William Bridgers
1860 (ca)
[Pease Ross, Comanche captured and reared by Sul Ross]

Tintype, 1/6 plate, hand-coloured
7 x 8.3 cm
 
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection, File: #22.tif
 
This young Comanche boy was captured at the battle at the Pease River by Texas Ranger and soldier Sul Ross (1838-1896) during the raid when Cynthia Ann Parker was taken from the tribe. The Ross family raised the boy. It is possibly the earliest known photographic image of a Comanche.
 
Published in SWHQ, Jan. 1990.
 
LL/43828