The Donner Party - A westbound wagon train delayed so much that they ultimately resorted to cannibalism to survive the journey

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 - "...But thank God we have all got through and the only family that did not eat human flesh..."