Map shows state / territorial boundaries, military posts, counties for Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana territories, railroads, areas of Native American habitation, cities, towns, notable physical features, and Yellowstone National Park; counties for Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico, Indian reservations in Colorado, areas of Indian habitation for Indian Territory and Kansas. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:5,850,000] and [ca. 1:5,600,000].

This map shows the southwestern portion of the United States and northern portion of Mexico. U.S. states are outlined in color and numbered (corresponding to an index of states and territories in the lower left corner). Additionally, cities, bodies of water, the names and locations of some Native American Indian tribes, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).