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， 布满沼泽和绿雪茄形状岛屿，仿佛特被安置于此， 以教导敬畏上帝中西关于顽固不化大自然教训。