Under all circumstances, we may regard the problem of their reclamation as fixed and certain. They have themselves solved it. And whatever an enlightened people and legislature should do to favor them, ought not to be omitted. Churches and societies, who have granted their peculiar aids, should continue those aids; and the heart of the philanthropist and the statesman has cause to rejoice, that after all their wars and wanderings, mistakes and besetments, the Iroquois, made wise by experience, are destined TO LIVE. The results of the census, herewith submitted, demonstrate this. The time is indeed propitious for putting the inquiry, whether the Iroquois are not worthy to be received, under the new Constitution, as CITIZENS OF THE STATE. RETURN _Of the Enumeration of the Indians on the several Reservations, with the other statistical information required by law to be obtained in the said Reservations._ ================================================================== 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ————————---------—+—---——-+—---——-+—---——-+—--—-+--——-+——---+--——- RESERVATIONS. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G ---------—————————+———----+——---—-+—---——-+—--—-+—--—-+--——-+—--—- 1. Oneida, | 157 | 71 | 86 | 24 | 3 | 47 | 2. Onondaga, | 368 | 173 | 195 | 63 | 19 | 73 | 5 3. Tuscarora, | 312 | 148 | 164 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 6 4. Buffalo, | 446 | 200 | 246 | 73 | 47 | 61 | 3 5. Cattaraugus, | 808 | 393 | 415 | 89 | 40 | 30 | 10 6. Cayugas on the | | | | | | | Cattaraugus | | | | | | | Reservation, | 114 | 56 | 58 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 7. Alleghany, | 783 | 390 | 393 | 127 | 33 | 168 | 6 8. Tonawanda, | 505 | 224 | 281 | 101 | 45 | 69 | 4 9. St. Regis, | 260 | 126 | 134 | 44 | 5 | 67 | +———----+---———-+—---——-+--——-+——---+—--—-+—--—- Total, | 3,753 | 1,781 | 1,972 | 555 | 208 | 531 | 36 ================================================================== KEY: A: Total Population. B: Number of male persons in the Reservation. C: Number of female persons in the Reservation. D: Number of married females, under the age of 45 years, in the Reservation. E: Number of unmarried females, between the ages of 16 and 45, in the Reservation. F: Number of unmarried females, under 16 years of age, in the Reservation. G: Number of marriages, during the year preceding, in the Reservation.