crick

[Michael K. Gottlieb]

nOn Sun, 24 Oct 1999 RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 10/24/1999 6:17:36 PM, michael.gottlieb at YALE.EDU writes:
>
> << I've heard the expression, among middle-aged and older midwesterners,
> "If'n that the crick don't rise."  I've never been able to determine
> whether the expression refers to the watercourse or the Native American
> Indian tribe.
>  >>
>
> The Crick Indians?

The Creek Indians, also called the Muskogee Indians.