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A fence extends away from the camera with a utility pole running perpendicular across the frame. Some trees grow in the middle ground. A blockhouse of Fort Mackinac stands on top of a hill on the left and a town is visible by the edge of Lake Huron…

One white man stands and one crouches at the end of a small pier. A part of a boat is visible near them. Two cows wade in water on the left.

Stairs lead up towards a white, stuccoed block house on top of a hill. Two white women walk along a walkway near the blockhouse. A white fence extends on both sides of the building.

A white man stands on a pier wharf reading a paper while a second man sits on a stump holding a walking stick and looking at the first man. They are both sporting white beards. A boat is visible in the middle ground moored at the dock with buildings…

A white man stands by a river holding an oar in his hand and looking out. There is a canoe next to him and two sacks lay closer to the camera.

A Native American woman holds a girl's hand as they walk towards the camera. The girl is holding a basket in her other hand and a dog stands next to her looking at the camera. A wooden cabin stands behind them with clothes drying on the left.

A wigwam partly covered in trees stands in the center with a pot boiling over a fire pit held up by a tree branch. A framework of a second wigwam is in the background on the right and bare trees and branches are on the left.

A white man sits on a tree stump in front of a fire holding a ladle in his hand and looking at the pail heating up over the fire. A second white man stands nearby resting the butt of a rifle on the ground and looking at the first man. An improvised…

A white man stands on top of three stair entrance to a house with the door open behind him, slicing an apple in his hands. A white girl is sitting on the steps reading a paper.

A young white boy stands at the edge of a river looking down deep in thought. Bare trees line the edge of the river and fill in the background.

A young white woman stands by an open door to a log cabin holding a small girl on her arms and smiling at the camera. A basin stands on a crate near her with a washboard leaning against the side of the house.

A young white man stands on a plank moving up on a make-shift bridge over a stream, holding the shoulders of a young girl standing in front of him. The caption reads: "a rustic bridge across which the little girl is being safely guided."

A number of tall stacks of planks in two lines. A white man stands on a cart on top of boards transferring them. The cart is pulled by a horse and another cart is partly visible in front of it. Two other white men sit on the wooden floor leaning…

Two white men stand among bare and dead trees holding fishing poles and looking at the fish one of them is holding all tied together.

A young white man sits on a bench holding a small child in his arms and looking at a white woman standing in front of him. She is holding a bowl under her arm and looking at the pair in front of her. A corner of a house is near them and some pots lie…