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Title: Marvels of the new West : a vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri River : comprising marvels of nature, marvels of race, marvels of enterprise, marvels of mining, marvels of stock-raising, and marvels of agriculture, graphically and truthfully described
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : Henry Bill Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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g the Sierras when the first snow-stormof winter burst upon them. The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs.Donner and four children, with several servants, who assisted to drivea small herd of cattle. They had reached the lake, and had campedfor the night, when a wild storm, such as that mountain region aloneknows, struck them in its fury. On the following morning two feetof snow covered the trail, and the unabated storm continued to addrapidly to its depth. Mr. Donner was too unwell to go forward, buthe put the children upon the horses, and started them off under thecare of servants, hoping they might cross the mountains in safety.Mr. Donners wife and a German servant remained with him. Most ofthe cattle stampeded during the night, terrified by the howling storm. To make a long and appalling story short, it must suffice to say 114 MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST. that the storm continued fifteen or twenty days, until thirty feet ofsnow covered the vast wilderness. The children, however, under the
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guide and protection of the brave servants, succeeded in crossing themountains after hardships and much suffering, and reached comforta- MARVELS OF NATURE. 115 Me quarters. But a searching party did not dare to penetrate to thelake until spring returned ; and when they reached the rudely con-structed cabin, a terrible sight met them. Mr. Donner and his wifewere dead, and the German, now a raving maniac, sat before the fire•devouring a wastedhuman arm. He wasseized, and, after afearful struggle, wassecured ; and he final-ly recovered to tellthe story of that win-ters sufferings, al-most without a paral-lel in history. The MultnomahFalls is one of themarvels that delightthe traveller afterleaving Bonneville.Its water plungesdown eight hundredfeet, the same dis-tance as the OneontaFalls in the same vi-cinity. The Multno-mah water strikes aledge about two-thirds of the distance•down, then, gather-ing itself up, it makesanother plunge intothe abyss below. Scarcely any scenecould be mor

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