California is in the midst of a great drought, caused by either Climate Change, or the Curse of the Native Americans Luis and Salvador, or the Curse of the Belgian, Hardcoop. The worst thing ever done to the Native Americans were the fates of Luis and Salvador. It is their fates which may be cursing California today. The Donner Party came west in 1846, heading to California through the Sierra Nevada.  They were late in coming west, so they were in a race against the snowstorms. They lost. T hey were trapped in the Sierra Nevada. "Of the original 87 pioneers, 39 died and 48 survived. Five died before reaching the Sierra  Nevada, 14 at the lake camp, eight at Alder Creek, and 12 while trying to escape the  mountains. Two California Indians who helped bring supplies from Sutter's Fort were  trapped along with the emigrants and also died, bringing the total to 41 dead." Those two California Indians were Luis and Salvador. When the Donner Party got trapped in th