Marie Dorion Found Her Husband Dead In The Snow — Then Crossed 250 Miles Of Frozen Wilderness With Her Two Children
The exact burial location is now unknown.
This loss is worth reflecting on.
The woman who crossed the Blue Mountains with two children, who positioned herself on the Columbia River to be found by the spring canoe traffic, who navigated four decades of a fur-trade world in sustained transformation — her burial location was erased by fire in a way that mirrors the broader pattern of her historical presence.
The documents that would have given more detail about her life were not systematically preserved.