Caption on back of photograph reads: Wickham Cuffee, born in 1826, was the son of Sarah Bunn and Vincent Cuffee. He came from the purest stock of the Shinnecock Indians. In this large family there were also Wickham's brothers and sisters, Nathan, James, Maria, Nance, Emmaline, Caroline, Louisa and Frances. Wickham Cuffee was well versed in the traditions of his people and his memories of earlier Shinnecock life were of much value to ethnologists and historians. He was a famous whaler and clearly remembered when the Shinnecock's used to live