It was supper-time when we again reached camp.

The Major now announced that he intended to take the _Dean_ and go on ahead, without stopping anywhere, to the mouth of the Uinta River, leaving us to follow as we could in doing the work.Cap.was to be taken in my place because of his previous experience in the army and in the West.
That evening all was made ready.

By break of day the camp was astir, breakfast was disposed of as quickly as possible, the _Dean_ was manned, the Major went to his place on the middle cabin, they cast off and disappeared in the canyon gate.

We then called this "Craggy Canyon," but later it was changed to Split Mountain.
All of the others crossed the river to climb to the top of the cliffs for observations and for photographs.

I was left alone to watch camp.