[Ardamir the Blessed]

Originally Posted by Gwaihir the Windlord

The Breelanders were descendents of the same ancestry as the Rohirrim and the Beornings; the Northmen, who in turn were descended from the ancestors of the Three Houses

The Men of Bree were actually descended from Men of the White Mountains and akin to the Dunlendings:

Appendix F:

Alien, too, or only remotely akin, was the language of the Dunlendings. These were a remnant of the peoples that had dwelt in the vales of the White Mountains in ages past. The Dead Men of Dunharrow were of their kin. But in the Dark Years others had removed to the southern dales of the Misty Mountains; and thence some had passed into the empty lands as far north as the Barrow-downs. From them came the Men of Bree;

Originally Posted by Gwaihir the Windlord

'These (thirty horsemen) are all that could be gathered in haste of our scattered people'

I could not find this line in LR, neither 1st nor 2nd edition. The line actually is:

‘I have thirty with me,’ said Halbarad. ‘That is all of our kindred that could be gathered in haste; but the brethren Elladan and Elrohir have ridden with us, desiring to go to the war.

Could anyone tell me if the line quoted by Gwaihir the Windlord can be found anywhere else, as I am interested in the last part of it:

our scattered people

Originally Posted by Selmo

I've always imagined that there were other small towns and villages like Bree scattered across Eriador. They're not mentioned because they're not important to the story. They would be populated by people of mixed Numenorian and Northmen descent, as would the bulk of the population of old Arnor

Maybe there were other towns and villages, but I do not think that any Dúnedain lived permanently in them at the end of the Third Age. Like rumil posted, the main dwelling place of the Rangers was the Angle, according to a note that can be found among JRRT's papers at Marquette University.