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The lede, and other sources such as the link at American frontier#Asians, are worded as though there were 23 people, one of whom was a woman and the remainder of which were samurai. But the body of the article refers to Schnell's family "and 22 other samurai families" being brought to the US. The most frequently used reference in the article is dead, and one of the only working links I could find with reference to the number is the NRHP application, which says:
According to the 1870 U.S. census, there were 55 Japanese in the United States. Of these, 22 were colonists at Wakamatsu: 14 men, 6 women, and 2 children
Since this is the most precise count, I'm inclined to believe it. If so, it's not correct to say 22 samurai, much less 22 families, but something like "22 people from samurai families" should do. I'll make the change here and the other few articles that use the "22 samurai" idea. --BDD (talk) 21:01, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
