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This horrific incident came to be called the Jalian Wallabagh of the South. He was interviewed a few times, and when he was 62 he issued his first formal statement. Edwin Bryant told the tale of a boy who had his leg crushed by a wagon wheel, and it was treated by a quack who tied some linen and a few planks around it. Murphy, Idaho. Infuriated by the teamsters treatment of the oxen, James Reed ordered the man to stop and when he wouldnt, Reed grabbed his knife and stabbed the teamster in the stomach, killing him. The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner-Reed Party, was a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. The wagon tragedy also known as wagon massacre was an incident which occurred during the Malabar rebellion against British colonial rule in India that led to the deaths of 70 Indian prisoners. Meanwhile, Reed and McCutchen had headed back up into the mountains attempting to rescue their stranded companions. Historian Aaron Smith (via Deseret News) notes that the later settlers left, the more susceptible to cholera they would be, mostly because you were following in the footsteps of people who were essentially pooping out cholera as they went. Attack on the Kelly-Larimer Wagon Train | WyoHistory.org On August 30, after gathering as much water and grass as they could carry, they entered the Great Salt Lake Desert. Instead, they never gave them the warning, sending them to some of the darkest days imaginable, all in the name of making a buck. At Donner Lake, two more attempts were made to get over the pass in twenty feet of snow, until they finally realized they were snowbound for the winter. With scarcely any opportunity for defense, the unfortunate whites were shot down, scalped, and their mutilated bodies left upon the ground. Taking eight oxen to pull the luxurious wagon, Reeds 12-year-old daughter Virginia dubbed it The Pioneer Palace Car.. Joined by other wagons in Fort Laramie, the pioneers were met by a man carrying a letter from Lansford W. Hastings at the Continental Divide on July 11th. Anvils, weapons, plows, kegs, and barrels all dumped. In the meantime, the Graves family caught up with theDonner Party, which now numbered 87 people in 23 wagons. In the beginning, the wagon train was lucky to make even two miles per day, taking them six days just to travel eight miles. A combination of military forces compelled the allied tribes to make professions of peace, and for a few months, relieved the trail of its horror. When it cleared, Isaac Donner had died and most of the refugees were too weak to travel. The Donner Party is One of the Most Disturbing Stories from the Oregon Trail. Indeed, even the survivors of the party encouraged others to undertake the journey. Leave late, and you'd be waiting on the shores of a river where people and animals had been doing their business for months and months, and yes, you were drinking that water, too. He never rejoined the group. 320 North 4th Street Such accidents could cause the loss of life and most or all of valuable supplies. Montpelier, Idaho 83254, document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) National Oregon/California Trail Center. The accusations got so bad he even sued for slander and won $1, but when Keseberg died in 1895, even his obituary reminded everyone he was a cannibal.