Cholohallay

Cholohollay is an Indigenous name recorded for the St. Francis River, interpreted as “smoky water.” The river rises in the hills of southeastern Missouri and flows south across the lowlands of Arkansas to join the Mississippi. Its upper course runs through the rocky country of the Ozarks, while farther downstream the valley opens into the Mississippi floodplain. Tributaries bring water from the hills to a river that runs roughly parallel to the great river before joining it.