snag-boat

This particular snag-boat, I learned afterward in the course of a long cruise behind her, holds the snag-boat record.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

At that moment I almost understood the snag-boat captain's bearing.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

To be master of the _Atom I_ seemed quite enough; but to be the really truly captain of a big red and white snag-boat -- it must have been overwhelming!

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

Now a government snag-boat may be defined as a boat maintained by the government for the sole purpose of sailing the river _and dodging snags_.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

The wind said we couldn't and our muscles said we shouldn't, and the snag-boat captain had said we couldn't get down -- so we went on.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

About Sioux City, the Government operates a snag-boat, the _Mandan_, at an expense ridiculously disproportionate to its usefulness.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

And now before us lay the impossible as plainly pointed out, not only by local talent, but by no less a man that the august captain of a government snag-boat.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

Between the prophecy of the snag-boat captain and my vainglorious answer at the Cheyenne crossing, I learned to respect the words of the man who invented the eccentric old river.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

Horace Bixby, at eighty-one, was still young, and piloting a government snag-boat.

The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 1916

This was the same snag-boat which three months before had been suggested for alteration by Eads, and refused by the army's agent.

James B. Eads Louis How 1910