In a message dated 3/3/02 3:14:19 PM EST, wwoodward@nc.rr.com writes: << The wagon train had about 15 rules that set standards for the trip. Some of them were: 1. Allow 5 days each 100 miles. Bad days, what you can make, or stay in camp if agreed by all. Real good days, and group, makes it easy pulling 25 to 30 miles per day, if camp sites come right. 3. Recommeded -- shave your head -- Indians have no interest in bald heads. 8. Keep you politics and preaching to yourself. Let the preacher do the preaching. 12. Be courteous and help pthers 13. Do not be noisy, even with your musical instruments >> Jeesh!! What a teaser. Can you give us the rest of the rules? Please. This is fascinating to me. I always wonder (a) how people got along (same as now looks like...now loud rock music in the apt next door...wonder if there was a generational gap in music) and (b) how far did they travel each day. With regard to #3, was it recommended the women shave their heads? Would the menfolk put up with such, as..uh..I understand that letting the hair down in private moments was important back then. Could you post all the rules? Thanks in advance, Janet (Baugh) Hunter...Descendant of Michael and Elizabeth Landin Marsh (like Tim Marsh, with wife Helen Crawford).