The Donner Party
Published on Nov 25, 2015
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Donner Party Expedition
- They spent the winter in the Sierra, Nevada Mountains.
- They were there from winter 1946- 1947
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The Donner Party expedition was led by George Donner and James F. Reed. They were on their way to California in a wagon train when they got caught in the storm.
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They ended up running out of food
and when a person of the expedition died, they ended up eating that person.
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Cannibalism
is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other humans.
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Their expedition insisted on about 90 immigrants. They had about 20 wagons.
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The Difficulty
- it was difficult for them to travel through the mountains.
- Hastings left a note for them telling them that the route ahead was more difficult than he thought.
- The donner party ended up going the wrong route and ended up getting caught in the storm.
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The immigrants were told to make camp and wait
until he returned to show them a better route. It took almost a year for them to be found.
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They were stranded
- they were stranded until about a year later when most of them died and had been eaten
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The Donner Party has a important meaning to history today.
It has changed things in the past.
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