The road to their hiding-place was difficult to follow, either in boats or afoot, for the tortuous Bayous that led to it were intertwined in an almost inextricable maze, through which, indeed, the trained pilots of the colony picked their way with ease, but along which no untrained helmsman could follow them.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
Thoughtful, for Gabriel came not; and now dark doubts and misgivings Stole o'er the maiden's heart; and Basil, somewhat embarrassed, Broke the silence and said, "If you came by the Atchafalaya, How have you nowhere encountered my Gabriel's boat on the Bayous?"
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There were several sloughs or Bayous and many indentations of the shore-line, while above the town there was none.
"Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective"
Ellis Parker Butler