"A soogan, which is pronounced 'sow-gan' as in 'sow a lawn,' not as in female swine, and not 'sue-gan,' as a lot of folks pronounce it, is your bedroll. That and your warbag--which could be anything from an old feedsack to a fairly fancy valise--was everything you carried on a traildrive that you didn't wear or have in your saddlebags.
TexasCharley "

Found this on another site, Rap.