Sep 8, From here forward, the Donner Party had made many pit-stops, and more to come. After they reached Pilot Peak, they traveled to the Humboldt River, then they had to travel across a mile desert to reach the Truckee Lake at the end of October.
While crossing the desert, James Reed got into a fight with another member, ending with the other stabbed and Reed forced to ride home alone on horseback.
After his exile, George Donner took over the entire party. Oct 25, The Donner Party were in some deep trouble. There were constant flurries between these mountains.
Every time they attempted to cross, they were blocked by 5 to foot tall snow walls. Their only option was to set up camp and wait for it to clear up. While setting up camp, a Paiute warrior Native American tribe had killed almost 20 of their oxen before being killed.
While George Donner waited with others, another group tried to reach the summit and they were successful in making it through. Dec 24, After weeks of not getting through, the remaining members of the Donner Party had started to run out of food.
Things were getting really desperate in the camp and on November 12 when the storm stopped a small party tried to reach the summit on foot, but found it too difficult and returned that same evening.
Two more attempts were made over the next week but both failed. On November 21, 22 pioneers made an attempt and successfully reached the peak. The party traveled about 1. George's hand became infected and he became quite ill. With the freezing temperature and lack of rations, he quickly became incapacitated. He was unable to get firewood or hunt for food for his family. His brother, Jacob was frail and ineffectual. Tamsen was left to be the stalwart of this group.
With the most dramatic scenes yet to come, George drops out of the story. Although he no longer comes up in the story, except as needing care, George lingers until after the third rescue when Tamsen refuses to leave her husband to die alone.
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Images: 14 Donner Party Memorial. Patrick Breen's diary late February George Donner. Donners Leaving Springfield, Illinois. Sketch of the Donner Camp. She lived most of her life on a ranch near Elk Grove, California, where she died in She and App had three children. Leanna lived out her life in Jamestown, California and died there in Frances Eustis Donner circa made her home with the James F. Reed family in San Jose, California, for several years, then went to live with her older half-sister, Elitha.
She married Elitha's brother-in-law, William Wilder. She and William had seven children and lived in Byron, California. Frances died at her home there in In , the sisters went to live with Elitha and Benjamin Wilder. Eliza Poor Donner circa married Sherman O. Houghton in They had seven children and lived in San Jose, California, except for four years where they lived in Washington, D. They moved to Long Beach, California around Eliza died in
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