The Stephens-Turner Party to California relied on mutual cooperation. They understood that not everyone could make it through the mountains, so they split up. One group stayed behind while the other two went on separate routes to get help. They all survived including the women and children who wintered for months. So these people did understand they had to work with the land.
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The Stephens-Turner Party in the 1840s was the opposite of Donners
Date: 2022-02-10 03:52 pm (UTC)