Well, you have the obvious answer - eating the deceased members of their party to survive.

Other attempts to survive included sending a group out to try to snow-shoe to find help in the Sacramento Valley / Sutter's Fort.

Ral Donner died on April 6, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois, USA of lung cancer.

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They weren't. None of the known members of the mob that killed Joseph Smith were in the Donner Party.

The Donner Party did have two families which had connections to Mormonism. There has been some disagreement as to whether they were practicing Mormons or if they had left the religion at an earlier time, but none of them were party to the murder of Joseph Smith.

Unfortunately, yes. It was either do this or die in the wilderness.

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Ascending OR descending steep trails, the fording of deep, wide, or fast-moving rivers, broken axles, and getting stuck in ruts or mud or sand were all problems that individual wagons had to overcome on the great venture west. Wagon trains still had to be able to keep their accompanying livestock nearby while protecting them from wolves, mountain lions, bears, and the occasional wild, rogue native American raiding parties. Watering places for the animals and 'sticking together' were of prime importance. Traveling at the right time of year to avoid the mountain snow was an important lesson driven home by the horrible misfortunates of the doomed Donner Party (See the Related Link[s] listed below). Many wagon trains avoided the rigors of the Oregon Trail by taking the southern, Santa Fe Trail instead.

June 1847 is the day that it ended.The month and the year is known ,but the date in the month is unknown.I had checked it in websites but it didn't say what date it ended.