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Massasoit, sachem of the Wam-
panoags, a tribe dwelling along the
shores OF Massachusetts Bay. The
pipe of peace was duly smoked. and
the treaty of peace thus concluded was
not broken for more than half a
century.
h sachen of another tribe, the
Narragansetts, whose name was "a
nonicus, had no such peaceful inclina-
ton. He wanted war, and, to signify
his blood-thlrsty intention, he sent to
Bradford, the governor of the colony,
a snake-skin filled with arrows. 1t
was a formal declaration of hostilities;
but Bradford, deeming mild measures
unwise, dispatched in reply a snake
skin filled with gunpowder and bull
lets. 1t was pure bluff, for the fight
ing men Bradford could muster were
a mere handful, whereas Canonicus
had 1000 warriors at his back. Never
theless, 1t worked, and no attack on
the settlement was made.
The first governor of the Plymouth
colony was John Carver. He died
early in the spring following the ar
rival of the Pilgrims, and was sue
ceeded by William Bradford. 1t was
Bradford who. according to the rec
ords, began on Christmas Day. 1920.
ito erect We first house for common
use, to receive them (the colonists)
and their goods" And it was he who
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records tell of her bringing a fresh lot
of pious Puritans in 1929. She was
in Charlestown harbor in 1880.
Then she vanishes from historical
view for twenty years. About 1850
she was transferred to the East India
trade, made a number of voyages
around the Cape Of Good Hope, and.
In 170l, was wrecked near Karachi,
on the east coast of India.
A substantial memorial of the
Puritans' pilgrimage that still remains
is the famous rock on which the col
onists landed at Plymouth. 1t was a
rock of granite, and has had vicissi-
tudes since then. Cut away from its
base in IVA, 1t was dragged by a
twenty-yoke OK team to the town
square, for use as a support for a
f1agpole. In 1923 1t was removed to
Pilgrim Hall, whence it was returned
forty-odd years ago to the shore of
Plymouth harbor. incidentally to
these successive transfers it was
broken into three pieces. two years
ago the pieces were patched together
neatly with cement. and the rock now
occupies its original place on the
shore line.
1t was not until 1854 that the State
of Massachusetts declared Thanksgiv-
ing Day a annual and legal holiday.
the other New England States SOC
following her example. But even
then 1t had long been a custom for
governors of States all over the Union
to appoint the last Thursday in No
vember as a day of thanksgiving.
When the seat of Federal government
was in New York City. George Wash
ington, In obedience to a resolution of
Congress. issued a proclamation nam
ing october 3, 1889, as a day of
Thanksgiving by the people for the
many and signal favors of Almighty
God, especially In affording them an
opportunity to peacefully establish a
form of government" Since that
time his successors in the Presiden-
tial chair have annually followed his
example.
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after Plymouth was settled 1t had only
three hundred people. But the Pill
grims were only an advance guard oil
the Puritan host which a few years
later began to arrive in numbers
spreading over New England and
planting settlements all along its
coasts. In 1643. when the New Eng
land confederacy was formed, Ply
mouth could boast a population of
5000 souls.
Progress OF The Puritans
The sailing of John Winthrop and
his company from England, in April,
1880, led to the founding of Boston,
Roxbury, Dorchester, and other towns
in that region. During that year
seventeen ships arrived bringing more
than 1000 people. BY 1910 the num-
Der of English people settled in New
England had reached 26, 900.
The rules and regulations which
governed the lives and conduct of the
Puritan settlers were extremely rigid
and in some respects harsh. There
were few large farms, chiefly because
nobody was allowed to build a house
more than two miles from a church,
or, as 1t was called. a meeting house,.
One object of this law was to keen
the population compact and In good
posture for defense. Also, public or
der was more easily maintained under
such conditions, inc the duties of
religion more absolutely enforced.
Mayfower And Plymouth Rock
What became OF the Mayflower?
There has been a good deal of dis
pute about that. But the matter has
been very thoroughly investigated, and
the facts are as follows:
The records of Trinity House., In
London, show that the Mayfower was
condemned as unseaworthy in 1913.
She must therefore have been re-
paired before the Pilgrims bought her,
in 1920.
She made at least two voyages from
England to Plymouth. Mass, after her
first delivery of colonists. Bradford's
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drew up the ia nous compact" which
formed the basis of the colony's gov
eminent. and in which Plymouth is
spoken of as located In the northern
part OF Virginia."
A Big Thanksgiving Feast
The first real Thanksgiving dinner
in New England was an impressive
affair, being attended by the sachem
Massasoit and ninety of his befeath-
cred warriors. 1t was in fact a big
peace celebration, and the feasting
lasted three days. One car we'll
imagine how busy tho Pilgrim moth
ers and daughters must have been
with all the turkeys to roast, pumpkin
pies and buildings to be made, and
other cooking. Fortunately, by that
autumn food was plentiful, and cheap
enough, inasmuch as it was to be
had for the trouble of shooting or
catching 1t.
Fortune arrived at Plymouth with
fifty additional and very welcome
colonists. The vessel on her return
voyage carried from the settlement
beaver skins, choice wood for vain
scoting, and other merchandise,
wherewith to make a first payment 10
the merchant Adventures already
mentioned. Unluckily, she fell In with
a French cruiser-France being at
war, as usual. with England-and was
robbed of everything valuable in her
cargo.
But the colony, once fairly upon it's
legs, so to speak, thrived apace. The
Pilgrims were mighty Industrious
folks, and ~enterprising. They were
also honest, and the merchant adven-
turers, In the upshot of their little
speculation. got their money back with
a satisfactory profit. In 1627-only
seven years after Plymouth was
founded-the colonists had become so
well-to-do that they were able to buy
up all the stock of the enterprise, pay
ing for 1t in full.
This vas certainly remarkable,
when 1t is considered that ten years
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1t is established by biological re-
search that all the present varieties of
domestic turkeys are descended from
the wild turkeys of the days of the
Mayiower. The close resemblance of
the domestic bird and the wild sur
vivors is aptly shown In two Of the
accompanying illustrations.
The Turkey Is A Pheasant
Your Thanksgiving bird has many
other kinsmen throughout the world.
According to one belief the various
fowl species, including turkeys,
chickens. geese and ducks. had a COM
mon ancestor in the jungle fowl of
prehistoric times.
The pheasant is an especially close
kinsman of the Thanksgiving turkey.
In truth the turkey himself is a form
of pheasant. Biologists make the
statement that the wild turkey of this
country was the original representa-
tive of the pheasant group in the
Western Hemisphere. The pheasant
is a famous game bird In England and
the ring-neck variety is now a familiar
bird in America as well.
The age of the pheasant in England
is uncertain, but there is good reason
for the belief that the first of the
species were taken to that country by
the Romans in the early days Of Brit
ish history. In other parts of the
world the bird is of ancient lineage.
It is established by history that Jason.
the seeker for the Golden Fleece,
brought the pheasant from Colchis on
the good ship Argo. the orjEin-I t
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ure shin of the human race.

ure ship of the human race
Turkey raising has become an i'm
portant industry in some sections of
the United States. This is particular
ly true in Texas and Missouri, which
give a combined yield equivalent to
practically one-fifth of the entire ma
tional production. Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky a..d Chio are also important
contributors to the general supply.
This GENERALIZATION of the industry In
e few states is explained by the
abundance of grain in those areas. for
in these states 1t Is possible to feed
the hocks at comparatively little cost
and to raise them with little trouble
in the way OF personal attention.
In the turkey belt the raising OF the
fowl is for the most part a matter of
Clocks" Throughout the Central
States a flock will contain perhaps
s~eventy-five turkeys. In Texas the
raisers go in for larger production
and locks containing several hundred
birds are quite New Eng
land has lost its old-time prominence
as to the number raised. but retains
the established prestige of its reputa-
ton for ineness of quality. The birds
are driven along the country roads in
much the same way as herds of cattle
or sheep.
Ranches For Turkeys
II o ooottoro 49, -. =
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mouth, most of the women and chill
dren stayed for a while aboard the
ship, shelter on shore being lacking.
To add to the hardships of the colon
lists, disease attacked them, and dur
ing that first winter fifty-one of them
died. The little vessel brought a crew
of twenty men, in addition to the 102
passengers, and its accommodations
Il have been badly crowded. Rec
ords at Lloyds. in London, give its
length as ninety feet. with twenty feet
beam and fourteen feet depth of hold.
When spring at last came and sum
mer advanced, the prospects of the
c~olonists frightened. They built
cabins and storehouses: also a rude
fort on a hilltop. Around the little
village they erected a strong and high
palisade, for protection against saw
ages and wild beasts. During the
summer twenty-six acres were cleared
and planted, and by early fall seven
houses formed a beginning of the
main street. with others building. For
lack of glass, oiled paper was used for
wlndow-panes.
The Indians
In the meantime, in the spring of
that year, an Indian named Samoset,
who had picked up a few words Of
English from fishermen on the coast
of Maine, made friends with the Pill
grims: and this led to a treaty with
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turkeys has been undertaken as a
matter of ranching-which involves
production on a large scale. Ranches
of this nature have been established
In the sparsely set.'~d foot hills of
California and Arizona In these areas
there Is an abundance of the natural
food of the species, including grass
tation and the seeds of grasses and
weeds. Turkeys raised on these
ranches are fattened on grain as mar
keting time draws near, and in those
favored regions where acorns are
abundant the grain Is unnecessary.
Turkeys have an inherited fondness
for acorns and this fruit of the oak
affords a diet on which the birds
thrive and grow fat.
On these ranches the handling of
the turkeys is closely akin to that
practlced with sheep and cattle on the
ranges of the West. Some outfits have
a thousand or more fowl in process of
growth at one time, and these birds
are driven out to the feeding grounds
each morning to be returned TO safe
quarters at night. Men and dogs are
employed for tending the vast herds
and the turkey dog becomes highly
trained and extremely expert in keep
ing his charges in order.
In some sections turkey-bees are as
popular as corn-huskings. and bring
the neighbors together at various
farms for the purpose OF killing and
dressing the fowls for tbs hanks
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were raised by the ancient Aztecs in
the early Mexican civilization. and re-
cent research has established that the
birds were a standard article of diet
with the race of the ancient Maya in
Central America.
Early travellers introduced the bird
into Europe and on that continent the
turkey was greatly priced as a table
dish on important feast days. Fa-
miliarity with this usage undoubtedly
influenced the early colonists to choose
the turkey as the national emblem
of the Thanksgiving dinner. When
Thanksgiving day was set apart as a
time for worship and feasting the wild
turkeys were so easily available and
possessed of such pleasing flavor that
historians agree hat nothing could
have been ore natural than the
choice of this bird as the principal
f~A4rrA Of tha holiday repast.
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How the Custom Came To Be Adopted Voyage of
the Mayflower Undertaken At Wrong Time
of Year- Colonists Sailed for Delaware, But
Were Driven Far Out of Their Course.
By RENE BACHE

the established church of England,
and, perslsting in the pursuit of their
wi methods of worship, they were
prosecuted. To escape this. many OF
them emigrated to the Netherlands In
the a from 1902 to 1908, settling
had all the religious freedom they
wanted; but they were not content.
The Dutch looked upon them as queer
folks-as doubtless they were-and
their peculiar views, more especially
their asceticism, did not invite sup
porters. Their numbers, instead of In
creasing, gradually diminished.
Thus 1t was that they were led to
depart for the New World, their ex-
petition being financed by certain
merchant adventurers' in London.
They sailed from Southampton on the
fifth day of August. 1920, in two ships,
the Mayfiower, which was a craft Of
$50 tons, and the S%peedwell. some
what smaller. Before they had gone
very far the Speedwell sprang a leak
and proved unseaworthy. So the Pill
grims, as they called themselves, were
obliged to put back to the port of
whence all of them who
could be accommodated on board the
Mayfower, 102 in number, made a
fresh start September 6.
Cape Cod Alloy!
1t was not until November Q that.
after a voyage of nine weeks, during
which they were blown hundreds of
miles off their course, they sighted
the low, sandy peninsula of Cape Cod.
The weather was bitter cold. Capt.
Myles Standish and a number of men
went ashore to spy out the land. They
saw a few Indians, watching them
c%uriously from a distance, but the
savages could not be induced to come
near. Five weeks were spent in cruis-
ing up and down the coast, looking
for a locality suitable for a settlement.
which. when finally decided upon, was
named Plymouth.
The Mayflower first dropped her
''mudhook" In Provincetown harbor,
Peregrine White, the first Pill
grim child to see the light in America.
was born. After arriving at Ply
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domestic raising of these worthy birds
las brought about a definite and i'm
portant change. The old time wild
turkey of our f%orebears was a bird
Weighing in the neighborhood of
twelve pounds. The Bronze gobbler
of today attains a weight of SO pounds
or three times as great as that of
his woodland ancestor. The meaning
of this increase growth is clear to any
person who has been a member of a
large family, in which a twelve pound
bird would do little more than whet
the collective appetite.
Turkeys have been in America for
countless centuries. Nobody knows
when they did not exist in the West
ern Hemisphere. The first explorers
found them in all sections Of the
United States. from New England to
Maxico. History sbnvs that tnriz.as~
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found so essential to the feasts of the
holidays. The egg supply gathered
by the Pilgrims provided h~atchings of
sufficient size to care for the imme-
date needs of the colonies and en-
abled them to establish fockS for
breeding.
This is the secret of the present
abundance of turkeys in the American
market. In Matching the eggs of the
wild birds the hens OF the New Eng
land barnyard were comforting a favor
of lasting character-and one that
was nothing short of their patriotic
duty as good Americans.
Turkeys Have Grown Larger
The bronze gobbler or the Bourbon
Red of the present day retains many
Of the characteristics of the native
breed from which he is descended. In
one important however. the
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,TgY E are indebted for our Thanks,
giving Day to the Puritan Pill
grims of New England. Not
Wv however, that the idea wal
original with them. They acquired /
In the Netherlands. where, among thu
Dutch, 1t had long been the custom tC
appoint from time to time a day o.
special Thanksgiving for victory II
war, deliverance from famine, or Other
blessing.
An unusually bountiful harvest was
deemed a fitting occasion for the APP
pointment of a Thanksgiving Day by
the earliest governors of the colonies
of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay;
and, as the fruitful earth began to
reward more abundantly the labor
which the settlers bestowed upon 1t,
the harvests became SO uniformly
plentiful that the celebration came to
be an annual affair.
During the first few months after
their arrival the Pilgrims suffered a
good deal for lack of food. But that
hardship. as well as the perils of their
voyage across the Atlantic, was due to
a mistaken choice of the time of year
In which to undertake their adventure.
If they had started in early spring,
they would have reached America at
the beginning of summer, and. the
forests being full of game. and the
sea and rivers full of f1sh-not to men,
ton Holsters. oysters and clams--they
would have had plenty to eat, while
escaping the unsheltered miseries of
a New England winter.
Bound For Delaware
Indeed, they would not have landed
In New England, and history to that
extent would have been altered. For
their intended destination was Della
ware, and their arrival in Massachus-
etts was due to the circumstance
that the Mayflower was driven far out
of her course by unfavorable winds.
1t was a miracle that she was not
lost with all on board, for the voyage
was very stormy. and on one occa-
sion In m~id-ocean, when one of her
timbers had split, she was saved from
destruction by a big iron screw.
The Puritans were d~issenters from
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= AlllIO gOh cat "a SllSO VA
- Thanksgiving turkey. you are In
creasing your Indebtedness to the
49, common American hen.
You may not know it, but the barn
yard hen Is the stepmother Of the
Great American Turkey. IL it had
not been for the every day chicken
the present generation would have
had to find some other birds for its
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
This state of affairs came about
through the rapid disappearance of
the native wild turkey of the North
American continent. The wild bird
was the original Thanksgiving dinner
of the early Pilgrims in New England.
With the increased hunting that came
with the growth Of population, the
breed became scarce, until 1t reached
the point of threatened extinction.
In the face of this emergency the
old New E%nglanders showed presence
of mind that was characteristic of the
pioneers. Knowing that no Thanks
giving dinner table would be complete
without the accustomed turkey they
devised ways and means of perpetual
ing the hocks.
TO accomplish this desirable pur-
pose they made systematic search for
nests established by the mother tur-
keys. From these nests the early set
tiers procured supplies of eggs, and
them home for the good of the
human race. These eggs were Matched
by the hens Of the New England barn
thus was assured the tur-
key which the American family has
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Thanksgiving Bird Was
Matched From Wild
Turkey Egg By the
Barnyard Hen Kins-
man of the Pheasant.
BY

VERY time you eat a slice of
- Thanksgiving turkey, you r In
creasing your Indebtedness to the
..at. :. -
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eoEna saol'ona tha raisire I'd
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-25
Let Carletto Dream His Love Songs
for You in Villas "Unbidden Guest"

AS usual, Carletto ran away from
the objects of his love. He did not
want to give up his mental freedom.
Even the marvellous physical and
mental beauty OF Reginella could not
persuade Carletto to bind her to him
by promise. She would have waited.
but Carletto's dreams would not give
him up.
There is much sad beauty re-
vealed lin the love affairs Of Carletto.
He loved life, man, beast and the idea
OF religion but just when you think
he has found the great love-wel. he
Just runs away.
But Carletto did not run away from
his duty during the world war. He
was no hero in the Italian army. He
tells you truthfully what a small part
he played In the war and at the same
time he tells IN one marvellous chap
ter the tragedy Of hero bf the name
Claudio Graziani. Here is real dra-
matte writing with the same tremen-
dous punch that one finds in Anna
Christie" and THE Hairy Ape"
found THE Unbidden Guest"
worth while. Read It
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-25
BY JACK JUNGMEYER

TT OLLYWOOD, Cal. July 25.-
Queer how familiar objects
= nag old memories; that old
cape cart, now, which we're using on
this set"
Donald Crisp, movie director and
producer for Sam Rork, filming Gym
thia Stockley's "Ponjola," shifted his
pith helmet and leaned against the
kraal fence. Heat waves danced from
the compound. Players lounged in a
shaded veranda, slipping sodas. A
black boy dozed. There was lull in
the shooting. On the flagstaff the
British Jack" swayed indolently, for
this was the town Of Wankelo, by the
magic Of Crisp's directorial hand.
Africa-where Crisp had tlsted Boer
lead as captain of the crack 10th
Hussars during three years active
service in the British army.
THAT old cape cart, now" he re-
fiected. "Cart-the Transvaal-the
crack Of bull whips and rifies-bugles
wailing on a lonely welt.
Makes me think Of Tugela
Heights, where the intrenched Beers
had done for $500 of ours. a slaugh-
ter. Carey Roberts, son of Field
Marshal Lord Roberts, had just come
in MORALLY wounded; eleven shots In
him; asking to speak to us. Liz
zie,' we called him affectionately, be-
cause he had seemed so effeminate
when he came; a blonde, fral young
ster.
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nance pervades the township and
its outlying territory.
Credit for starting the movement
must be divided among four persons
M. A. DAD Violet, owner OF the
home In which Twain was born:
Frank B. Lamson, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce at Boberly,
Mo-; H. J. Blanton. publisher of the
Monroe County Appeal at Paris.
Mo, and Lamson's 12-year-old
daughter, Ruth.
More than 5000 tourists from ev-
cry State in the Union visited the
home during 1922. Ruth Lamson
was one of them. She interested
her father in the home. He imme-
diately got in touch with Editor
Blanton at Paris. and Dad" Violet.
Violet told Of having refused
$4,000 from persons who wished to
purchase the Twain home for mer-
cenary reasons. He offered to do
nate the home and an appreciable
amount OF property as a location
for the park If the State OF Mis-
souri, would improve It and guaran-
tee the upkeep.
Then and there the nucleus Of the
Mark Twain Memorial Park Asso-
citation was formed. Blanton became
president and Lamson secretary.
Present plans of the association
are to raise $4,000 for the purchase
Of 100 acres Of land adjoining Flor
ida at the two forks of Salt River,
besides the land offered by Violet.
This property will overlook the
''swknmin hole" and other land
his various literary works.
The week of Sept. Is TO % has
been chosen for national cam
paign to obtain funds.
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CITY WILL PERMIT
BUILDING OF TEMPLE
Plans for New Fan Creek Bridge
Before Commission.

Permit for erection of the BETHEL
Temple. Ruckle and Thirty-Fourth
Sts., will be granted by the city, de-
spite remonstrance Of adjoining prop
erty owners, the city plan commission
has ruled.
Attorneys charged the temple would
be a community center and would he
Objectionable and illegal under the
coming law.
The commission also considered
plans for a bridge across Fall Creek
between Delaware and Alabama SITS.
Hibben heirs asked permission to
construct a business block at Wash,
ington st. and Emerson Ave. 1t was
taken under Amusement Petitions for
filing stations at Meridian and Thir-
ty-Sixth SITS. and Bellefontaine and
Twenty-Third SITS. were denied. Peti-
ton for filing station at Washington
st. and Arlington Ave. was continued.