Pelisipi

Pelisipi was a name used on early maps for the Clinch River, which runs southwest through the Appalachian valleys to join the Tennessee. Its tributaries include the Powell, whose waters descend from the mountains to the north. The name also appeared in forms applied to the Ohio River, and was long said to mean “winding waters” in Cherokee. It has instead been traced to a Miami-Illinois name for the river of the Mosopelea, shortened and altered as it passed through other languages and onto European maps.