Report on the populations of Native American tribes in 1864 in the Fayetteville Observer. #cw150

American Indians

The officers of the Indian Affairs Office in Washington City give an enumeration of the Indian tribes within the bounds of the Confederate and United States with the population of each. They state the aggregate number at 238,079. The largest tribes are the Creeks 25,000, the Cherokees 17,350, the Choctaws 16,000, the Navajoes 15,000, the Sioux 14,636. The Comanches, of whom we have heard so much, are stated at only 1,800; the Apaches 7,300.

Source: Fayetteville Observer, September 29. 1864 as found on www.ncecho.org.

 

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a heap of soldiers come & eat supper here & the negros cooked #cw150

Friday 18^th December 1863

Mail carrier turned back from Sandy Bottom today as the river was up so he could not pass so we will get no mail here till next Friday. I wrote to Mr. Henry by Capt. Russell this morning. Harrie took 1 ¾ lbs. of fine wool to Asheville to be sent to Coleman’s to make Mr. Henry & him a hat each. Mr. Hanes was here today & says he will start in the morning. I had some fresh crackers & some fresh green apple pies baked this evening. I had some baked last Wednesday for them & a nice ham boiled. Sam & the others killed nearly all the hogs, 22, today. Mr. Henry came home this evening & a heap of soldiers come & eat supper here & the negros cooked for the others. Fannie & Jinnie were baking bread all night long. Fannie washed Mr. Henry’s clothes tonight. They think of leaving early in the morning for Cherokee as it is reported the yanks are in there & have burned Murphy. Fanny cooked Mr. Henry some beef, crackers & molasses bread. The house is full of soldiers & some camped at the old store house.

Source: Diary of Cornelia Henry in Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journal and Letters of the Henry Family. Clinard, Karen L. and Russell, Richard, eds. (Asheville, NC: Reminiscing Books, 2008).

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