it may not be unacceptable to present a more general view of them, I will reduce within the form of a Catalogue all those within, and circumjacent to, the United States, whose names and numbers have come to my notice. These are taken from four different lists, the first of which was given in the year 1759 to General Stanwix by George Croghan, Deputy agent for Indian affairs under Sir William Johnson; the second was drawn up by a French trader of considerable note, resident among the Indians many years, and annexed to Colonel Bouquet's printed account of his expedition in 1764. The third was made out by Captain [183] Hutchins, who visited most of the tribes, by order, for the purpose of learning their numbers in 1768; and the fourth by John Dodge, an Indian trader, in 1779, except the numbers marked *, which are from other information. [184] Northward and Westward of the United States. Where they reside. Lakes Huron and Superior. Lake Assinaboes. On the heads of the Mississippi and westward of that river. River St. Laurence. Towards the heads of the Ottawas river. Towards the heads of the Ottawas river. Riviere aux Tetes boules, on the east side of Lake Superior. [185] Lake Christinaux. |