HISTORICAL TRIVIA

HISTORICAL TRIVIA......

Did you know the saying "God willing and the Creeks don't
rise" was in reference to the Creek Indians and not a body
of water? It was written by Benjamin Hawkins in the late
18th century. He was a politician and Indian diplomat.
While in the south, Hawkins was requested by the President
of the U.S. to return to Washington . In his response, he
was said to write, "God willing and the Creeks don't
rise." Because he capitalized the word "Creeks" it is
deduced that he was referring to the Creek Indian tribe and
not a body of water.
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Hank Williams used the same phrase everytime he signed of on an old radio show he hosted. I'm pretty sure he was talking about the creek with water.

Though, I must say I've never heard of a tribe called the Creek. Cree, yes, but not the Creek.
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Anytime I've heard that phrase, I'm pretty sure they referenced to water. That's interesting to see where they got it from.
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The Creek Indians (or Muskogee) belong to the Muskhogean linguistic stock. The historical Creek, a union known as the Creek Confederacy was made out of the remains of the several separate tribes that occupied Georgia and Alabama in the American Colonial Period
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