Near our camp, which was on a soft, grassy bank beside smooth-flowing waters, some picture writings were found, the first indications, since the wreckage at Disaster Falls, outside of occasional signs of Powell's other party, that human beings had ever been in the country.

The tail-piece at the end of the preface to this volume is a reduction of a drawing I made of the largest figure, which was about four feet high.

The river now flowed gently between low banks covered in many places with cottonwoods, and it required hard labour of a different kind to get the boats along.

Signs of Utes began to appear, and one morning a fine fellow, gaily dressed, and mounted on a splendid horse, rode into camp with a "How--how!" Farther on we came to him again, with his squaw, a good-looking young woman, very well dressed in a sort of navy blue flannel, and wearing numerous ornaments.

We ferried them across the river, and afterwards found they were runaways from White River,--an elopement in reality.
After a good deal of hard rowing we finally reached the mouth of the Uinta.