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Index

Breen, Patrick, 22 Fort Hall route, 7, 9 Reed, James, 5
Bridger, Jim, 9 Fremont’s Pass, 15, 17, 20, Reed, Virginia, 35
28, 35 rescue party, 26–27
cannibalism, 27 Russell Party, 6–7, 14
Great Salt Lake Desert, 11,
deaths, 25, 26, 27, 31 29 shelter, 21, 26
delays, 10–11, 13, 14–15, 19, Sierra Nevada, 15, 21, 22,
29, 35 Hastings Cutoff, 9, 13, 14, 31 26, 32, 35
Donner, George, 5, 7 Hastings, Lansford W., 6–7, Stanton, Charles, 11, 15,
Donner, Jacob, 5, 7 9–10, 11, 14, 29, 31 17, 23
hunger, 15, 23–25, 26 Sutter’s Fort, 9, 13, 15, 27
Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon
and California, The, 6–7 McCutchen, William, 13, 15 Wasatch Mountains, 10, 29
winter camps, 21, 23, 25, 27
Forlorn Hope, 25 oxen, 5, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23,
Fort Bridger, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13 32, 35

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