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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the three primary factors to survival in the Donner Party were age, sex, and the size of each person's family group?
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California

The introduction references the survivors reaching California and the rescuers coming from Califonia. The Donner campsite is in California.

Bogus Subhead

In the main menu the article has a very screwy short descriptor. The actual article doesn't show the odd text. UrbanCyborg (talk) 02:20, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

UrbanCyborg, what specifically is the "screwy" text? Nikkimaria (talk) 03:21, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to have somehow been fixed, so I can't access the original text I saw. It was truly squirrelly, though. Sorry to have instigated a snipe hunt inadvertently. UrbanCyborg (talk) 10:45, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hastings Cutoff

"To promote his new route, Lansford W. Hastings sent riders to deliver letters to traveling emigrants. On July 12, the Reeds and Donners were given one of them.[27] Hastings warned the emigrants they could expect opposition from the Mexican authorities in California, and advised them to band together in large groups. He also claimed to have "worked out a new and better road to California", and said he would be waiting at Fort Bridger to guide the emigrants along the new cutoff."

Did Hastings benefit financially from the use of his route (I assume that's why he was promoting it - or was it pure altruism?) If he did benefit financially, how? Tolls? Charging people to show them the way? Deals with store owners on the route? Other ways?

Emigrants

The article refers to people traveling westward as "emigrants". I think this should be changed to migrants or settlers; as "emigrants" refers to people who migrate out of a country while the use here refers to people traveling entirely within the United States. 98.179.184.17 (talk) 13:16, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure that this has come up before. Check the old talk pages. Gandydancer (talk) 20:15, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You're right. It looks like this was already discussed but at some point someone reverted it. 98.179.184.17 (talk) 17:03, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, I've changed all references to immigrants and emigrants back to migrants with the exception of place names, titles, quotations, and cases where the terms actually referred to emigrants or immigrants.
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