The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donner Party">Donner Party</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settler" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Settler">pioneers</a> departs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence, Missouri</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a>, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Human cannibalism">cannibalism</a>.<sup about="#mwt44" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_12#cite_note-7" id="mwkA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwkQ">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt41" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFCampbell2008">Campbell, Ballard C. (2008). <span class="id-lock-registration" id="mwBbc" title="Free registration required"><a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/disastersacciden0000camp" id="mwBbg" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBbk">Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History: A Reference Guide to the Nation's Most Catastrophic Events</i></a></span>. New York: Facts On File. p.<span id="mwBbo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/disastersacciden0000camp/page/92" id="mwBbs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">92</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBb0" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780816066032" id="mwBb4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780816066032"><bdi id="mwBb8">9780816066032</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt41" class="Z3988" id="mwBcA" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Disasters%2C+Accidents%2C+and+Crises+in+American+History%3A+A+Reference+Guide+to+the+Nation%27s+Most+Catastrophic+Events&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pages=92&amp;rft.pub=Facts+On+File&amp;rft.date=2008&amp;rft.isbn=9780816066032&amp;rft.aulast=Campbell&amp;rft.aufirst=Ballard+C.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdisastersacciden0000camp&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+12"></span></span>