An old oxhide rug left in front of a fireplace was roasted and eaten. Eventually all the oxhide tents had to be eaten. Several had died of starvation already. Crude snowshoes were fashioned and a group of 17 departed the Donner Lake location in an attempt to cross over the pass.
In India, the people have resisted changing their attitudes toward the caste system because the Hindu beliefs of karma and dharma reinforce the caste system.
