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==Pietro Martire d'Anghiera (1912): "the Spaniards noticed herds of deer similar to our herds of cattle"==
The current consensus is that ancient Americans did not keep herds of large animals for use as food. However, Pietro Martire d'Anghiera noted the following in 1912:
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In all these regions they visited, the Spaniards noticed herds of deer similar to our herds of cattle. These deer bring forth and nourish their young in the houses of the natives. During the daytime they wander freely through the woods in search of their food, and in the evening they come back to their little ones, who have been cared for, allowing themselves to be shut up in the courtyards and even to be milked, when they have suckled their fawns. The only milk the natives know is that of the does, from which they make cheese.<ref>Pietro Martire d'Anghiera, ''De Orbe Novo: The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr d'Anghera'' (1912), 2:259.</ref>
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