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Ho-Tul-Ko-Mi-Ko, Chief of the Whirlwind (English name Silas Jefferson) is of mixed African and Creek parentage; born in Alabama and raised among the Creeks in that State, removing with them to their present home in the Indian Territory. Is to all intents

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Object Details

  • Date

    1877

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: Creek.4.

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. printed [on paper]: 100. HO-TUL-KO-MI-KO. Chief of the Whirlwind. \ English name, Silas Jefferson; is of mixed African \ and Creek parentage; born in Alabama and raised \ among the Creeks in that State, removing with them \ to their present home in the Indian Territory. Is to \ all intents and purposes one of the tribe, taking a wife \ from among them, and sharing all their troubles. Was \ interpreter for the loyal Creeks during the war, and \ is now the official interpreter of the nation. Age, 45.

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2844

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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