A group of people, identified as Reverend J.N. Cornelison, Kash-Kash, James Kash-Kash, Peter Lindsey, Ip-na-sol-e-tok, Awa-wanita, Its-kaka, Its-wash-pa-lu, Nuncipo, Tsin-tshpu, and Ish-tanse, are posing outside for a portrait. The Native Americans are identified as being members of the Cayuse Tribe. The group consists of seven women, three men, and two children. All individuals are wearing Euro-American style clothing. The women are wearing shawls and scarves tied around their heads. One child is wearing a hat. One of the men is wearing eyeglasses and has a hat on the ground in front of him. The names of the people are tentative and have not yet been verified by tribal members.
Two Native American men, identified as preachers from the Nez Perce Tribe, are standing in front of a large canvas tent. Both men are dressed in dark suits, with cloth pants, jackets, vests, white shirts, and leather shoes. The man on the left is wearing a hat and a bow tie. The man on the right is holding his hat in his hand and is wearing a long tie. The tent is white canvas that is draped around wooden support poles. The canvas for the roof is a separate cloth, that has scalloped edges.
