Deviously winding, riddled with black sloughs and green cigar-shaped islands, the Mississippi looks as if it had been put here to teach the god-fearing Midwest a lesson about stubborn and unregenerate nature.

它曲折迂回， 布满黑色的沼泽和绿色雪茄形状的岛，特被此， 以教导敬畏上帝的中西部地区关顽固不化的大自然的教训。