Note AV — LETTER XV.
T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel) Bradford translation
The valley of the Mississippi contained, exclusive of Indians,
In 1762 about 100,000 inhabitants,
In 1790 150,000
In 1800 580,000
In 1810 1,365,000
In 1820 2,625,000
In 1830 4,232,000
The Indians, now mostly removed to the west of the Mississippi, number only about 300,000 souls.