CHAPTER II.
Into the Wilderness--The Order of Sailing--Tobacco for the Indians Comes Handy--A Lone Fisherman and Some Trappers--Jack Catches Strange Fish--The Snow-clad Uintas in View--A Larder Full of Venison--Entrance into Flaming Gorge.
The 22d of May, 1871, gave us a brilliant sun and a sky of sapphire with a sparkling atmosphere characteristic of the Rocky Mountain Region.

The great buttes near the station, which Moran has since made famous, shone with a splendour that was inspiring.

To enable us to pick up the last ends more easily and to make our departure in general more convenient, we had breakfast that morning at Field's outfitting place, and an excellent breakfast it was.

It was further distinguished by being the last meal that we should eat at a table for many a month.

We were followed to the cove, where our loaded boats were moored, by a number of people; about the whole population in fact, and that did not make a crowd.