The separation of Indians from the general population in the conditions now prevailing in considerable portions of the country is exceedingly difficult and unsatisfactory. The number of persons east of the Mississippi who would suggest to an enumerator by their appearance that they have any Indian blood is very small. Enumerators would be likely to pass by many who had been identified all their lives with the localities where found, and who lived like the adjacent whites without any inquiry as to their race, entering them as native-born whites. On the other hand, certain legal and proprietary claims lead persons of very slight Indian blood connection, or even pure whites by birth, to call themselves Indians by hereditary or acquired right, and there are those of pure white blood who wish to be called Indians, in order to share in pecuniary advantages, who are not acknowledged by any tribes. These Indians for revenue, as they might be called, constitute a perplexing element to the courts, to the Indian Office, to the census officers, and to everyone who attempts to deal accurately with the conditions of Indians. This is especially true in the states where those of pure Indian blood have almost or wholly disappeared in modern conditions. It is strongly emphasized in the southeast part of the United States, where the Cherokee blood is locally of consequence, and it is growing in the southwest, where some tribes have great possessions.
Indians Tribes by State
- Condition of the Alabama Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Arizona Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Arkansas Indians in 1890
- Condition of the California Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Colorado Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Connecticut Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Delaware Indians in 1890
- Condition of the District of Columbia Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Florida Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Georgia Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Idaho Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Illinois Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Indiana Indians in 1890
- Condition within Indian Territory in 1890
- Condition of the Iowa Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Kansas Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Kentucky Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Louisiana Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Maine Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Maryland Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Massachusetts Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Michigan Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Minnesota Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Mississippi Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Missouri Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Montana Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Nebraska Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Nevada Indians in 1890
- Condition of the New Hampshire Indians in 1890
- Condition of the New Jersey Indians in 1890
- Condition of the New Mexico Indians in 1890
- Condition of the New York Indians in 1890
- Condition of the North Carolina Indians in 1890
- Condition of the North Dakota Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Ohio Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Oklahoma Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Oregon Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Pennsylvania Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Rhode Island Indians in 1890
- Condition of the South Carolina Indians in 1890
- Condition of the South Dakota Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Tennessee Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Texas Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Utah Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Vermont Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Washington Indians in 1890
- Condition of the West Virginia Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Wisconsin Indians in 1890
- Condition of the Wyoming Indians in 1890
Indians taxed and Indians not taxed are terms that can not be rigidly interpreted, as Indian citizens, like white citizens, frequently have nothing to tax. Indians subject to tax and Indians not subject to tax might more closely express the distinction. Indians taxed have so far become assimilated in the general population that they are not exempt from tax by reason of being Indians. Indians not taxed are remnants of uncivilized tribes or bodies of Indians untaxed by reason of specific treaties or laws controlling their relation to the national government, as the Six Nations of New York and the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian territory.
The census of Indians taxed was taken as a part of the general census.
The numbers of Indians taxed shown in the report are not to be added to the general census in obtaining the true population of the United States. Indians not taxed were not included in the general census. The numbers of Indians not taxed are to be added to the general census in obtaining the true population of the United States.
It is to be constantly borne in mind that Indians living scattered among whites were counted in the general census, while Indians on reservations, under the care of the government, the Six Nations of New York and the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory, were not counted in the general census but in a special Indian census.
Persons other than Indians living among Indians and not otherwise counted were counted by the special Indian census and are to be added to the general census.
The presentation of the condition of the Indian population by states and territories keeps constantly prominent the distinction between Indians counted in the general census, presumably civilized and taxed, and Indians untaxed and not counted in the general census, and therefore part of a necessary addition to the general census in determining the true population of the country. These Indians, grouped in a general way its uncivilized, embrace some of too considerable advancement for a strict application of the term, as will appear in the details regarding the Six Nations and the Five Civilized Tribes.
The reports of crops and stock are in many cases nearly or quite the same as those published by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as they are made up from the agency accounts. In some cases a variation will occur from returns by those estimating un-harvested crops being brought into comparison with returns of the same period and the same locality after the products were definitely known.
In connection with the statements for each state and territory is a summary of the number, if any, to be added to the results of the general census analyzed so as to show the Indians on the reservations, those in prison not otherwise counted, and persons other than Indians living with the Indians and not otherwise counted.