[SOC] God willing and the creek don't rise

[Walter - K5EST]

Origin of the saying is Benjamin Hawkins, and the phrase would be correctly
written as 'God willing and the Creek don't rise'. Hawkins, college-educated
and a well-written man would never have made a grammatical error, so the
capitalization of Creek is the only way the phrase could make sense. He
wrote it in response to a request from the President to return to our
Nation's Capital and the reference is not to a creek, but The Creek Indian
Nation. If the Creek "rose", Hawkins would have to be present to quell the
rebellion. I believe that the phrase is somewhere in his preserved writings.

via <http://ngeorgia.com/ang/God_Willing_and_the_creek_don%27t_rise>

OK SOC'ers, please continue to use a small "c" for creek, we don't
want to be too proper..........GRIN!

That is all.................73....Walter - K5EST