The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
They became known as “Turkie Fowl” (spelling varies) because they were coming from the general direction of Turkey. The “Fowl” was dropped and the term “Turkey” was applied to other large Galliformes that were encountered in the New World. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.
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