Out of the original 87 members of the Donner party, 47 people survived the ordeal. Five of the emigrants died before reaching the mountain camps in the Sierra Nevada, 34 at the camps or on the mountains while attempting to cross, and one just after reaching the settlements. Two men who had joined the party at Donner Lake also died. The total deaths was thus 42.
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