Ute Indian on horseback, White Rocks - Summer 1909

American Indian sits atop a dark, white-nosed pony with the sun to his back, casting long shadow into foreground (lower right); a dog rests in the shadow, Figure on horseback wears wide-brimmed hat with beaded hatband dark bandana, light shirt and suspenders; dark trousers and leather boots; another figure in extreme foreground (left margin) wears cowboy hat, mid-tone bandana and light shirt with dark, dot pattern; Anglo-style buildings stand half in silhouette in background, stretch in diminishing perspective from right to left; flagpole clearly visible (upper left corner); sky dotted with faint but visible clouds, most notably in the upper-right corner