John Bemo or Tal-a-mas-mico (King of the Forest)
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: OPPS NEG.1176 B
label: Local Note
content: "I have been trying for several years to get his grandson to let me have this picture to have it copied, and just today succeeded. The family prizes it very highly. The photograph was made by Nellis Art Gallery, 840 Grove Ave., Chicago; it bears the letters "N.P.A." It was entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1875 by G. K. Nellis, in the office, of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. It bears the name of "Tal-a-mas-mico, or King of the Forest."
label: Local Note
content: Black and white copy negative
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
culture: label: Culture
content: Seminole
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Extract from letter from Mr Foreman: "His name was John Bemo and he had a remarkable history. He was a Seminole and when he was a boy he went to sea where he was engaged many years. About the time he was grown a minister in Philadelphia met him and became interested in him. He brought him to his home, educated him and got him interested in the church. "Soon after the removal of the Seminole Indians to this country, in the early forties the Government cooperated with him in placing him among his people in this country where he did a tremendous amount of good in educating them and improving their condition. His life story is most romantic and was often noticed in official correspondence during his lifetime.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photograph (5x7 in)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs