New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-22
FROM. 1ht R.caofc
EXPLORATION II TIE RIO GRANDE.
Report of Exploration Of the Rio Graudc,
made by II. Love, in the kccI-boai Major
Bubbilt, with II .iI.i OF the Bivcr-Nayiga-
tor OF the Rvcr-Ni,it.ry Posts, soil, Pro-
ASSISTANT QuARrfRMAsrER's OyFlcE.

EBNEEAl-s may & ltic ltiitJI 10 report thdl up
tain Love has returned from his explorations Of
the RIO Grande.
He left Ringgod Barracks, Texas, 'nearly OPP
poste Camareo, Mexico, with the keel-boat Ma
Tor Rabbit. and a crew OF twelve men on the
nth Of March, 1850 The Major Rabbit" was
fifty feet long sixteen feet wide, and drew, with
her crew, provisions, arms &c. on board, eighteen
inches OF water Capt. Love was instructed to
carry her to the highest attainablc point on the
Rio Grande, and | am satisfied he faithfully COM
piled with the orders received. He found this
point at a distance of 9G7 miles from Ringgod Bar
racks where his further progress in the keelboat
was stopped by impossible falls, which he named
t'Brookc's Falls On arriving at this point Capt
Love carried the skitt which accompanied his boat
around these falls, launched her, and rowed her
A. miles to other falls, which he named " Rabbits
Falls, These are LOLA miles above Ringgold
Barracks, about $50 by land below FL Paso, % by
land below the mouth OF the Conchos and POI by
water above the mouth Of the Puerco, sometimes
called the Pecos.
Beyond this point he found it impossible to pro,
coed with the skiti, either bl LAND or water and
left it the 18th Of July on MS return. He arrived
at Ringgold Barracks on the nth Of August,
where he turned over his boat to the quarter
hiotNt '''' ~ Pa 'N ~ ' E"'' va UtiS -'Vii
OF August.
From Captain Loves rough notes, and from fre-
quent conversations WIN INN, am enabled to
present the following report OF ms expedition i
would mere observe that lbs distances were not
taken NTH mathematical precision, yet / believe
them to be suihclently accurate Tor all practical
purposes All the distances gwen are by the
river, unless specially menloned as being by land.
On the accompanying map. the skeleton OF which
was taken from Emorys, published in 1915 l
have put down the towns, on both sides OF the
river tho rivers and creeks cmptylng INTO the no
Grandc coal mines &c. and the distance OF every
important point from RnggoId Barracks.
NAVIGATION or THE RIVER
II wonId here he nronpr 70 remark that Captain
Love node his expe.iition Mt Il time when the wa
tor was lower IN the Rio Grande than had been
known for several wears and therefore, it was a
most favorable season to ascertain the practice
bility of its navigation at all times
From Rinre0ld Barracks to knngSbury's Falls,
which ore 100 miles above Fort Mcintosh near
I,orcJol md eleven below Preside Rio (irandc
L,,bor. General Woots coln1nn crossed into Mex
1etc \ ,L,,ra- ore oEstructons in tbn Ri,,nr
, ,..,h ,,., ,,r,,ot ,,,vaton abont se,n
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nv, - No,,o;1hnr ,hen tIo ri,,ar is ,,,,roroIl,
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o,f Tho Jo,ycr rio Cranda conld ,o witl,ont din
cnl,, 10 K;nosmrv's Fnljs Dnrnr the seven
months of low ar rather ordinary, water thorp are
tbrno and half feet o, water in the channel
Which il about % lect wide A smaller class
stoamboot conId be constructed iron would nroi,a
Div be fine bcstt TO navigate the channel at nil sea
sons ftLc yoar These odontod tor to,,;,,a ltcnl
boots wonld nerhsns he mrieroble. This narrow
channel only occurs Mt intervals, and Can't. Love
is Of onnon that it could he widenad to admit the
Dassare Of the largest class steamboats, now ON thc
River, say of the size OF the United States Cor