From there, however, the emigrants decided to leave the established trail and take a new and supposedly shorter route to California laid out by a unscrupulous trail guide named Lansford Hastings.

从那里开始，他们听信一个不负责任的名叫兰斯福德·黑斯廷斯的路线向导的说法，决定跟着他走另外一条近路。

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After arriving at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the emigrants decided to avoid the usual route and try a new trail recently blazed by California promoter Lansford Hastings, the so-called "Hastings Cutoff."

到达怀俄明州的布里杰堡后，移民们决定不走人们通常所走的路线，而是尝试一条由加州赞助商兰斯·福德·黑斯廷斯大力推荐的新路线，这条路线被称作“黑斯廷斯捷径”。

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Lynn Lansford, a mother of six, said she drove three hours from her home near Cripple Creek, Colo.

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