The Donner Party are most remembered for their perilous ordeal when they
a. traveled a little-known shortcut that slowed their journey through a harsh winter, forcing some of them to resort to cannibalism.
b. left for California too late in the season and, to survive a harsh winter in the Sierras, resorted to cannibalism.
c. resorted to cannibalism of Indians to survive a harsh winter in the mountains.
d. were trapped by snow on their way to join fellow Mormons in Salt Lake City and had to resort to cannibalism to survive.
a
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