On the 3rd nine of them left, with seventeen of the starving emigrants, but they were caught in a fearful snow-storm as they crossed the summit, and ten miles below were compelled to go into camp.

Their provisions gave out, Mrs.Graves died, leaving an emaciated babe in arms and three other children, one a five-year-old, who died the next day.
Isaac Donner died the third night.

Reed and Greenwood, carrying Reed's two children, Mattie and James Jr., with one of the survivors who could walk, now struggled down the mountain in the hope that they could reach help to go back and finish the rescue work.

These met Mr.Woodworth who organized the third relief party, of seven men, who returned to "Starved Camp," to find the survivors begging piteously for something to eat.

This relief party divided into two parts--one to go over the summit to give help to the needy there, the other to get the "Starved Camp" remnant to safety.