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TEXAS ALMANAC.
INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
The Legislature of 1854, set apart twelve leagues of land for the use and
benefit of the.Indians residing in the State. These lands are surveyed in
two bodies; eight leagues on the main Fork of the Brazos, immediately above
the mouth of the Clear Fork, occupied by the Caddoes and Delaware In-
dians. The balance, four leagues, is located on the Clear Fork of the Brazos,
about forty miles above the mouth, and is occupied by the Comanehes.
Both Reserves are in Young county. Maj. Neighbors is the United States
Superintendent over the Indians of these Reserves, and the remarkable suc-
cess which has heretofore attended his labors in efforts to civilize these In-
dians, and reconcile them to agricultural and other industrial pursuits,
must be reserved for a future number of this periodical.
INTERESTING UNITED STATES STATISTICS.
.The United States are composed of thirty-one States and nine Territories.
They contain a population of 27,000,000, of whom 23,000,000 are white.
The extent of the sea coast is 12,550 miles.
The length of the ten principal rivers is 20,000 miles.
The surface of the five great lakes is 90,000 square miles.
The number of miles of railroad in operation is 20,000, which cost $78,-
400,000.
The length of canals is 5,000 miles.
It contains the longest railroad on the globe-the Illinois Central-which
is 784 miles.
The annual value of its agricultural productions is $200,000,000.
Its most valuable production is Indian corn, which yields annually 40,-
000,000 bushels.
The amount of registered and enrolled tonnage is 4,407,010,
The amount of capital invested in manufacture is $600,000,000.
The annual amount of its internal trade is $600,000,000.
The annual value of its products of labor other than agricultural is $1,-
500,000,000.
The annual value of the income of the inhabitants is $1,500,000,000.
Its mines of gold, copper, lead, and iron are among the richest in the world.
The value or gold produced is $100,000,000.
The surface of its coal fields is 138,131 square acres.
Within her borders are 80,000 schools, 5,000 academies, 234 colleges and
3,800 churches.
ON THE INCREASE OF PROPERTY IN TEXAS.
It will be seen that the slave population of Texas has increased from 58,-
161 in 1850, and 105,'704 in 1855, to 113,217 in 1856. This shows an increase
in one year of seven per cent The average ad valorem value has risen from
:$361 in 1850, and $505 in 1865, to $513 40 in 1856. Fifteen counties show
a decrease in slaves, during the last year, say from June, 1856, to June, 1857.
Some of these counties ov a their decrease to emigration; others to their
nearness to the Rio Grande, over which many slaves escape, every year, into
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The Texas Almanac for 1858, book, 1857; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123764/m1/95/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.