The Dawner Party Did Not Leave Until May Twelfth

The journey began with a group of men travelling from Oregon to California. They set out on the oregon trail, or california trail, which far less people are going at this point. But they're crossing mountains where there is snow, and you have to get across before the snow comes. And then something happens that i think is like our moment in the horror movie that sets the tone,. Like somebody hits a deer. James reed's mother dies. Nobody really expected her to make it. The doctors were like, you're not going to make it if you do this. Then when she dies, they all gather under a tree, they bury her. Everything's still fine.