 Canada, and the now densely peopled parts of the United States, wild turkeys were formerly very abundant ; but, like the Indian and buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised,...  Our Domestic Fowls - Page 89by William Charles L. Martin - 1799 - 16 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1826 - 850 pages
...like the Indian and buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek...country, that we may anticipate a day, at no distant period, when the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain. • • " The wild turkeys do not confine... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 392 pages
...like the Indian, and buffalo, they have heen compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of, the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek...country, that we may anticipate a day, at no distant period, when the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain. We have neglected no means of obtaining... | |
 | Great Britain - 1831 - 496 pages
...like the Indian and buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek...condensed over the surface of this country, that we may_anticipate a day, at no distant period, when, the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain. *•**••... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 760 pages
...like the Indian and buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek...native soil with slow and reluctant steps, yet such is tbe rapidity with which settlements are extended and condensed over the surface of this country, that... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Galliformes - 1834 - 388 pages
...compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and take refuge in the remotest parts of the interior. Although...reluctant steps, yet such is the rapidity with which the settlements are extended and condensed over the surface of this country, that we may anticipate... | |
 | James Joseph Nolan - Game and game-birds - 1850 - 198 pages
...destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek refuge in the remotest part of the interior. Although they relinquish their native...country, that we may anticipate a day, at no distant period, when the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain. The wooded parts of Arkansaw, Louisiana,... | |
 | James Joseph Nolan - Game and game-birds - 1850 - 208 pages
...destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek refuge in the remotest part of the interior. Although they relinquish their native...country, that we may anticipate a day, at no distant period, when the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain. The wooded parts of Arkansaw, Louisiana,... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - Poultry - 1850 - 342 pages
...like the Indian and the buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek...Although they relinquish their native soil with slow, reluctant steps, yet such is the rapidity with which settlements are extended and condensed over the... | |
 | William Charles Linnæus MARTIN - Poultry - 1852 - 162 pages
...but, like the Indian buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek...country, that we may anticipate a day, at no distant period, when the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain. The wooded parts of Arkansas, Louisiana,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 pages
...like the Indian and bullklo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek...interior. Although they relinquish their native soil with lion and reluctant steps, yet such is the rapidity with »Ui'li settlements are extended and condensed... | |
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