TIL of the Donner Party who were a group of pioneers including women and children who had to resort to cannibalism after an early snowfall cut off their destination, just one mountain pass over.

tetris11@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago

TIL of the Donner Party who were a group of pioneers including women and children who had to resort to cannibalism after an early snowfall cut off their destination, just one mountain pass over.

teawrecks@sopuli.xyz · 8 hours ago

We’re talking about maybe a day of my life over 20 years ago lol. I remember it being taught that it happened, but I honestly don’t remember if they emphasized how desperate for survival they were. I think it’s easy for some Americans to associate “Donner Party” with “crazy man-eating lunatic cult of the wild west” due to only retaining surface-level information on the topic.

TIL of the Donner Party who were a group of pioneers including women and children who had to resort to cannibalism after an early snowfall cut off their destination, just one mountain pass over.

TIL of the Donner Party who were a group of pioneers including women and children who had to resort to cannibalism after an early snowfall cut off their destination, just one mountain pass over.

Donner Party - Wikipedia