GEORGE DONNER
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The Donner Party became stranded in heavy snow while crossing the mountains. Forty-two emigrants, including Donner, and two Indian guides died, however, the remaining forty-seven travelers survived.
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George Donner was an American pioneer and the leader of the Donner Party, a group of emigrants who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada of Alta California in the winter of 1846–1847. Nearly half of the party starved to death, and some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism.
