Relics from the Whitman Massacre, 1847 in the collection of the Oregon Historical Society are shown mounted on a wall and displayed on a table. The relics include two Native American tomahawks, a Native American war club, a sword and scabbard, and two unidentified objects.
A Native American man, identified as Chief Red Hawk of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a solid colored blanket that is suspended like a backdrop. The man is wearing a cloth shirt and has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his body from the chest down. He has long hair, some of which is tied in a scarf that drapes over his shoulder. He is wearing a beaded choker and beaded bracelets. In his lap, one hand is holding a bow and two arrows and a pipe with a long, flat, wooden handle. His other hand is holding up a war club, which is adorned with feathers. A cowboy hat with a braided or twisted scarf hat band is hung on the backdrop. The image appears to be an outside photograph, as there is some vegetation visible in the bottom corners., Chief Red Hawk, Cayuse Tribe [George Red Hawk, Cayuse man, in Moorhouse yard/studio. He is wrapped in a blanket and holds a stone tomahawk, pipe, bow and arrows.]
A Native American man, identified as Allen Patawa of the Walla Walla tribe, is sitting outside in front of a blanket backdrop. The man is wearing a single trail war bonnet and a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his body. He is holding a war club in his right hand., Allen Pa-Tow-a, Walla Walla Tribe [Man in blanket holding stone tomahawk. Wears leather [?] headdress with trail of feathers, probably in Moorhouse yard]