Volunteers, and are the result of much labor. The Apaches who are also held at the Bosque Redondo swell the number to 8,991, as you will see by the return for December.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES H. CARLETON,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

[Inclosure.]

HEADQUARTERS,
Fort Sumner, N. Mex., January 7, 1865.

Captain BEN. C. CUTLER,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of New Mexico:

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to transmit to the general commanding the department a complete and I think a very accurate census of the Navajo Indians on the reservation Bosque Redondo at the end of the year 1864. This census was taken by Captain Francis McCabe, First New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry, who, for the industry, fidelity, and ability exhibited in the discharge of this difficult duty, deserves great commendation. This report contains all the statistical information that can be obtained from these Indians. I also forward the report of Captain McCabe, containing much valuable history of this tribe of Indians and many observations touching their habits and their aptitude for the pursuits of civilized life. This report I regard as a very able document indeed.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

M. M. CROCKER,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

[Sub-inclosure Numbers 1.]

RECAPITULATION.

The foregoing tables* exhibit the following as the totals of the census of the Navajo Indians located upon the reservation at Bosque Redondo, N. Mex., their stock, &c.:

Londges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 276

Families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 782

Males from 50 to 80 years of age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Males from 18 to 50 years of age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 129

Males from 5 to 18 years of age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 525

Male infants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Females from 50 to 80 years of age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Females from 18 to 50 years of age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 187

Females from 50 to 18 years of age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 418

Females infants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

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Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. 354

Horses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 038

Mules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Burros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sheep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 962

Goats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 757

Looms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Aggregate.

Average persons to each family is near. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Average horses to each family is near. . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Average sheep to each family is near. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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*Detailed tables omitted.

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