87. Wild West | The Donner Party (part 1)

Published: May 5, 2020, 7 a.m.

On a mountain slope deep in the wilderness, a terrible scene plays out. A party of 13 people stumble through the 12-foot snow drifts, crudely fashioned snowshoes clinging to their feet as they over the snow and around the trees. The majority of them are suffering from snow blindness, barely able to see more than a few feet in front of them. Upon closer inspection an even more horrible image emerges. Various chunks of meat, frozen rock solid, are slung on people’s backs, tied to their clothing, and dragged in the snow behind them. But this is no animal meat…