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Offline franksolich

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The Donner Party
« on: March 05, 2009, 07:11:46 PM »
Oh my.

A sad, sad tale, and probably a portent for the future, as FGL reminds us, of the primitives in the blue cities:

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The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American emigrants caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism.

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When they reached the Sierra Nevada at the end of October, a snowstorm blocked their way over what is now known as Donner Pass. Demoralized and low on supplies, about three quarters of the emigrants camped at a lake (now called Donner Lake), while the Donner families and a few others camped about six miles (ten kilometers) away, in the Alder Creek Valley.

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The emigrants slaughtered their remaining oxen, but there was not enough meat to feed so many for long. In mid-December, fifteen of the trapped emigrants, later known as the Forlorn Hope, set out on crudely fashioned snowshoes for Sutter's Fort, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away, to seek help.

This group consisted of 10 men and five women. When one man gave out and had to be left behind, the others continued, but soon became lost and ran out of food.

Caught without shelter in a raging blizzard, four of the party died. The survivors resorted to cannibalism, then continued on their journey; three more died and were also cannibalized.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_party
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 07:15:30 PM »
dude, eat me.

:rofl:

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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 07:19:26 PM »
Taste like chicken.
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 07:20:21 PM »
Mmmm Mmmm....  Long Pork.

Yummie!
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 07:20:30 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 05, 2009, 07:19:26 PM
Taste like chicken.

but chicken tastes like people. :o :-)
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2009, 12:04:49 AM »
Obama of the Donner Party
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2009, 12:10:42 AM »
Quote from: FGL on March 06, 2009, 12:04:49 AM
Obama of the Donner Party
. . . seating 12?
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2009, 12:12:31 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on March 06, 2009, 12:10:42 AM
. . . seating 12?

they say Biden promised to dance with the union bosses in Florida today but nobody actually saw him right? I mean he could have been dinner... where exactly does that $100 a lb beef come from?
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2009, 12:26:15 AM »
I pissed my wife off mightily on a long distance drive once by stopping the car in the middle of the night and waking her up to see the lake below from the scenic overlook in Donner Pass. :-)

She got oogged out big time.
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2009, 12:47:13 AM »
Many people don't quite realize what led to the first decision to eat one of the party members...

[youtube=425,350]JQ1ZOFNBL68[/youtube]
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2009, 04:56:52 AM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on March 06, 2009, 12:47:13 AM
Many people don't quite realize what led to the first decision to eat one of the party members...

[youtube=425,350]JQ1ZOFNBL68[/youtube]
You and I can laugh about it...

...now.
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2009, 10:02:08 AM »
Being born and raised in Cali, I had to read (often) about the Donner Party.
 Frankly it was stupidity that got them in the grisly mess they found themselves in.
Instead of waiting out the winter on the eastern slopes of the Sierras they chose............badly.
Read some of the accurate recollections. It would make a great horror movie.
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2009, 12:35:41 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on March 06, 2009, 10:02:08 AM
Being born and raised in Cali, I had to read (often) about the Donner Party.
 Frankly it was stupidity that got them in the grisly mess they found themselves in.
Instead of waiting out the winter on the eastern slopes of the Sierras they chose............badly.
Read some of the accurate recollections. It would make a great horror movie.

Rent "The Hunger" sometime.

Freaking cool movie.
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2009, 12:40:29 PM »
I read the word 'Donner' and think of something like this.



Which of course may not be far from the Donner party events (minus the salad though I expect)
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2009, 02:34:24 PM »
Quote from: bijou on March 06, 2009, 12:40:29 PM
I read the word 'Donner' and think of something like this.



Which of course may not be far from the Donner party events (minus the salad though I expect)

Geezus Bijou!

I about harked up alung laughing at that! :-)

H5 for inserting "Donner Kebab's" into the mix.   :rotf:
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2009, 03:33:58 PM »
The reason for the Donner Party's demise was: 1) They took Hastings' Cut-off, had to clear their own trails on severe grades in Little Cottonwood Canyon and got their wagon wheels stuck in mud formed underneath the surface of the ground in the salt flats 2) Severe and early winter hit the high Sierra Nevadas in 1846-1847.
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2009, 06:09:07 PM »
I remember in my history class that one of the cannibal survivors went on to start a successful restaurant in California.
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "meatloaf surprise."
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Re: The Donner Party
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2009, 06:13:48 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on March 07, 2009, 06:09:07 PM
I remember in my history class that one of the cannibal survivors went on to start a successful restaurant in California.
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "meatloaf surprise."

The cafeteria at Colorado University is (informally) referred to as the Alfred Packer Grill.
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