Shades of Tom Sawyer

[Crooked Creek]

I can believe it.
I live in the Ozarks which is an old Indian word meaning uphill from here
You can start at a river, go uphill, up up up, come around to the river again and never have gone down

I grew up in the Ozarks among the bois d'arcs. I also heard a similar translation when I complained about walking to school one winter. Might have been from the Hekawi tribe according to my dad.