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The families used canvas or oxhide to patch the faulty roofs. The cabins had no windows
or doors, only large holes to allow entry.
By the time the group made camp, very little food remained from the supplies that
Stanton had brought back from Sutter’s Fort. The oxen began to die, and their carcasses
were frozen and stacked.
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