Children of George Major Cook

Children of George Major Cook

Virginia Indians, Pamunkey

The children of George Major Cook, all members of the Pamunkey tribe, pose for the photographer James Mooney in King William County sometime around 1899. Mooney (1861–1921) was an Indiana native who worked for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology compiling information about American Indian tribes.

From left to right are Ottigney Pontiac Cook, George Theo Cook, Tecumseh Deerfoot Cook, and Captola Cook.

James Mooney

National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

ca. 1899

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central Virginia

nineteenth century

Photograph

4" x 5" print mounted on 7" x 8" card