"The documentary evidence is overwhelming," said Frankye Craig of Reno, author of several Donner Party books including "Fateful Journey." "But now, the misinformation that there was no cannibalism ...

From November 20, 1846 to March 1, 1847, Irish immigrant Patrick Breen, a Donner party member, kept a diary of his ordeal in the mountains. Clinging to survival with his wife Margaret and their ...