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Show ABOUT INDIANS. 1 . i X.CS9 than 300,000 Indians within th United Statos. The annual report of Indian afrents , show that the entire Indian population . is 207,905, of which number 95,679 wear citizens dress while 31,923 wear a mixture of Indian and civilized cloth-iug-. Those who can read number 42,597, and 53,314 can carry on an ordinary conversation iu English. There aro 25,236 dwelling- houses built forlndians, 1153 of which were built within the last year. The number of births was 4237, and the deaths 5253. Twenty-six Indians were killed by whites and seven whites by Indians. The number of Indian criminals punished pun-ished was 11G9. There are 31,655 Indian In-dian church members and 348 church buildings upon the various reservations. |