s-l-o-u-g-h

Updated: May 19, 2025

"How far?" asked the Boy. "About seven miles below the Russian mission, and a mile or so up the Kuskoquim Slough." "Wrecked there?" "Oh no. Gone into winter quarters." "In a slew?" for it was so Father Wills pronounced s-l-o-u-g-h. "Oh, that's what they call a blind river up in this country.

Elizabeth Robins - The Magnetic North