riviere

Far down "la belle riviere" floated the fairy white steamboat on its winding-way to Louisville, while the joy-groups danced and sung by the clear moonlight over the airy decks.

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

The French of Louisiana merely translated this term to la riviere au Blanc.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Felix say dat a team crawl up de riviere trail lak' dey ver' tired.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh

"He did come in vone leetle barque, my lor' from over de riviere, on de todder side opposite."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

I portage cano' to dat lac and reach de coast by de riviere.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh