From SFGate.com:
Scientists: Donner Family Not Cannibals(Thanks, George!)
By SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 13, 2006
Reno, Nev. (AP) -- There's no physical evidence that the family who gave the Donner Party its name had anything to do with the cannibalism the ill-fated pioneers have been associated with for a century and a half, two scientists said Thursday.
Cannibalism has been documented at the Sierra Nevada site where most of the Donner Party's 81 members were trapped during the brutal winter of 1846-47, but 21 people, including all the members of the George and Jacob Donner families, were stuck six miles away because a broken axle had delayed them.
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