The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-06-24
The First Cattle Brought into Unit
States Territory.

The fret animals that arrived ina
part Of the present territory of
United States, says the Nfssoch,
Woughudn, were probably
taken to the COLONY on the
river, in Virginia, previous
yeai 1909, the exact date o.
rival not being known. Sc
are known TO have been ca:
in 1910, and during the
year, 1911, no less than o
head arrived there from
1t is probable that tho afro
iuced there were brough by tho
earliest advcnturers anI r. camJ
from the West Indlcs. 1t is well
known that somo OF their cattle camo
from Ireland Those from tho West
Iniics were the descendants of cattle
brought TO America By Columbus in
his second voyage, in 1913. We havo
seen il asserted that 80 important was
1t considered that the cattle intro
juccl into tho infant colony should
, DO preserved and allowed to increase
| that an order was issuId furbi1ding
/ the killing Of dDmcstlc animals of
any kind, on pain of death 10 tho
/ principal, burning Of the hand aud
cropping the ears Of tho accessory,
and II sIuni whipping of twenty four
hours for "A concenlcr ol u knowledge
OF the facts. Such encouragement
being given to the raising Of stock, it
is not ,urprisin, To find the number of
cattle in Nirgiaii in lG2O amounting
70 about five hundred head and in
/ 1859 t. thirty thousand while from
the fact that in l6iS the number had
been reduced to twcu'y thousand, W.
may infer that tie restrictions OH
killing them had been removed Many
ais, had been sent to New England.
The first cattle that were intro
duccd into the Plymouth colony, anl
undoubtedly the earliest brought in
to New England,arrived at Plymouth,
III the ship Charity, in 1924. They
were imported by Gov. Winslow for
tho colony, and consisted Of threo
hoifcrs and bull. A division of tho
stock, which appears to have bceu
held in common. was made in 1927,
when one or two are described as
black and white, others brindlc an
evidence that there was no uniformity
of color. These amin lis were to re-
main in the hands of individuals re.
cciving them for ten years, they to
have theproduce, while tho oil stock
was still to be owns | by the colony
in common. Twelve cows wcru
sent to Capo Ann in 1925, aud in
1929 thirty more, while in 1880 about
n hundred animals wore imported
for the "Governor and company Of
the Massachusetts, Bay in New Eng.
land These clttlo were kept ut
Salem
In the meantime the first importa-
tion vas male into Now York from
Holland by the Dutch West India
Compiny, anl the foundation laid
for valuable race Of amin lls. TIL,
NUMBER of all INTRODUCED WIS ono
hun lrcd anl three, consisting OF
horses and cattle for breeding. Th,
compauy furniShc | each tenrnt with
fonr cows. four horses, some sheep
and pigs for the term Of six years.
when the number OF amin lis receiv~
cl WIS TO be returned, their Increase
being left in the hanls of each farm
er. Then the cattle belonging to
the company were distributed among
those who were unable to buy stock.
And 50, for the settlements along
the Delaware, cattle were introduced
by the Swedish Wcst India Company
in 1921 1t will be seen. therefore.
that before the close Of tn year 1880
the number of horned cattle in all
tho colonies must have risen by na-
tural increase and by importations
above nam II to several thousands.