Chief Sopiel Selmore, Pleasant Point, 1901

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Passamaquoddy Indian Chief Sopiel Selmore's portrait is hand tinted. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. His name sometimes is spelled "Sapiel."

His father, Selmore Soctoma, was a captain in the marines and an Indian scout for the Maine Militia in the American Revolution. Chief Selmore was born in 1803.

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Title: Chief Sopiel Selmore, Pleasant Point, 1901
Creator: Brown, Charles E.
Creation Date: circa 1901
Subject Date: circa 1901
Local Name: Pleasant Point
Town: Perry
County: Washington
State: ME
Media: color enhanced photograph
Dimensions (cm): 46 x 30
Local Code: Photographs--OS--Large--Box 6 ; 2002.500.043
Object Type: Image

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