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By Andrew Scalzi

The Donner Party. By Andrew Scalzi. Who among us will be lucky?. Overview. As I’m sure you know, 87 people left for California from Independence, Missouri. Out of these 87, only 47 survived. During this presentation, you will learn how and why most of the members died. The Members.

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  1. The Donner Party By Andrew Scalzi Who among us will be lucky?

  2. Overview As I’m sure you know, 87 people left for California from Independence, Missouri. Out of these 87, only 47 survived. During this presentation, you will learn how and why most of the members died.

  3. The Members • There were 10 families in the Donner party. • There were 16 members in the Donner party who were unrelated to anybody else in the party. One of the families in the Donner party.

  4. The Numbers In this slide, I will break the group into 5 different categories, men, women, children under 5, and “older people” (people over 50). Men: 40 Women: 23 Children (5 and under): 19 Old people (50 and over): 5

  5. The Numbers (cont.) In this post, I will explain the number of people of each group that died. Men: 19 Women: 4 Children (5 and under): 12 Old people (50 and older): All (5)

  6. The Deaths • The men lost 47.5% of the total. • The women lost 17%. • The old people lost 100%. • The children lost 63%.

  7. Reasons for Deaths. During the expedition of the Donner Party, there were many different reasons for death. One was violence, in which a few of the men were killed. Also, people abandoned their families, and one person even got burned to death when his peers didn’t remove his body from a fire.

  8. Main Reason The main reason for death during the expedition was freezing to death. Women lost the least amount of their members, while old people and children lost the most. Men were right in the middle. WHY???

  9. Explanation Women lost the least amount. This was because they had a lot of body fat, and a slower metabolism. Because they had a high amount of body fat, this allowed for them to gather more energy from their body to use as heat. Also, since they had a slow metabolism, this allowed them more time to store energy. Children were still growing and had a very hard time keeping warm during the expedition.

  10. Explanation (cont.) Old people had the hardest time surviving, for pretty much the same reason as the babies. Men had around the same speed metabolism as the women, but most did not have the same amount of body fat, causing them to have less energy to keep their bodies heated. Also, they weren’t fully developed so their metabolism was unstable and they couldn’t keep their body heat at a good survival rate. This is because the children had to increase their metabolic rate every few degrees dropping, while adults could go without adjusting their metabolic rate for in between 20-30 degrees.

  11. Review After 150 years, the same general rules apply for who will survive and who will die when the going gets tough. Those that are very old, very young, and men are more likely to die because of their fast consumption of energy for body heat, and their faster metabolism.

  12. THE END!

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