Donner Party ate family dog, maybe not people

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 17:23 in Psychology & Sociology

The Donner Party, a group of 19th century American pioneers who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada and supposedly resorted to cannibalism, may not have eaten each other after all, suggests a new study on bones found at the group's Alder Creek campsite hearth in California. Sierra Nevada - California - Donner Party - United States - Cannibalism

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