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| Rough terrain along the Humboldt River resulted in much loss of cows and the group split into several groups. |
169 years ago, the strange story took place in the Sierra Nevada mountains. At that time, The Donner Party which is also called the Donner-Reed Party - a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed - bound for California by train horses, but was delayed by a series of mishaps and problems.
As a result, the group must spend the winter until changed, 1846-1847 in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Some emigrants who participated, was forced to take action to cannibalism to survive.
The story begins with a trip to the West which usually takes between 4 and 6 months.
Donner Party group travel time slows down as it follows a new route called Hastings Cutoff - across Utah Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake Desert.
In early November 1846, immigrants have reached the top of the Sierra Nevada, where they caught a huge snow storm that came early in the near Truckee (now Donner) Lake.
Hard to deal with rough terrain along the Humboldt River - currently Nevada, resulting in many lost group of cows and carts. The group was split into several parts.
Their food supplies running low, and in mid-December some of the group finally decided on foot to get help.
Rescuers from California trying to reach the rest of the emigrants, but first aid from members of the party did not come until mid-February 1847 - nearly four months after the wagons got stuck.
Of the 87 members of the party, only 48 survived and arrived in California. Many of them have died and meat is eaten - cannibals, who else to survive. Because of the lack of the food supply again.
Historians describe the episode as one of the most bizarre and spectacular tragedy, the migration history of California and the Western US.
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