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The Donner Party’s Deadly Detour
Taking a shortcut in the unexplored American West was always a gamble – but for the Reed and Donner families it proved catastrophic.
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Donner party pioneers endure harsh winter
RECREATON 1846 Pioneers of the Donner party resort to cannibalism during harsh winter / dead corpse of pioneer in snow / man shivering in the cold, sitting near camp / dismembered foot of dead person / entrails and blood in cooking pan /...