A black-and-white photograph. The inscription in white ink at the bottom says 'Maj. Moorhouse and Wards' Umatilla Reservation. The number 5054 is written in the bottom left corner of the photo. Major Lee Moorhouse and two Native American children are seen in front of a tule-mat-and-canvas tipi. A wooden ladder leans against the right side of the tipi, along with some wooden poles. A striped blanket has been placed on the ground in front of the tipi, partly propped up by some unseen object, and two small children are on the blanket. The girl, who wears a scarf tied over her head, is sitting on the left side. She seems to be wearing a cloth shawl over a cloth dress. Standing to the right of her, next to Maj. Moorhouse, is a young boy, who appears to be wearing overalls topped with a dark cloth jacket missing all but the top button. His shoulder-length hair is cut in bangs. He wears European-style shoes or boots. Next to him squats the major in profile to the camera. His left hand is closest to the camera, and in it he holds the carcasse or hide of a small furry animal. The major wears a light-colored felt hat, a high-collar white shirt with a gingham patterned cravat, a vest, and striped wool trousers tucked into boots. He wears a buckskin jacket which is fringed at the seams and along the bottom and faced with fur. The front of the open jacket is also decorated with beadwork using floral motifs. Aside from a moustache, the major is clean-shaven. He is looking down towards the little boy. On the blanket in front of the children lies a semi-cylindrical basket with a geometric pattern woven in dark colors on a light background; the basket appears to have straps.
Black and white image of man on horseback identified as Yellow Bull of the Nez Perce Tribe. Yellow Bull is wearing a long feather headdress, holding a staff in one hand and a rifle with a cover on it in the other hand. Tipis are visible in the background.
"Black and white image of a blindfolded horse with it's head on the saddle of another horse which is not blinfolded. Three men are holding the unblinfolded horse. One man appears to be administring a needle to the blinfolded horse, which appears to have a broken leg. Another man looks on. The crowd is visible in the background, ringing the arena."
Black and white image of a man and woman identified as Interpreter Jackson, a Yakima Indian, and his wife. Jackson is wearing a short feather headdress and has a blanket wrapped around his chest. His wife is wearing a checkered dress and has a blanket over her shoulders.
Black and white image of three men identified as John Waltitsee, Tots-homi, and Martin Sedees, all Wishram Indians. One man is holding eagle feathers ties together, another man has eagle feathers around his waist.
A black-and-white photograph of a Native American man. In white ink near the bottom is written Yakima Moorhouse. The man stands in front of a canvas backdrop on which is painted a leafy woodland scene. The canvas extends onto the floor and into the foreground of the photo; he is standing on it, and in front of him are two leaf-shaped stone arrowheads. The man's hair is pulled up and back from his face and into pigtails which are bound in fur hairwraps and extend nearly to his waist. A long quilled and beaded hair ornament hangs from the right side of his head; on the left side is an ornament of feathers. He wears shell disk earrings, a choker necklace, and loop necklaces, with a disk hanging from one of the loops. The collar of his long dark cloth shirt is turned down. Over the shirt he wears a wide beaded armband above the elbow on each arm. His open cloth vest is decorated or patterned, and it appears that a long ornament including hair, beads, and feathers is attached to the right shoulder. It hangs down to his knees. Under the vest but over the shirt he seems to be wearing a leather belt decorated with brass tacks. Below that is an dark apron with geometrical decorations made with buttons or coins; the hem has a white zigzag edging with the points facing down. His dark leggings also have a lighter zigzag edging, but on them the points face up. There seem to be lighter strips of weaving or beading, as well as some braids, hanging loose from underneath the apron or the shirt and reaching to his ankles. The man wears moccasins beaded with a floral design. In his hands he holds a hatchet-style pipe with the blade facing down. The handle of the pipe has geometric designs on it, and a triangle of beading or weaving hanging off the end, itself fringed with long strips that hang to the ground. The fringe is decorated with a few small bells. On the floor at the left of the photo is a pile of blankets and other objects.
Black and white image of nine Cayuse Indian men on horseback in their full war dress with staffs. Two white men stand behind one of the horses. Tipis are visible in the background.
