We are not the Donner party, you and me.

Nobody here wants to be the Donner Party of space.

"Only if they were playing opposite the Donner party."

At least a few people, such as the Donner party, are said to have resorted to it in desperation.

They all survived, which is more than you can say for the Donner Party.

The story of the Donner Party, though seven years prior, was fresh on everyone's mind.

You and the other contenders start eyeing one another like members of the Donner party on their way into the pass.

I guess when you get down to it, a movie about the Donner Party isn't such a hot idea.

"Hey, wasn't it around here that the Donner party got snowbound?"

The leaves were still falling, like snow on the Donner Party.