Facts: - death place: saint louis , oregon - relatives: five children - known for: assisting survival skills fur-trading expeditions in the oregon country ; wilderness - caption: dorion historic marker outside st. louis catholic church - death date: september 5 , 1850 - spouse: pierre toupin dorion , louis joseph venier , jean baptiste - birth date: probably 1786 - name: marie dorion - image: marie dorion plaque photo by andrew olivo parodi lec.jpg - birth place: iowa or its vicinity Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marie aioe dorion .
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'' madame '' marie aioe dorion venier toupin -lrb- ca. 1786 -- september 5 , 1850 -rrb- was the only female member of the astor expedition , which traveled overland from st. louis , missouri , to what became astoria , oregon , in 1811 -- 12 .like her common-law first husband , pierre dorian , she was metis , with her mother from the iowa tribe of native americans and a french canadian father .she was also known as wihmunkewakan -lrb- walks far woman -rrb- and marie laguivoise , the latter recorded in 1841 at the willamette mission and apparently a variation on '' aiaouez '' , later rendered as '' iowa '' .