ravitaillement

Le ravitaillement fut convoyé d'aussi loin que la Californie.

Supplies were trucked in from as far away as California.

[...] il résussit finalement, le 12 juillet 1555, à embarquer six cents personnes sur deux navires : mélange de pionniers représentant tous les corps d’état et de criminels tirés des prisons. Il n’oubliait que les femmes et le ravitaillement.

— … he finally succeeded on July 12th, 1555, in getting six hundred people on board two boats; they were a motley collection of pioneers representing all parts of the community, as well as criminals fresh from prison. He had overlooked only two items: women and supplies.