But something happened there: oxen or a wagon was lost. They would have been forced to stay at Fort Bridger if the kind George Donner had not told them they could join his wagons. Thus their story became tied to the Donners. 5/6
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Bill probably saw this dangerous mission with Charles Stanton as his wife and daughter's last best hope for survival. Charles Stanton was by all in the party considered a stand up dude and probably just did this for everyone's sake. And so the two left Pilot's Peak.... 6/6
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