Eventually, the Beaver was planned as an additional supply ship for Astor's developing Pacific Fur Company (PFC).

[3] After unloading necessary supplies to the Fort, directives from Astor dictated that the Beaver was to then go north to Russian America to purchase additional furs.

[4] The manager of PFC operations, W. Price Hunt, joined Sowle and the crew during this voyage and acted the negotiator with Russian governor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov.

[6] The purchased furs were located at the Russian-American Company station on Saint Paul Island though bad weather prevented them being loaded until November.

[5] Additional orders from Astor called for the Beaver to return to the Columbia River after completing trade with the Russians.