Three men face each other in apparent conversation in a clearing at the base of a bare hill. None of their faces is clearly visible. Brush and a tree suggest they are near a water source. The man at the far left is reclining on his left elbow and wears a soft brimmed hat, dark shirt, trousers, and moccasins. The crouching man in the middle (likely James Stuart, as identified by Jane Gay), wears a brimmed hat, jacket, trousers, and boots. A third man crouches at the right. He wears a brimmed hat with an ornamented hat band, jacket, trousers, and moccasins. Two horses are tethered near the men; a third horse is partially visible in the left foreground and shadowed on the ground nearby. Gay cropped this photograph to eliminate the third horse ...