History of the Donner Party. C. F. McGlashan

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       Chapter VII.

       A Wife's Devotion

       The Smoky Gorge

       Caught in a Storm

       Casting Lots to See Who Should Die

       A Hidden River

       The Delirium of Starvation

       Franklin Ward Graves

       His Dying Advice

       A Frontiersman's Plan

       The Camp of Death

       A Dread Resort

       A Sister's Agony

       The Indians Refuse to Eat

       Lewis and Salvador Flee for Their Lives

       Killing a Deer

       Tracks Marked by Blood

       Nine Days without Food

       Chapter VIII.

       Starvation at Donner Lake

       Preparing Rawhide for Food

       Eating the Firerug

       Shoveling Snow off the Beds

       Playing they were Tea-cups of Custard

       A Starving Baby

       Pleading with Silent Eloquence

       Patrick Breen's Diary

       Jacob Donner's Death

       A Child's Vow

       A Christmas Dinner

       Lost on the Summits

       A Stump Twenty-two Feet High

       Seven Nursing Babes at Donner Lake

       A Devout Father

       A Dying Boy

       Sorrow and Suffering at the Cabins

       Chapter IX.

       The Last Resort

       Two Reports of a Gun

       Only Temporary Relief

       Weary Traveling

       The Snow Bridges

       Human Tracks!

       An Indian Rancherie

       Acorn Bread

       Starving Five Times!

       Carried Six Miles

       Bravery of John Rhodes

       A Thirty-two Days' Journey

       Organizing the First Relief Party

       Alcalde Sinclair's Address

       Capt. R. P. Tucker's Companions.

       Chapter X.

       A Lost Age in California History

       The Change Wrought by the Discovery of Gold

       The Start from Johnson's Ranch

       A Bucking Horse

       A Night Ride

       Lost in the Mountains

       A Terrible Night

       A Flooded Camp

       Crossing a Mountain Torrent

       Mule Springs

       A Crazy Companion

       Howlings of Gray Wolves

       A Deer Rendezvous

       A Midnight Thief

       Frightening Indians

       The Diary of the First Relief Party

       Chapter XI.

       Hardships of Reed and Herron

       Generosity of Captain Sutter

       Attempts to Cross the Mountains with Provisions

       Curtis' Dog

       Compelled to Turn Back

       Hostilities with Mexico

       Memorial to Gov. Stockton

       Yerba Buena's Generosity

       Johnson's Liberality

       Pitiful Scenes at Donner Lake

       Noble Mothers

       Dying rather than Eat Human Flesh

       A Mother's Prayer

       Tears of Joy

       Eating the Shoestrings

       Chapter XII.

       A Wife's Devotion

       Tamsen Donner's Early Life

       The Early Settlers of Sangamon County

       An Incident in School

       Teaching and Knitting

       School Discipline

       Capt. George Donner's Appearance

       Parting Scenes at Alder Creek

       Starting over the Mountains

       A Baby's Death

       A Mason's Vow

       Crossing the Snow Barrier

       More Precious than Gold or Diamonds

       Elitha Donner's Kindness

       Chapter XIII.

       Death of Ada Keseberg

       Denton Discovering Gold

       A Poem Composed while Dying

       The Caches of Provisions Robbed by Fishers

       The Sequel to the Reed-Snyder Tragedy

       Death from Overeating

       The Agony of Frozen Feet

       An Interrupted Prayer

       Stanton, after Death, Guides СКАЧАТЬ