The Expedition of the Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate
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By ten o'clock that night the whole of the Forlorn Hope weresafe in the homes of their benefactors. Mr. Richey declared that he andhis party had retraced Mr. Eddy's track six miles, by the blood fromhis feet; and that they could not have believed that he had travelledthat eighteen miles, if they themselves had not passed over the groundin going to his discouraged companions. [Footnote 6: The experiences of the Donner Party, to which he refers ina footnote, suggested to Bret Harte the opening ch...apters of "GabrielConroy"; but he has followed the sensational accounts circulated by thenewspapers, and the survivors find his work a mere travesty of thefacts. The narrative, however, does not purport to set forth the truth, but is confessedly imaginative. ] [Footnote 7: Mr. Eddy had killed the bear and dried the meat early inthe winter. ] [Footnote 8: His body was found there later by the First Relief Party. ] CHAPTER X RELIEF MEASURES INAUGURATED IN CALIFORNIA--DISTURBED CONDITIONS BECAUSEOF MEXICAN WAR--GENEROUS SUBSCRIPTIONS--THREE PARTIES ORGANIZE--"FIRSTRELIEF, " UNDER RACINE TUCKER; "SECOND RELIEF" UNDER REED AND GREENWOOD;AND RELAY CAMP UNDER WOODWORTH--FIRST RELIEF PARTY CROSSES SNOW-BELTAND REACHES DONNER LAKE.
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