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Doomsday Clock.

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and conversation. The preparations made for the journey by my parents were practical.

Strong commodious emigrant wagons were constructed especially for the purpose.

The oxen to draw them were hardy, well-trained, and rapid walkers. Three extra yoke were provided

for emergencies. Cows were selected to furnish milk on the way. A few young beef cattle, five saddle

horses, and a good watchdog completed the list of livestock.

When she was just three years old, Eliza Donner Hutton left Springfield, Illinois with her family

for that golden promised land called California.

Who can wonder at my indignation and grief in little girlhood when I was told of acts of

brutality and humanity and cannibalism attributed to those starved parents who in life had shared

their last morsels of food with helpless companions.

Of the 87 people who departed on that wagon train, 39 died.

Of the 48 survivors, Eliza was the youngest.

I resolved that when I grow to be a woman,

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