William Churchill, writing in the Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, wrote "These are not names of the river, they are but names for small stretches of the river as known to the folk of this or that hamlet.
William Churchill, menulis di Bulletin of the American Society Geografis, menulis "Ini bukan nama-nama sungai, mereka adalah nama-nama bagian kecil rentang sungai seperti dikenal oleh rakyat ini atau dusun itu.