A sepia-toned portrait photograph of a seated dark-skinned man with a long goatee wearing a jacket over a vest, white shirt, and dark tie.

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)

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

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