Question

What did the soldier, Picayune Butler, tell Eliza Donner about how the rest of the nation felt about the Donner Party?

Answer 1

A soldier nicknamed Picayune Butler engaged in a conversation with Eliza Donner about the Donner Party.   He spoke and repeated the words he read in the story of the California Star, that it was a party that is responsible for the misfortunes. If it had a price, the starvation brought by the miserable wretches were not worth the cost to save them.