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"Madame" Marie Aioe Dorion Venier Toupin (ca. 1786 – September 5, 1850) was the only female member of an overland expedition sent by Pacific Fur Company to the Pacific Northwest in 1810. Like her first husband, Pierre Dorion Jr. , she was Métis .
Sep 11, 2021 · "Madame" Marie Aioe Dorion (1786–1850), "Walks Far Woman" was a member of the Ioway tribe, and the first pioneer woman to cross the country overland and settle in the Oregon Country. An artist's rendering of Ioway Peoples in native dress.
A woman of Sioux and, more particularly, Iowa descent, Marie Dorion, by birth Marie L’Ayvoise, was a member of the Wilson Price Hunt expedition, which established the earliest fur trade post in the Pacific Northwest.
Born in 1786, Marie was an member of the Ioway people who, as a teenager, married Pierre Dorion Jr. (the son of the trader/trapper who assisted Lewis and Clark with the Yankton Sioux). Like Sacagawea, Marie served as an interpreter to help guide a party of white explorers -- the Wilson Price Hunt expedition to Oregon in 1811-1812.
Feb 20, 2023 · Madame Marie Aioe Dorion formerly L' Aguivoise aka Iowa, Laguivoise. Born after 1786 in Iowa [uncertain] Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of Pierre Dorion Jr — married 10 Jan 1806 in Yankton Indian Reservation, Charles Mix, Dakota Territory, United States. Descendants.
Jun 12, 2006 · Marie Dorion was the only woman on the 1811-12 overland expedition financed by John Jacob Astor, to establish a fur trading post at the mouth of the Columbia River. That second American crossing of the continent was the result of Astor’s competition with the British Hudson’s Bay Company.
Jan 28, 2016 · Marie Aioe Dorion was a 21-year-old member of the Iowa tribe who was married to a whiskey-fueled French-Canadian trapper named Pierre. Pregnant and carrying their two young boys...
Dorion, Marie (c. 1790–1850) Native American explorer. Name variations: Marie Aioe, Ayvoise, L'Aguivoise; Marie Iowa; Marie Toupin. Born c. 1790 into Iowa tribe; died Sept 5, 1850, near Salem, Oregon; m.
1122: Marie Aioe Dorion. The Second Woman to Trek Across North America After Sacagawea. Born: c.1786, Louisiana, United States of America* Died: 5 September 1850, St. Louis, Oregon, United States of America. Full Name: Marie Aioe Dorion Venier Toupin. Also Known As: Wihmunkewakan (“Walks Far Woman”) or The Madonna of the Oregon Trail
Madame Marie Dorion, a Native American of the Sioux Nation, gained recognition for her endurance and courage in the early American West. As the only woman on the long and difficult Wilson Price Hunt expedition from Montreal to the wild Oregon territory, Marie's strength of character and courage earned her a reputation for bravery.
