
The Donner Party with Chelsey Weber-Smith
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We Got to Draw Straws. Let's Go.
A group of men were chopping wood to keep warm when a hatchet head flew off and was lost in the snow. They drew straws for who would be eaten, with Patrick dolan coming out on top. "They knew that, like, some one was going to die soon," says David Bianculli. 'If death is so all around you, why take it into your own hands'
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