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Appendix B
Judge Benjamin Ignatius Hayes’ List of Supplies for the TMp West
When Benjamin Ignatius Hayes left Independence, Missouri, for the gold fields of California on September 10, 1849, he made a list of the supplies he had assembled with the help of his family and a man identified as G. L. Hughes. In addition to the following list, Hayes had two mules for which he paid $40 for one and $60 for theother. Healsohadborrowed$50cashfromHughesbuthadtoborrow$5moreattheYumaferrycrossing and another $5 before reaching Los Angeles.
Therefore, for this one frugal but reasonably well-prepared forty-niner to travel from Missouri to the California gold fields, it required an investment of more than $322 in addition to the several gifts he received from family and friends, including all of his initial supply of food.
Hayes had purchased a medicine kit and was supplied with a set of instructions regarding the use of the compounds from a Dr. Dabney. Although Hayes was never sick on the road, he used the detailed instructions from Dr. Dabney to administer aid to several companions who fell ill.
It is of interest to note that at the New River in California, according to Hayes, C. C. Cox’s Fremont Association party had to borrow rations to enable them to complete their trek to the coast.
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