Speaking  of  the  indian  confederacy  of  the
warriors,  or  rather  nations,  in  that  state  and
its  neighbourhood,  called  "  the  Powhatan
confederacy,"  says,  it  contained  in  point  of
territory,  as  he  supposes,  of  their  patrimonial
country  "  about  three  hundred  miles  in
length,  and.one  hundred  in  breadth.  That
there  was  about  one  inhabitant  for  every
square  mile,  and  the  proportion  of  warriors
to  the  whole  number  of  inhabitaiit.^,  was  as.
three  to  ten,  making  the  number  of  souls
about  thirty  thousand."

"  Some  writers  state  (he  number  of  their
warriors  at  the  first  coming  of  the  Europeans
to  Virginia,  to  be  fifteen  thousand,  and  their
population  fifty  thousand.  La  Houtan  says
that  each  village  contained  about  fourteen
thousand  souls,  that  is,  fifteen  hundred  that
liorearms,  two  thousand  supcranuated  men,
mn  thousand  women,  two  thousand  maids,
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and  four  thousand  five  hundred  children*
From  all  which,  it  is  but  a  moderate  esti-
mate to  suppose  that  there  were  six  hundred
thou-and  fi;ihting  men,  or  w^arriors,  on  this
continent  at  its  first  discover}.
"  In  1677,  Col.  Course),  an  agent  for  Vir-
^ginia.  had  a  conference  w'ith  the  Five  Na-
tions, at  Albany.  The  number  of  warriors
was  estimated  at  that  time  in  those  nations
at  the  following  rate.  Mohawks  4hree  hun-
dred, Oneidas  two  hunslred,  Onondagoes
three  Imndred  and  fifty.  Cayugas  three  hun-
dred. Senecas  one  thousand — total  tw^o
thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty,  which
makes  the  population  about  seven  thousand
two  hundred.  Vide  Chalmer's  Political
Annals,  GOG.
"  Smith,  in  his  History  of  New- York,  say^
that  in  1756,  the  number  of  fighting  meii
were  about  twelve  hundred.
"  Douglass,  in  his  History  of  Massachu-
setts, says  that  they  were  about  fifteen  hun-
dred in  1760.
