210 Wright, Early Records of the Wild Turkey. [ April 



Game, here are. . . .Wild Turkies, " "A New and Accurate 



Account of the Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia, London, 

 1733" states that 1 "our people that live in the country plantations 

 procure of them (Carolina Indians) the whole deer's flesh ; and they 

 bring it many miles for the value of six pence sterling, and a wild 

 turkey of forty pound weight for the value of two-pence." " A 

 Young Gentleman" in "A New Voyage to Georgia 2nd edit. Lon- 

 don, 1737" says 2 "I met with. . . .plenty of wild turkeys, " 



"An Account Showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia in 

 America, London, 1741" finds 2 "in the winter season (Savannah 

 River) there is a variety of wild fowl, especially turkeys, some of 



them weighing thirty pounds, " "An Impartial Inquiry into 



the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia, 1741" records 

 that 3 " Mr. Harris, who is an expert fowler, sometimes goes out with 

 his gun, and seldom fails of bringing in either wild turkey. . . .or 



geese " "A Description of Georgia London 1741 " states that * 



"There is great plenty of wild fowl, particularly turkies, " 



In 1761, we have "A Description of South Carolina London." 

 According to it, 5 "the sorts of wild fowl that frequent the inland 



parts of the Country, are Turkeys, " In 1763, G. Milligen 



writes "A Short Description of the Province of South Carolina: 

 London, 1770." It states that 6 " In the woods and fields are plenty 



of wild turkeys, of a large size, " "The History of North 



America London, 1776" claims (p. 225) Georgia affords "wild 

 turkeys from 20 to 30 pounds weight." Hewatt in 1779 merely 

 mentions wild turkeys are in great numbers. 7 In 1784, J. F. D. 

 Smyth (1. c, Vol. I, p. 149) reports that in North Carolina " " There 



are also. . . .multitudes of . . . .wild turkies " Following him, 



we have Wm, Bartram. When at Broad River, he remarks (1. c, 

 p. 45). "We at length happily accomplished our live, bringing in 

 plenty of venison and turkeys, we had a plentiful feast at supper." 



» Colls. Ga. Hist. Soc. Savannah, 1840, p. 55. 

 2 ibid., Vol. II, Savannah, 1842, pp. 51, 58, 314. 

 'ibid., Vol. I, p. 199. 

 * Force, P. Vol. II, p. 4. 

 « Carroll, B. R. Vol. II, p. 250. 

 e ibid.. Vol. II, p. 482. 



7 Hewatt, Alex. An Hist. Account of South Carolina and Georgia. London , 

 1779, Vol. I. p. 85. 



