In a message dated 2/18/2006 12:53:23 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: The one I like best is that the indian tribes had a big meeting in the Gizzard and were roasting some turkey's. The big chief got the choice of the first piece and he reached in and grabbed a gizzard. He took a big bite and it burned his mouth severely. He tossed it to the ground yelling "damn this fiery gizzard" No, Bill, he threw it into the creek, thus the name of the creek. ;) I don't remember it being a chief, but in my mind's picture of it, it was a young man. This is my favorite version too. In fact, it is the only one I ever heard until just a few years ago when someone put David Crockett in the story.