Skip to comments.
Archaeologists mights have found Donner camp (possible first evidence of cannibalism)
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL ^
| 8/18/2003
| Frank X. Mullen Jr.
Posted on 08/19/2003 6:54:12 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:36:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
[history]
Archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar might have pinpointed the site of the lower camp of the Donner Party about 30 miles west of Reno and might have found the evidence of cannibalism that has eluded researchers for 150 years.
Artifacts dug up two weeks ago still are being examined, scientists said, but archaeologists located what might be a campfire pit in the area of Alder Creek near Truckee. They also found a bone fragment of a large mammal that bears the butcher marks of an ax.
(Excerpt) Read more at rgj.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: archaeologicaldig
To: Beelzebubba
Interesting stuff.
2
posted on
08/19/2003 7:02:46 AM PDT
by
jwalburg
(Line dry only)
To: Beelzebubba
Get ready...Here comes the Dalmer jokes...
3
posted on
08/19/2003 7:03:10 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: msdrby
history ping
4
posted on
08/19/2003 7:05:55 AM PDT
by
Prof Engineer
(HHD: Middle Earth First, We'll Electrify the Rest Later)
To: skinkinthegrass
He was a light snacker compared to the Donners.
5
posted on
08/19/2003 7:21:23 AM PDT
by
cryptical
To: Beelzebubba
I still dont understand why they couldnt have made snowshoes and just walked out of there.
To: Beelzebubba
The cowards in the group were eaten first.
They tasted like chicken.
To: Beelzebubba
It's nice for the families that they may pinpoint the exact spot, I suppose (though why dwell on this for 150 years?). However, since the cannibalism part is not in doubt and the story is well known, am not sure why finding physical proof of the cannibalism is so "exciting" for anyone but the researchers
To: skinkinthegrass
Do you know the last words Jeffery Dalmer spoke before he was killed by the inmate that attacked him?
"Look fella, don't screw with me! I have eaten people like you for breakfast!"
9
posted on
08/19/2003 7:36:49 AM PDT
by
DH
To: waterstraat
I still don't understand why they couldn't have made snowshoes and just walked out of their.Snow shoes don't stop blizzards and cannot transport physically weak, sick and malnourished people through snow drifts twelve feet deep. It was a brutal winter in some tough terrain.
10
posted on
08/19/2003 7:39:44 AM PDT
by
Seydlitz
To: N. Theknow
Are cowards considered French food?
11
posted on
08/19/2003 8:03:02 AM PDT
by
sticker
To: sticker
Are cowards considered French food? Do they make you go oui, oui?
To: N. Theknow
No, they make you go poo, poo
13
posted on
08/19/2003 8:36:57 AM PDT
by
sticker
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson