Total number Indians in the United States, 249,273 (exclusive of Alaska, but including 32,567, taxed or taxable and self-sustaining, counted in general census). On reservations or at schools under control of Indian Office (not taxed or taxable), 133,382. Five Civilized Tribes, Indians and colored, incidentally under the Indian Office and self-supporting, 68,371 (Cherokee, 25,357, colored, 4,242, total, 29,599; Chickasaw, 3,464, colored, 3,718, total, 7,182; Choctaw, 9,996, colored, 4,401, total, 14,397; Creek, 9,291, colored, 5,341, total, 14,632; Seminole, 2,539, colored, 22, total, 2,561); or 64,871, less 3,500 colored, estimated, not members of tribes. The Chickasaw nation contains 1,161 other Indians, the Choctaw 257. Population of Five Civilized Tribes, 66,289 (Indians, 52,065, colored Indian citizens and claimants, 14,224). New Mexico Pueblos, 8,278; Six Nations, Saint Regis and other New York Indians, 5,304; North Carolina, Eastern Cherokees, 2,885. Apaches held as prisoners of war, Mount Vernon barracks, 384, Indians in State or Territorial prisons, 184.

Slavery And Serfdom: A Comparison.

Some of the wealthy Romans had as many as 10,000 slaves. The minimum price fixed by the law of Rome was $80, but after great victories they could sometimes be bought for a few shillings on the field of battle. The day's wages of a Roman gardener were about sixteen cents, and his value about $300, while a blacksmith was valued at about $700, a cook at $2,000, an actress at $4,000 and a physician at $11,000.

The number of slaves emancipated in the British Colonies in 1834 was 780,993, the indemnity aggregating, in round figures, $100,000,000. In Brazil, in 1876, there were 1,510,800 slaves, 15 per cent, of the entire population. These were held by 41,000 owners, averaging 37 to each owner. In 1882 the number of slaves was 1,300,000. Owing to the gradual abolition of slavery in Brazil by law, it is expected that it will be entirely obsolete in 1900.