One account describes Marie burrowing a hole in the snow, covering the children with furs, and going alone to find help when she could no longer move the boys.

The Walla Walla people who found her were — in the Oregon Encyclopedia’s account — reportedly snow-blind.

This is a condition caused by ultraviolet damage to the cornea from exposure to reflected sunlight on snow.

It is painful and temporarily debilitating.

The Walla Walla sent men back to find her sons.

They were all brought together.

They waited for spring.

In spring, the canoes came.