Answerbag: skeeter's answers http://www.answerbag.com/profile/831994 New Answerbag answers from skeeter Tue, 29 May 2012 23:31:51 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 23:31:51 -0700 Answer to What is the origin of the phrases "up the creek" and "up shit's creek," and which is the original version? http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5282874 What is the origin of the phrases "up the creek" and "up shit's creek," and which is the original version?<br /><br />Refer to the history of the Republican river. Pawnee Indians referred to it as &quot;Manure River&quot; in the late 1700&#039;s and early 1800&#039;s because of the large number of Buffalo in this area and the river&#039;s inadequate size to &quot;flush&quot; itself. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:20:19 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5282874