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

112 INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES.
EnaialchotaTM.—A tribe occupying the whole of the
Kenai Peninsula and the region around Cook Inlet
from the head of the Knik and Shushitna Rivers southwest
as far as Ihamna Lake. The number enumerated
in 1910 was 697. In the early part of the nineteenth
centmy this tribe was estimated at 1,300 to 1,500.
In 1880 the census showed 614 and in 1890, 839. For
the latter year the Bureau of Ethnology reported 724.
Kutchin.—^A group of tribes occupying a large part
of the interior of Alaska and extending far into north-
western Canada to the Mackenzie River. Their sub-
divisions in Alaska comprise the Hankutchin, Natsitkutchin,
Tenankutchin, Tukkuthkutchin, and Vun-
takutchin.
Under the heading of Kutchin a considerable number
of persons were enumerated without further dis-
tinction of tribe, and these are here grouped together.
The number enumerated as Kutchin in 1910 was 359.
Similar figures for earHer censuses were 580 in 1890
and 107 in 1880.
Ndhane.—^A group composed of several distiact
tribes living in northern British Columbia and the
Yukon Territory, Canada. Only 8 were enumerated
in 1910.
NatsiikutcMn.—^A tribe belonging to the Kutchin
subdivision of this stock, and living north of the Porcupine
River, in northern Alaska. The number
enumerated in 1910 was 177. Comparison with the
census figures of earlier years is of somewhat doubtful
value, owing to uncertainty as to what was included
under the term. As nearly as can be determiued
they numbered 312 in 1880.
TenankutcJiin.—^A tribe whose habitat comprised
the whole of the basin of the Tanana River. The
number enumerated in 1910 was 415. According to
the census of 1890, they numbered 309, and in 1880,
738. In 1890 the Bureau of Ethnology reported 373.
TuTckutkTcutchin.—^A Canadian tribe of this stock
whose habitat lies between the upper Porcupine and
Mackenzie Rivers, Yukon Territory. Only 6 were
enumerated in 1910.
UndkJwfana.—^A tribe living on the Yukon River
between the mouths of the Tanana and Koyukuk
Rivers, and also on the latter stream. The number
enumerated in 1910 was 193. Census figures for 1890
and 1880 were 502 and 596, respectively.
VuntakutcMn.—^A tribe belongiag to the Kutchin
subdivision of this stock, and occupying the region
north from the Porcupine River toward the Arctic
coast. Only 5 persons were enumerated in 1910 as
members of this tribe, 2 males and 3 females.
Tribe not reported.— ^Under this heading are included
all those Indians who were enumerated merely as
"Athapaskan" without further detail as to tribe, together
with a small number of others, for whom no
information whatever was given except "Indian," but
who from other evidence, almost certainly belonged
to this stock.
The Athapaskans in Alaska of imcertain or unknown
tribal affiliation numbered 1,472 in 1910. On accoimt
of the large number thus returned, they are shown
by sex and age in Table 52 (p. 154).
ESKIMAUAN STOCK.
Stock as a whole.—This stock is more widely distributed
than any other in North America, its members
extending from near Mount St. Elias, in southern
Alaska, a,long the entire northern littoral of the continent
to the east coast of Greenland, and formerly south
as far as the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A small group is
also foTuid in the vicinity of East Cape, Siberia. They
nowhere extend far into the interior. The total population
of the Eskimauan stock in Alaska, as enumer-
ated in 1910, is 14,087. The number reported by the
census for this stock in 1890 was 15,550, and in 1880,
20,245.
Real tribal groups in the more exact sense of the
term are not found among the Eskimo, the subdivi-
sions being generally more geographical than tribal,
the names given relating often to a single village only.
The tribes or groups of the Eskimauan stock, for which
members were reported, are as follows:
Aleut.