He lost no time, but immediately rolled his two field pieces into catfish creek, destroyed all his heavy baggage, re-crossed the little Pedee, and not venturing by Euhany, he passed the Waccamaw at Greene's ferry, and retreating through the neck, between that river and the sea, crossed Winyaw bay, three miles wide, and thus arrived in Georgetown.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
He took the nearest route across Black river at Wragg's ferry, and crossing the Pedee at Euhany, and the little Pedee at Potato bed ferry, he halted at catfish creek, a mile from where Marion court house now stands.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
This illusion was helped by its low-browed, rocky head, crouching close to the end of the "fill," its length concealed in the clefts of the rocks-as if lying in wait for whatever crossed its path-as well as its ragged, half-round, catfish gash of a mouth from out of which poured at regular intervals a sickening breath-yellow, blue, greenish often-and from which, too, often came dulled explosions, followed by belchings of debris which centipedes of cars dragged clear of its slimy lips.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith