Numbers   There seems to be some difficulty in resolving the numbers of survivors in the article   We say there are  in the party who entered the mountains The lead did say  survived this was then changed to  The main body said  survived and  died agreeing with the original lead but later in the Mortality section it said  died in total  before reaching Truckee Lake and  more up to April Removing Sara Keyes as we dont count her that means  died giving a total of  survivors I changed the lead and the body to agree with this so at least it is consistent until a figure can be agreed If we remove Stanton who perhaps left before the  total was calculated but then returned and died from the total of  we get  deaths up to April which allows the  survivors figure to stand but I dont know whether Stanton is included in either the  or  figures Adding the figures from the article it looks like it gives us these numbers for the survivors  McCutcheon who left with Stanton but did not return  Reed and Herron who rode to Sutters  Forlorn Hope  First Relief  Second Relief  Third Relief  Keseberg  giving a total of  If McCutcheon is removed from the  total presuming like Stanton that he isnt counted as he left early on it can be knocked down to  but unless the details of the survivors are wrong or you dont count Reed and Herron either which would result in a figure of  I dont see how you can get it lower  Apologies if Ive misadded anywhere but it certainly isnt immediately clear where the numbers come from