The Donner Party
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- The Donner Party
- Half of the emigrants survived but had to resort to cannibalism
- Took the route Hasting mapp-ed as it was quicker
- Hastings didn't meet them so they went on another route
- Took them a week to cross the desert
- James Reed was banished after he killed a member of the party in self-defence
- Trapped in the Sierras
- 15 people sent to reach sutters Fort
- 2 men and 5 women survived but ate the people who didn't.
- Rescue party found them and it was led by James Reed
- He found his wife and four children alive.
- Rescue party found them and it was led by James Reed
- 2 men and 5 women survived but ate the people who didn't.
- 15 people sent to reach sutters Fort
- Trapped in the Sierras
- James Reed was banished after he killed a member of the party in self-defence
- Took them a week to cross the desert
- Hastings didn't meet them so they went on another route
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