Early Wagon Migrations 1845 - Allowances

Supplied by West Central Genealogical Society 
Transcribed for the WWW by M. Antal(c) 1999 

The following list is what each person was allowed to take with them in the 
early wagon-train migrations:

Per Person:

150 lbs. Flour or hard bread
25 lbs. Bacon
10 lbs. Rice
15 lbs. Coffee
2 lbs. Tea
25 lbs. Sugar
1/2 bushel dried peas
1/2 bushel dried fruit
2 lbs. Soleratus (baking soda)
10 lbs. Salt
1/2 bushel corn meal
1/2 bushel corn
Small keg of vinegar
Pepper.


CLOTHING PER PERSON:

MEN -   2 wool shirts
        2 under shirts

WOMEN - 2 wool dresses

BOTH - 
2 pair drawers
4 pair wool socks
2 pair cotton socks
4 colored handkerchiefs
1 pair boots and shoes
Poncho
Broad brimmed hat

COOKING:
Baking pan - used for baking and for roasting coffee.
Mess pan - wrought iron or tin
2 churns - one for sweet, 1 for sour milk
1 coffee pot 
1 coffee mill
Tin cup with handle, 1 tine plate, knives, forks, spoons per person 

MISCELLANEOUS PER FAMILY:
Rifle - ball - powder
8 to 10 gallon keg for water
1 axe
1 hatchet
1 spade
2 or 3 augers
1 hand saw
1 ship or cross cut saw
1 plow mold
At least 2 ropes
Mallet for driving picket pins

SEWING SUPPLIES:
(place in buckskin or stout cloth bag)
Stout linen thread
Large needles - thimble
Bit of bee's wax
Few buttons - buckskin for patching
Paper of pins

PERSONAL ITEMS:
1 comb and brush, 2 tooth brushes, 1 pound Castile Soap
1 belt knife - 1 flint stone per man PADDING PER PERSON:
1 canvas, 2 blankets, 1 pillow, 1 tent per family MEDICAL SUPPLIES:
Iron rust, rum and cognac (both for dysentery), calomel,
Quinine for ague, epsom salts for fever, castor oil capsules
Camp Kettle, fry pan, and wooden bucket for water.