Yeah it is "grasp" and "clasp" that all I can find....
Answer:
personification
Explanation:
Death lays his icy hands on kings. In personification, inanimate objects and ideas are spoken of as having life and intelligence.
The effect of the Donner party is they stopped at a better location with grazing for cattle and shops for wagon repairs. They planned on going fort Laramie but decided to stop at fort Bernard instead which is 10 miles east of fort Laramie because they were warned that Indians were fighting ahead the grazing for cattle was poor at for Laramie and they could get wagon repairs at fort Bernard.
