History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; Together With the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix. Page: 148 of 227
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136 GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY,
miles, in ordinary stages of the stream. Its current is
exceedingly rapid. It is navigable at all seasons for
steamboats drawing three or four feet of water as far
as Camargo, about two hundred miles from its mouth.
In the summer of 1829, Captain Austin ascended it in
a small steamboat nearly to Revilla, about three hun.
dred miles from its mouth. He found the navigation
above Camargo exceedingly difficult and dangerous.
In many instances the rapidity of the current completely
overpowered the action of the steam engine, and he was
compelled to use tow-lines in order to make any pro.
gress. The bed of this river below Revilla is chiefly
quicksand, which is constantly swept from place to
place by the current, forming innumerable changing
sand bars. Its banks are generally quite steep. They
are often undermined in such manner during the annual
freshets, that whole acres are at times suddenly precipitated
into the stream, and not unfrequently the
river opens to itself a new channel through the country
to the distance of several miles. In many places these
new channels have been cut through banks thirty or
forty feet high. The Rio Grande, like the Brazos, by
opening abruptly into the Gulf of Mexico, constitutes a
singular exception to the ordinary harmony of Nature,
as mentioned by St. Pierre, who has wisely remarked
that Nature has " contrived deep bays sheltered from
the general currents of the ocean, that during stormy
weather the rivers might discharge themselves into
them in security, and that the finny legions might re.
sort thither for refuge at all seasons." By reference
to the map, however, the intelligent naturalist will rea.
dily decide that both of these rivers have been accident.
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Newell, Chester. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; Together With the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix., book, 1838; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6109/m1/148/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .