	3,320
6	Sac and Fox		1					1	400
7	Santee	8	1	4				21	8,760
8	Winnebago		1	9				34	13,340
9	Omaha		1					11	9,000
10	Pawnee	7	1	3		2		37	13,671
11	Great Nemaha		2					7	3,200
12	Otoe		1					3	1,900
13	Kickapoo		1					4	2,050
14	Pottawatomie		1	1				5	1,820
15	Kansas		1					3	1,500
16	Quapaw		4	3				18	8,660
17	Neosho	7						9	5,400
18	Sac and Fox	2	1					16	10,864
19	Kiowa							15	12,460
20	Wichita	24	1				1	46[c]	26,340
	Name of agency.	Labor- ers.	Inter- preters	Indian apprent- ices to trades.	Commis- ioners.	Tin- smiths.	Wagon and plow makers	Total employés in each agency.	Aggegate am't compensation paid to employés in each agency.
21	Upper Arkansas	23	2		2			47[e]	28,240
22	Cherokee		1					1	400
23	Choctaw	1	2					1	1,100
24	Creek		1					1	300
25	Seminole		1					5	2,325
26	Yankton	8	1		1			26	17,220
27	Sisseton	6	1					17	10.180
28	Devil's Lake	1	1					10	5,700
29	Upper Missouri	12	1					28[g]	17,900
30	Whetstone	14	1					26	19,360
31	Cheyenne River	10						21	17,080
32	Grand River	6			1			15	10,500
33	Red Cloud	6			2			21[b]	16,900
34	Ponca	5	1	3				17	8,695
35	Blackfeet	11	1					17	11,320
36	Milk River	11	1		2			15[d]	11,300
37	Crow	8	1					15	11,000
38	Flathead	2	1				1	20	13,000
39	Temporary	4						6[f]	4,900
40	Fort Hall	10						14	6,000
	Name of agency.	Labor- ers.	Inter- preters	Indian apprent- ices to trades.	Commis- ioners.	Tin- smiths.	Wagon and plow makers	Total employés in each agency.	Aggegate am't compensation paid to employés in each agency.
41	Nez Perces		1				1	10[h]	13,500
42	Wyoming		1					4	3,700
43	White River						5	4,000	43
44	Los Pinos							10	4,000
45	Uintah Valley	9						13	9,900
46	Navajo	1	2		2			13	8,600
47	Mescalero Apache		1					1	500
48	Tierra Amarills	1	1					3	1,700
49	Tularosa	1	1					3	1,520
50	Cimarron		1					1	500
51	Pueblo							6	3,180
52	Pima and Maricopa		1					6	5,600
53	Papago		1					3	2,000
54	Colorado River	1	1					8	6,540
55	Moquis Pueblo		2					3	1,840
56	Camp Grant	2	2		1			8	4,820
57	White Mountain		1					2	500
58	Camp Verde		2					4	2,100
59	Walker River		1					3	2,150
60	Pah-Ute		1					1	500

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[Key to notes in "Total Employés" column on Page 69 (using letters in place of the typographical symbols used in the printed document):]

[a]	Messenger, 1.	[c]	Stone-mason, 1.
[b]	Butcher, 1; watchmen, 3.	[d]	Detective, 1.

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[e]	Night-watch, 1; baker 1; mail-carrier, 1.	[g]	Watchmen, 2; ferrymen, 4.
[f]	Overseer, 1.	[h]	A head and 2 sub-chiefs receive $1,500 of this amount.

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[Page 71(b)]

	Name of agency.	Labor- ers.	Inter- preters	Indian apprent- ices to trades.	Commis- ioners.	Tin- smiths.	Wagon and plow makers	Total employés in each agency.	Aggegate am't compensation paid to employés in each agency.
61	Round Valley							7	$5,460
62	Hooper valley							5	3,950
63	Tule River							4	3,360
64	Umatilla	2	1					13	11,710
65	Warm Springs		1	1				8	7,300
66	Grand Ronde	8	1	1				20	11,710
67	Siletz				1			7	6,960
68	Alsea	3	1		1			5	2,640
69	Klamath	2		1				21	15,070
70	Puyallup							6	4,600
71	Tulalip		1					7	5,800
72	Neeah Bay		1					6	4,700
73	Skokomish		1					7	5,600
74	Quinaielt		1					8	5,650
75	Yakama	3	1			1		10	5,560
76	Chehalis							4	3,560
77	Colville		2					4	3,500
	Totals	220	76	26	14	3	3	878	564,305

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