She continued.

The expedition reached Fort Astoria, near the mouth of the Columbia River, in February 1812.

Marie had traveled the second transcontinental crossing of the continent by an American expedition, on foot for large portions of the journey, while pregnant, with two small children.

She was probably around 25 years old.

Fort Astoria And The Brief Pause

Fort Astoria, when the overland party finally arrived in February 1812, was a still-forming settlement at the edge of the known American world.

The sea party had arrived months earlier on the Tonquin.