This is fascinating stuff. I was searching for foods during the 17th and 18th century and stumbled across the list of supplies Lewis & Clark took on their journey, and food consisted mostly of emergency rations of beef jerky and what amounted to soup bullion, much of which was used up early, so they hunted as they went.
What I found interesting, was just how prepared they were to bribe, trade or simply befriend along the way with wampum, better know as trinkets.
Check the list. I bet you'll have to look up a bunch of stuff as I did. :laugh:
Mathematical Instruments
1
Hadley's Quadrant
1
Mariner's Compas & 2 pole chain
1
Sett of plotting instruments
3
Thermometers
1
Cheap portable Microscope
1
Pocket Compass
1
brass Scale one foot in length
6
Magnetic needles in small straight silver or brass cases opening on the side with hinges.
1
Instrument for measuring made of tape with feet & inches mark'd on it,...
2
Hydrometers
1
Theodolite
1
Sett of planespheres
2
Artificial Horizons
1
Patent log
6
papers of Ink powder
4
Metal Pens brass or silver
1
Set of Small Slates & pencils
2
Creyons
Sealing wax one bundle
1
Miller's edition of Lineus in 2 Vol:
Books
Maps
Charts
Blank Vocabularies
Writing paper
1
Pair large brass money scales with two setts of weights.
Arms & Accoutrements
15
Rifle
15
Powder Horns & pouches complete
15
Pairs of Bullet Moulds
15
do. Of Wipers or Gun worms
15
Ball Screws
24
Pipe Tomahawks
24
large knives
Extra parts of Locks & tools for repairing arms
15
Gun Slings
500
best Flints
Ammunition
200
Lbs. Best rifle powder
400
lbs. Lead
Clothing
15
3 pt. Blankets
15
Watch Coats with Hoods & belts
15
Woolen Overalls
15
Rifle Frocks of waterproof Cloth if possible
30
Pairs of Socks or half Stockings
20
Fatigue Frocks or hinting shirts
30
Shirts of Strong linnen
30
yds. Common flannel.
Camp Equipage
6
Copper kettles (1 of 5 Gallons, 1 of 3, 2 of 2, & 2 of 1)
35
falling Axes.
4
Drawing Knives, short & strong
2
Augers of the patent kind.
1
Small permanent Vice
1
Hand Vice
36
Gimblets assorted
24
Files do.
12
Chisels do.
10
Nails do.
2
Steel plate hand saws
2
Vials of Phosforus
1
do. Of Phosforus made of allum & sugar
4
Groce fishing Hooks assorted
12
Bunches of Drum Line
2
Foot Adzes
12
Bunches of Small cord
2
Pick Axes
3
Coils of rope
2
Spades
12
Bunches Small fishing line assorted
1
lb. Turkey or Oil Stone
1
Iron Mill for Grinding Corn
20
yds. Oil linnen for wrapping & securing Articles
10
yds do. do. Of thicker quality for covering and lining boxes. &c
40
yds Do. Do. To form two half faced Tents or Shelters.
4
Tin blowing Trumpets
2
hand or spiral spring Steelyards
20
yds Strong Oznaburgs
24
Iron Spoons
24
Pint Tin Cups (without handles)
30
Steels for striking or making fire
100
Flints for do. do. do.
2
Frows
6
Saddlers large Needles
6
Do. Large Awls
Muscatoe Curtains
2
patent chamber lamps & wicks
15
Oil Cloth Bags for securing provision
1
Sea Grass Hammock
Provisions and Means of Subsistence
150
lbs. Portable Soup.
3
bushels of Allum or Rock Salt
Spicies assorted
6
Kegs of 5 Gallons each making 30 Gallons of rectified pirits such as is used for the Indian trade
6
Kegs bound with iron Hoops
Indian Presents
5
lbs. White Wampum
5
lbs. White Glass Beads mostly small
20
lbs. Red Do. Do. Assorted
5
lbs. Yellow or Orange Do. Do. Assorted
30
Calico Shirts
12
Pieces of East India muslin Hanckerchiefs striped or check'd with brilliant Colours.
12
Red Silk Hanckerchiefs
144
Small cheap looking Glasses
100
Burning Glasses
4
Vials of Phosforus
288
Steels for striking fire
144
Small cheap Scizors
20
Pair large Do.
12
Groces Needles Assorted No. 1 to 8 Common points
12
Groces Do. Assorted with points for sewing leather
288
Common brass thimbles - part W. office
10
lbs. Sewing Thread assorted
24
Hanks Sewing Silk
8
lbs. Red Lead
2
lbs. Vermillion - at War Office
288
Knives Small such as are generally used for the Indian trade, with fix'd blades & handles inlaid with brass
36
Large knives
36
Pipe Tomahawks - at H. Ferry
12
lbs. Brass wire Assorted
12
lbs. Iron do. Do. generally large
6
Belts of narrow Ribbons colours assorted
50
lbs. Spun Tobacco.
20
Small falling axes to be obtained in Tennessee
40
fish Griggs such as the Indians use with a single barbed point - at Harper's ferry
3
Groce fishing Hooks assorted
3
Groce Mockerson awls assorted
50
lbs. Powder secured in a Keg covered with oil Cloth
24
Belts of Worsted feiret or Gartering Colours brilliant and Assorted
15
Sheets of Copper Cut into strips of an inch in width & a foot long
20
Sheets of Tin
12
lbs. Strips of Sheet iron 1 In. wide 1 foot long
1
Pc. Red Cloth second quality
1
Nest of 8 or 9 small copper kettles
100
Block-tin rings cheap kind ornamented with Colour'd Glass or Mock-Stone
2
Groces of brass Curtain Rings & sufficently large for the Finger
1
Groce Cast Iron Combs
18
Cheap brass Combs
24
Blankets.
12
Arm Bands Silver at War Office
12
Wrist do. do. Do.
36
Ear Trinkets Do. Part do.
6
Groces Drops of Do. Part Do.
4
doz Rings for Fingers of do.
4
Groces Broaches of do.
12
Small Medals do.
Means of Transportation
1
Keeled Boat light strong at least 60 feet in length her burthen equal to 8 Tons
1
Iron frame of Canoe 40 feet long
1
Large Wooden Canoe
12
Spikes for Setting-Poles
4
Boat Hooks & points Complete
2
Chains & Pad-Locks for confining the Boat & Canoes &c.
Medicine
15
lbs. Best powder's Bark
10
lbs. Epsom or Glauber Salts
4
oz. Calomel
12
oz. Opium
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oz. Tarter emetic
8
oz. Borax
4
oz. Powder'd Ipecacuana
8
oz. Powder Jalap
8
oz. Powdered Rhubarb
6
Best lancets
2
oz. White Vitriol
4
oz. Lacteaum Saturni
4
Pewter Penis syringes
1
Flour of Sulphur
3
Clyster pipes
4
oz. Turlingtons Balsam
2
lbs. Yellow Bascilicum
2
Sticks of Symple Diachylon
1
lb. Blistering Ointments
2
lbs. Nitre
2
lbs. Coperas
Materials for making up the Various Articles into portable Packs
30
Sheep skins taken off the Animal as perfectly whole aspossible, without being split on the belly as usual and dress'd only with lime to free them from the wool; or otherwise about the same quantity of Oil Cloth bags well painted
https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/lewiss-packing-list
What no pop corn?
Quote from: walkstall on November 21, 2017, 07:51:13 PM
What no pop corn?
Natives already had a supply of their own.
I was just surprised they didn't include a bathtub. According to record, the boat weighed 8 tons.
I remember watching a film in school showing the expedition lifting all the boats and supplies across land to get to clearer water.
I think they lied to me back then or they had a thousand men with the strength of gorillas and history hides the fact that early European settlers were actually cyborgs.
great you for the perfect information you have published here.
I should add, they had some amazing tech as well, like their air rifle.
(https://outdoorhub-res.cloudinary.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:low,w_1000,h_583,dpr_auto/https://www.outdoorhub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/outdoorhub-lewis-clarks-girardoni-air-rifle-gun-helped-discover-west-2015-05-12_12-52-37.jpg)
It would take 1,500 pumps (think hand bicycle pump) to reach a whopping 800 psi, allowing approximately 40 discharges before losing muzzle velocity. Captain Lewis may have carried spare tanks; they were designed with that in mind. One can imagine the lowest-ranking member of the crew receiving the job to pressurize three or four tanks. The compression in a Girardoni was more than 20 times today's automobile tires.
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https://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/2015/05/12/lewis-clarks-girardoni-air-rifle-gun-helped-discover-west/