Donner Party
Sign in to saveAlso known as Donner-Reed Party, Donner Expedition, Donner–Reed Party
group of American pioneers who cannibalized their own family members in order to survive
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- PatrickBreenDiaryPage28.jpg
- Number of deaths
- 40
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- Donner Party
- inception
- 1846-07-12
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1847-04-29
- number of survivors
- 48
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1846 in Alta California1846 in the United States1847 in Alta California1847 in the United StatesAmerican cannibalsAnti-Indigenous racism in CaliforniaCalifornia TrailDeaths by starvationDonner PartyHistory of the American WestHistory of the Sierra Nevada (United States)Incidents of cannibalismMiwokMurder in CaliforniaTruckee, California