Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ohio River" in English language version.
Ohio ('large creek')
Bluegrass dealers made a business of buying up Negroes at auction sales and shipping them down to New Orleans to be sold to owners of cotton and sugar cane plantations. . . . This practice gave rise to the expression 'sold down the river.
From Iroquois word meaning 'great river'
Ohio comes from the Seneca (Iroquoian) 'ohiiyo' 'good river'
Ohio comes from the Seneca (Iroquoian) 'ohiiyo' 'good river'
From Iroquois word meaning 'great river'
Ohio ('large creek')
Bluegrass dealers made a business of buying up Negroes at auction sales and shipping them down to New Orleans to be sold to owners of cotton and sugar cane plantations. . . . This practice gave rise to the expression 'sold down the river.