
Seminole Nation, I. T.

1st. Sgt. Benjamin July
Indian Scouts


Seminole Negro Indian Scouts photographed
in 1889
Left to right:
Plenty Payne, Billy July, Ben July, Dembo Factor (civilian clothes),
Ben
Wilson (back row), John July, and William Shields.
John Horse's grandson, John Jefferson, helped historian Kenneth Wiggins Porter
identify the subjects.
courtesy - New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture.

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