Talk:Whiskey Chitto Creek

Creek naming

I just realized the article name Ouiski Chitto Creek. The local name of the creek changes depending on which road you are driving on, and how it is named on that particular bridge road sign, but the common name is actually Quiska Chitto" so I would suspect it depends on which parish you are in. as to what is on the road sign.

The head of Whiskey Chitto Creek is in North Fort Polk (Fort Polk North), north of Artillery road, almost due east of 11th street. The official name is "Whiskey Chitto Creek", sometimes referred to as Bayou Grande or [http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=380 Whiskey Chitto in Choctaw: Big Cane Creek. Choctaw for cane is uski and chito for large or big.

The spelling those of us from the area use, as well as the USGS, use Ouiska Chitto creek or river. The "creek" takes on a much larger form when sixmile (six mile) creek merges into it, resembling a small river, and again when "Lumber Branch merges into it, until it merges with the Calcasieu River east of Leblanc, north of US 190, just west of Kinder.

A problem is that nowhere is the creek (or river after six mile) referred to as "Ouiski Chitto". The USGS considers "Ouiska Chitto River" to be a non-controversial name. The Lagniappe reported that the "Regular Session of the 2004 Louisiana Legislature", Senate Bill 120 (Act 175), "Adds all or part of Ouiska (Whiskey) Chitto Creek.....to the Natural and Scenic Rivers System..

A Google search, not using "Whiskey Chitto", shows Wikipedia using the article named spelling and 573 hits for "Ouiski" versus over 10,000 for "Ouiska". Historical maps (1848, 1895, 1926), as well as current maps use Whiskey Chitto.

• Unless there is compelling evidence, that I have not found, I think there will be nothing contentious in moving the title to Whiskey Chitto Creek, listing alternate naming in the lead. I am all for using the more common name but in this case the "official name" is also by far the more common except on a couple of road signs at bridges that use "Ouiska Chitto". Otr500 (talk) 05:32, 22 March 2017 (UTC)