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CHAPTER III.
TEXAS RIVERS: THEIR NAMES-WHAT STREAMS ARE NAVIGABLE-DEPTH OF
BARS; INLAND NAVIGATION-WATER SUPPLY -ARTESIAN WBLLS-WATER
POWE R.
'jI,EGINNING at the northern, or northeastern boundary
of the State, Red river, Bio Cypress and Lake
Soda are navigable during the rainy seasons, and a
regular trade is carried on upon these with New Orleans.
On the old Spanish maps the Red river is called Naucdoches,
from an Indian tribe on its banks.
The Sabine is the eastern boundary of Texas from the
Gulf of Mexico to the 32d parallel of latitude. It has at
its mouth a depth of from five to seven feet of water;
but such is the nature of the bottom that it could very
easily be deepened to a much greater depth, and this is
now being done by the General Government. It is navigable
during portions of the year for a distanee of three
hundred miles from its mouth. It was called by the
Spaniards, Adaes, after an Indian tribe. In 1718, De
Alarconne, in his controversy with La Harpe, calls it Rio
de San Francisco de Sabinas. (Sabine means juniper
tree.)
The Angelina and Neches rivers enter Sabine lake.
Boats ascend the former some 400 miles during the wet
season; and the latter about 250 to Thouvennin landing.
Trinity. The Indian name of this river was Arkokisa;
a corruption from Orquisaco, an Indian tribe, Lasalle
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/61/?rotate=90: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .