A staircase up a small hill leads toward a house with two young black women standing on the back porch. A fence runs halfway up the hill with an opening for the stairs. Some trees grow near the house.
A black woman sits in a boat holding the oars. Two baskets rest on the boat near her and a second black woman stands on the edge of the water looking at the first woman.
A Native American woman stands near an entrance to a house bending down towards her three children. A baby is in a papoose, a girl stands tall, and a boy is holding a basket and looking at the camera. A clothesline is visible on the side of the house…
Two white men stand and one sits on a log near the edge of the Mississippi river. There are a number of logs around them and some floating on the river. The two standing men are holding long poles and bare trees line both shores.
A white man stands in a small boat near a shore holding a long pole. Trees and bushes grow on the shore and four men stand on the end of a jetty in the background.
A Native American kneels in a canoe holding an oar in his hand and looking at a man standing near him on the edge of the water, also holding an oar. Trees line the edge of the lake into the background.
A Native American woman stands in front of a house holding a baby in a baby carrier (papoose). A second child stands next to them, also looking at the camera. Some clothes are drying on a clothesline on the right and some trees grow in the…
A Native American woman stands in front of a wigwam covered in hides. She is holding a baby on her back. A young boy stands in front of the wigwam next to a sitting man. Bare trees fill the background.
Two Native American girls stand near a small wigwam made of blankets. One is holding a pail in her hand. Caption reads: "Indian children and their play-wigwam. Farther back is the bark wigwam that is their home."
A small boy stands by a bush and is offering some flowers to a small girl standing on the road with a second girl standing behind looking on. Caption reads: "the boy offers the bashful maiden a gift of flowers. Is she going to take them or not?"