Indian population in the United States and Alaska. 1910 - RootsWeb

96
in Washiagton, but no information was given as to
particular tribes.
SHASTAN STOCK.
Stock as a whole.—The area occupied by "this stock
comprises portions of Siskiyou, Shasta, Lassen, and
Modoc Coimties in northern California.
The Indians of the Shastan stock, as enumerated in
1910, numbered 1,578. The tribes of this stock, for
which members were reported, are as follows
Hat Creek. Pit River. Shasta.
Hat Greek.—One of the three main subdivisions of
this stock and as a tribe closely affiliated with the Pit
Eiver. Siace earhest traditional times they have
occupied a small area ia northeastern California,
comprising Dixie Valley and the region along Hat
Creek in eastern Shasta and western Lassen Coun-
ties. The Hat Creek Indians have never had any reser-
vation and are living scattered over their original
territory. The number enumerated ia 1910 was 240,
all ia California.
Pit River.—One of the three main subdivisions of
this stock, and as a tribe most closely affiliated with
the Hat Creek. Since earliest traditional times they
have occupied a smaJl area in northeastern California,
comprisiag in general the greater part of the drainage
basin of Pit River excepting, however, Dixie Valley
and the valley of Hat Creek. The majority of the
tribe now remaining are scattered over their original
territory and are not located on any reservation. A
small number were taken to Round Valley Reservation
soon after its establishment, some of whom stiU remain
there, and a few are on the Klamath Reservation,
Oreg. The number enumerated in 1910 was
985, of which 888 were in California.
Shasta.—One of the three main subdivisions of this
stock and that from which the stock "has taken its
name. Since earhest traditional times they have occupied
an area in northern California and southern
Oregon, comprising the central portion of Siskiyou
Coimty, Cal., and part of the southern portion of Jackson
Coimty, Oreg. The majority of the tribe now remaining
are scattered over their original territory and
are not on reservations. A few, however, remain at
Grande Ronde and Siletz Reservations, in Oregon,
where a considerable portion of the tribe was kept for
several years as the result of the Rogue River War.
A portion of the Shasta is sometimes known as Scott
Valley Indians and the remainder has at times been
called Klamaths. The Shasta, as enumerated in 1910,
niunbered 353, distributed as follows: California, 255;
Oregon, 96; Washington, 2.
SHOSHONEAN STOCK.
Stock as a whole.—One of the largest stocks in the
United States. The main area occupied by this stock
Ues in the interior plateau and includes practically the
whole of Nevada and Utah and part of eastern Ore-
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INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES.
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gon, southern Idaho, southwestern Wyoming, western
Colorado, and southern California. In addition, the
Comanche occupied at times a portion of the plains in
Texas and eastern New Mexico. Small areas in north-
ern Arizona were alao occupied by tribes belonging to
this stock.
The Indians of the Shoshonean stock, as enumer-
ated in 1910, niunbered 16,842. To this figure should
be added probably about 1,000 for Indians of this
stock reported without distinction of tribe among the
general population in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho,
and California, making a probable total of about 18,000
in all. The tribes of this stock, for which members
were reported, are as follows:
Bannock. Kawia. San Ltuseno.
Chemeliuevi. Kern River. Serrano.
Comanclie. Mono. Shoshoni.
Gabrieleno. Pahvant. Tehachapi.
Hopi. Paiute. Ute.
Juaneno. Panamint.
Kawaiisu. Paviotso.
Bannock.—The tribal name is of somewhat uncer-
tain extension and has been applied in the past with
considerable laxity. The early habitat of this tribe
seems to have been in southeastern Idaho and the ad-
jacent portions of northwestern Wyoming and southwestern
Montana, with a probable extension westward
into southwestern Idaho nearly to the Oregon line.
For at least 50 years they have been closely associated
with the Shoshoni. Since 1869 they have been located
principally on the Fort HaU Reservation in Idaho,
with a smaller band at Lemhi in the same state.
The number enumerated in 1910 was 413, of which
363 were in Idaho. Early estimates of the population
of the Bannock would seem almost certain to have been
exaggerated and to have included under this name portions
of other tribes. In 1829, for example, the Bannock
were said to number approximately 8,000, a fig-
urfe which had decreased to less than 1,000 in 1870.
Between 1875 and 1899 the Bannock were retutned
separately in the reports of the Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs, the figures for this tribe in Idaho being as
foUows
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