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The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada.
14 wrz 2024 · Donner party, group of American pioneers stranded en route to California in 1846. The group was named for the expedition’s captain, George Donner. It was widely circulated that members of the party resorted to cannibalism after their food ran out, giving the party its lasting notoriety.
5 mar 2010 · The Donner Party was a group of 89 emigrants from Illinois who purportedly turned to cannibalism to survive after getting trapped by snowfall while on a westward journey in 1846.
1 lip 2017 · By delving into the biographies of leading party members and placing them into the religious and political context of the time, he has moved the story of the Donner Party beyond mere...
Wyprawa Donnera, Grupa Donnera lub Karawana Donnera (ang. Donner Party, Donner-Reed Party, Donner Expedition, Donner Caravan) – grupa amerykańskich pionierów składająca się z wielu rodzin (mężczyzn, kobiet i dzieci), która wyemigrowała ze Środkowego Zachodu do Kalifornii. Opóźnieni serią nieszczęśliwych wypadków, spędzili ...
14 kwi 2016 · Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. When a group of nearly 90 emigrants known as the Donner Party left Illinois in the spring of 1846, heading westward to California in covered wagons, they...
19 lut 2019 · A group of California-bound American emigrants known as the Donner Party, who after becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1847, resorted to cannibalism. Virginia Reed and the...
