withdrawn during the night so as to secure them, from surprise or attack. Their dress consists of moccasins, short breeches and a woollen jacket or blanket; their black hair is usually worn long, while bows and arrows together with a lance and sometimes a gun compose their weapons.1
The late Governor, Charles Bent, in a report to the United States Government from Santa Fé in 1846, presents the following statement of the tribes and numbers of the Wild Indians, who reside or roam in the regions which were then supposed to be comprised in New Mexico. Bent's perfect familiarity with a district in which he had so long dwelt or traded, renders his enumeration of these savages an important historical fact in the history of the newly acquired Territory.
| Apaches or Jicarillas, | 100 | lodges | comprising | 500 | souls. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apaches proper, | 800 or 900 | " | " | 5,500 | " |
| Utahs, Grande Unita rivers, | 600 | " | " | 3,000 | " |
| Utahs, Southern, | 200 | " | " | 1,400 | " |
| Navajos, | 1,000 | families | " | 7,000 | " |
| Moques, | 350 | " | " | 2,450 | " |
| Comanches, | 2,500 | lodges | " | 12,000 | " |
| Cayugas, | 400 | " | " | 2,000 | " |
| Cheyennes, | 300 | " | " | 1,500 | " |
| Arapahoes, | 400 | " | " | 1,600 | " |
| Total , | 36,950 | " |
According to a report made in October, 1849, by Mr. James S. Calhoun, Indian Agent at Santa Fé, the following summary of the Pueblos, and Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, is based on a census ordered by the legislature of New Mexico, convened in December, 1847; but it includes only individuals five years of age and upwards.