Carte de visite photograph of Tal-A-Mas-Mico. Mucagee, Indian Territory: N.p., n.d. Printed to mount verso: "TAL-A-MAS-MICO, Or, King of the Forest, Christened, John D. Bemo, Mucagee, Indian Territory."

John Douglas Bemo (c. 1824?-1890) was originally from Florida, a member of the Seminole nation. At the outbreak of the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), he was captured and impressed into service as a sailor in the United States Navy. In 1842, he met Rev. Orson Douglas in Philadelphia, who convinced Bemo to convert to Christianity. During this time, Bemo because a well-known public speaker who delivered lectures about his experience as a Seminole and subsequent conversion to Christianity. In 1843, Bemo established a school for the Seminole who had been removed from Florida to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). He settled there permanently, where he taught, preached, and proselytized.

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