History of early steamboat navigation on the Missouri River : life and adventures of Joseph La Barge (1903)
Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1917 · New York : F.P. Harper · leaf 106
undto a less extent. Every year great numbers of treesthat line the river bank are undermined and fall intothe stream. They are borne along by the current untilthey become anchored in the bottom, where they re-main with one end sticking up and pointing down-stream, sometimes above and sometimes… … THE MISSOURI IN WINTER. 81 from the ripple or break in the surface of the water,breaks. It is, in fact, only by the appearance ofthese breaks that a submerged snag can be discoveredby the pilot; and fortunately, in a rapid current, likethat of the Missouri, a snag will cause such a breakif it is…
