Yes, there were a number of survivors, maybe half of the original complement. It is a tragic accident of history to call this incident a Party, which usually is something joyful and upbeat, not extreme hunger, survival problems- and cannibalism.
They built shelters to live in and slaughtered their animals for food. At the very end of their ordeal, some of them ate human flesh to stay alive.
46 people of the 87 lived.
2/3 of all the women and children lived.
2/3 of all the men died.
Of the 87 people in the Donner party, 39 died; plus two of the rescuers also died attempting to save them; for a total of 41 people dead.
They were trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with no food or warmth. It was very hard for them , they ended up doing cannibalism. it's a very sad story.
16 wagons were on the donner party And 87 people that were with the donner party.
There was only one major mountain range that the Donner Party had to cross through. The Rocky Mountain. The Rockys caused a lot of trouble for the people going out to west. The Donner Party took off late from Independence, MO, so the Donner Party got stuck in the Rockys. That's what caused the Donner Party to become so famous and the number of people going to the west decreased dramatically. Then the Gold Rush started and the numbers went way up.
The Donner party took a shortcut across Utah that its promoter said would save them 300 miles. Instead, it added 100 miles to their trip.
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Haunted Highway - 2012 Lake Murray Beast The Donner Party 2-4 was released on: USA: 11 December 2013
16 wagons were on the donner party And 87 people that were with the donner party.
There was a girl named Mary Donner in the Donner Party, and a woman named Margaret Reed.
No. The Donner Party were not Mormon pioneers.
The Donner Party - film - was created in 2009.
No one really knows but people think that members of the Donner Party ate each when they were absolutely starved.
The duration of The Donner Party - documentary - is 1.5 hours.
George Donner was the leader
There were 87 people not including the teamsters or Indians that travelled with them.
The experience that the Donner Party had shows that the Oregon Trail was hazardous.
You are thinking of the Donner Party.
The Donner party left the other group of travelers and used hasting cutoff little did they know that the guide only used this path once. When the Donner party got close the the Sierra Nevada's they got suck in a snow storm some of the people in the Donner party had to leave there wagons behind or get rid of stuff so alot f the people were out side huddled against each other getting warmth. Because of this "shortcut" the donner party ran out of food and water and people died for the lack of food when it came to that the donner party had no choice to eat the dead later on theree n ople that volenterred to hichhike to california and get help and some of the people trying to get help died on the way some made it to california. Thats some what of what happend to the donner party.
You can find details about the Donner Party on the Wikipedia page devoted to it. You can also receive an introductory lesson about the Donner Party provided on the PBS website.