Marie Dorion Found Her Husband Dead In The Snow — Then Crossed 250 Miles Of Frozen Wilderness With Her Two Children
The expedition’s protection consisted of numbers — a large party is safer than a small one — and of whatever logistical support the company could provide.
The expedition’s failings consisted of poor decisions that reduced those numbers and depleted that logistical support at critical moments.
By the time the reduced party reached Fort Astoria in February 1812, the expedition had lost enough men and supplies that its arrival was less a triumph than a relief.
The overland crossing had been completed, but at costs that the original planning had not anticipated.
Marie had completed it with two children.
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