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

98 INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Paiute (see also Paviotso.)—^A tribal name which has
been very loosely applied and in consequence is of
uncertain application. Used at different times for sev-
eral of the Shoshonean tribes of the interior plateau,
it is properly restricted to the Indians of southwestern
Utah and the adjacent portions of southern Nevada,
California, and northwestern Arizona. The Paiute, as
so defined, have occupied this same area since known
to Europeans.
The number enumerated in 1910 was 780, of which
247 were in Nevada, 238 in Utah, and 210 in California.
No comparison can well be made with earlier years, as
the use of the name Paiute has been so variable. In
1873 what are above defined as Paiute were estimated
at 2,027. The report of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs gives the total in 1910 as 819, of whom only 449
were under the control of the Indian Office.
Panamint.—A group or band occupying, since known
to EuropeaJQs, the region of Panamint Valley, Inyo
County, Cal. The number enumerated in 1910 was 10,
of which 9 were in California and 1 in Nevada.
Paviotso (syn. Snake).—Probably the most conven-
ient term under which to group the Snakes and socalled
Paiutes of southeastern Oregon, western Nevada
and the eastern edge of California as far south as Lake
Tahoe. They are very closely allied to the Mono and
can be separated from them in the present enumera-
tion only somewhat arbitrarily, as the latter are also
sometimes locally known as Paiutes. As enumerators
failed to distiaguish between the true Paiute and the
Paviotso, an arbitrary but approximately correct divi-
sion was made by tabulating as Paiute only those enumerated
within the area known to have been occupied
by them and classing as Paviotso all Paiute enumerated
in the area above defined as the Paviotso habitat.
Owing to the impossibility of separating the Paviotso
with certainty from the Paiute and the Mono, the fig-
ures must be regarded as approximate only.
So far as known, the Paviotso have always occupied
the area above outlined. At present they are to be
found widely scattered throughout this area, a minority
beiag located on the following reservations: Pyramid
Lake, Walker River, and Duck Valley (Western
Shoshoni) Reservations, Nev.; Fort Bidwell School,
Cal. ; Klamath Reservation, Oreg. (known here as Walpapi
and Yahuskin Snakes); and Warm Springs Res-
ervation, Oreg.
The number enumerated in 1910 was 3,038, distributed
as follows: Nevada, 2,414; Oregon, 341; Idaho,
152; California, 101; and scattering, 30. No comparison
which is of value can be made with earlier years.
San Luiseno (syn. Luiseno).—A subdivision of the
California Shoshonean, occupying in the eighteenth
century an area ia western Riverside and northwestern
San Diego Counties, tributary to the Mission of San
Luis Rey. They are now located mainly on several
small reservations ia this area.
The number enumerated in 1910 was 467, all in Cali-
fornia. Comparison with earlier years is difficult, as
the use of the term has not always been uniform, and
the figures given in the reports of the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs probably include persons belonging to
other tribes. The figures back to 1870, however, are
as follows:
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