I'm working from a transcribed copy--done by someone
else, so I can't comment on how it appears on the
original document, but it seems to me that it would be
awfully easy when doing a transcription to
mis-interpret a "T" as an "H" (STillyard to SHillard).
Especially if the text was faded, ink was worn, the
original author had bad handwriting, or it may have
just been phonetically written.  That seems to be the
case with the Periauger. You can't get much more
phonetic than "petty auger", especially when spoken
with an 18th century Virginia drawl. 

-Grant



-- Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So what you are saying, Paul, is that somewhere you
> have seen a definition of 
> "shillard" that matches "Steelyard"? And/or other
> scholars have analyzed the 
> term and come to the same conclusion? I am sure most
> folks would find that 
> strong evidence. However, I recall an instance in
> which someone here in 
> California mis-translated "casamata" at the Royal
> Presidio de San Diego to mean 
> "butcher shop/butchering house," only to find that
> the association with the Spanish 
> Army fort meant, in this case, "casemate" or powder
> and ball storage building. 
> It is for this reason that I am cautious with
> jumping to conclusions.
> 
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
> 


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