Definition19th Century

Salt River: to row someone up Salt River is to beat him up or to give him hell.
1833: See if I don't row you up Salt River before you are many days older. J.K. Paulding, Banks of the Ohio, p. 133
1838: When you want to be rowed up Salt River again, just tip me with the wink. B. Drake, Tales and Sketches, p.36