Left side: This is a Cheyenne's horse, tied to a low bush by the lariat around its neck.
Right side: Since the adolescent artist's main preoccupation appears to have been accruing as many
trysts as possible, he seems to have had a connoisseur's interest in White courting customs.
Here, an infantry lieutenant is "pressing his suit" with a young White lady wearing a straw
hat decorated with silk ribbons. Two Cheyenne men, each with a muslin sheet worn over
his head, have turned discreetly away from the couple. Across the Parade Ground,
however, our young reporter sketches industriously away.