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158 INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES.<br />

than any of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r ma<strong>in</strong> classes of mixed marriages.<br />

Of <strong>the</strong> subclasses under "Marriages among mixedbloods,"<br />

<strong>the</strong> marriages between <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>and</strong> Negro<br />

mixed-bloods showed <strong>the</strong> greatest fertUity, more than<br />

half of such marriages result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> six or more children.<br />

Table 54<br />

All classes.<br />

DEGREE OP MIXTTTKE.<br />

Marriages among full-bloods<br />

Husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> wife belong<strong>in</strong>g to same tribe<br />

Husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> wife belong<strong>in</strong>g to different tribes.<br />

Mixed marriage<br />

Marriages of full-bloods with mixed-bloods<br />

Wife full blood, husb<strong>and</strong> wUte <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>.<br />

Husb<strong>and</strong> full blood, wife wbite <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>.<br />

Marriages of full-bloods with whites..<br />

Wue full blood, husb<strong>and</strong> white .<br />

Husb<strong>and</strong> full blood, wife white .<br />

Marriages among mixed-bloods<br />

Wife white <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>, husb<strong>and</strong> white <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>.<br />

Wife Negro <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>, husb<strong>and</strong> Negro <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong><br />

Wife white, Negro, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>, husb<strong>and</strong> white, Negro, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> 1<br />

Marriages of mixed-bloods with whites<br />

Wife white, husb<strong>and</strong> wMte <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong><br />

Husb<strong>and</strong> white, wife wliite <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong>.<br />

Polygamous marriages (husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> wives probably fuIl-blood <strong>Indian</strong>s) .<br />

The average number of children per marriage, by<br />

degree of mixture of blood, is shown <strong>in</strong> Table 55.<br />

Table 65<br />

Polygamous marriages, as compared with monogamous<br />

marriages between fuU-bloods, showed a smaller<br />

proportion hav<strong>in</strong>g had only two children <strong>and</strong> three to<br />

five children, <strong>and</strong> a larger proportion hav<strong>in</strong>g had six<br />

or more.<br />

Total<br />

number<br />

tabulated.<br />

7,548<br />

3,658<br />

3,480<br />

178<br />

3,745<br />

630<br />

324<br />

206<br />

90<br />

1,385<br />

1,286<br />

36<br />

63<br />

1,740<br />

777<br />

963<br />

145<br />

WOMEN 15 TO 44 YEABS Or AGE, MABKIED 10 TO 20 TEARS: <strong>1910</strong>.<br />

Not more<br />

than two<br />

children.<br />

200<br />

183<br />

7<br />

10<br />

250<br />

126<br />

124<br />

Number bearlng-<br />

Three<br />

to five<br />

children.<br />

3,391<br />

1,739<br />

1,655<br />

1,587<br />

221<br />

137<br />

84<br />

39<br />

39<br />

539<br />

'508<br />

788<br />

349<br />

439<br />

65<br />

Six or<br />

more<br />

children.<br />

1,203<br />

1,145<br />

58<br />

1,626<br />

234<br />

145<br />

646<br />

595<br />

20<br />

31<br />

702<br />

302<br />

400<br />

Not more<br />

than two<br />

children.<br />

16.9<br />

19.6<br />

19.6<br />

20.2<br />

14.2<br />

14.2<br />

13.0<br />

16.0<br />

7.8<br />

7.8<br />

14.4<br />

14.2<br />

19.4<br />

15.9<br />

14.4<br />

16.2<br />

12.9<br />

17.2<br />

Per cent bear<strong>in</strong>g—<br />

Three<br />

to five<br />

children.<br />

44.9<br />

47.5<br />

47.6<br />

47.2<br />

4i2.4<br />

41.7<br />

42.3<br />

40.8<br />

43.3<br />

43.3<br />

38.9<br />

39.5<br />

23.0<br />

34.9<br />

45.3<br />

44.9<br />

45.6<br />

44.8<br />

Six or<br />

more<br />

children.<br />

38.2<br />

32.9<br />

32.9<br />

32.6<br />

43.4<br />

44.2<br />

44.8<br />

43.2<br />

48.9<br />

48.9<br />

46.6<br />

46.3<br />

55.6<br />

49.2<br />

40.3<br />

38.9<br />

41.5<br />

37.9-

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