Jerome Reid, Bloody Bear

Jerome Reid, Bloody Bear

Jerome Reid, Bloody Bear
« on: December 25, 2019, 07:00:17 pm »
Cabinet photograph from the 1880's in albumen.    The man holds a 1866 Winchester rifle and has two revolvers tucked into his belt.    He has on a fringed, western jacket and a belt with a military belt buckle.     He is completely identified on the back in contemporary pencil.    I cannot read it all as some obscured or missing but here goes:  "Jerome Reid, Bloody Bear.    Indian Scout, Tracker.   Sioux interpreter who lived among them.    Hated Comanche - took pride in dispatching them.    For this given the name Bloody Bear.   Hired by Cattle Companies in Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming to (get) rid of rustlers.  Killed 1886... leading into Montana , something, something."    Photographers mark worn off.  I cannot read enough of the mark to say what it is. 
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