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Sacagawea
Sacagawea was not afraid. Although she was only 16 years old and the only female in an exploration group of more than 45 people, she was ready to courageously make her mark in American history.
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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson bought more than 825,000 square miles of land from France in what was called the Louisiana Purchase. To explore this new part of the country, Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a two-year journey to report on what they found. They needed local guides to help them through this unknown territory. Sacagawea, a young Native American, joined them.
Born to a Shoshone chief around 1788, Sacagawea had been kidnapped by an enemy tribe when she was about 12, then sold to a French-Canadian trapper. When he was hired as a guide for Lewis and Clark’s expedition in 1804, Sacagawea also joined as an interpreter to talk to Native-American people on their 8,000-mile journey.
Sacagawea soon became a respected member of the group. She was skilled at finding plants for
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Sacagawea was either 16 or 17 years old when she joined the Corps of Discovery. She met Lewis and Clark while she was living among the Mandan and Hidatsa in North Dakota, though she was a Lemhi Shoshone from Idaho. She had been taken during a raid by the Hidatsa when she was either 11 or 12, and had lived at the Awatixa (Sakakawea) Village.
While living at the Knife River Indian Villages, Sacagawea was wed to Toussaint Charbonneau. Charbonneau, who was a French-Canadian fur trader, was hired to join the Corps as an interpreter. Sacagawea was also included due to her experience with tribes and the terrain farther west. In April 1805 Sacagawea, Charbonneau, and their two-month old baby boy set out with the Corps of Discovery.
She made important contributions to the Expedition west. She helped the Corps dig roots and find other types of food and showed the men how to make leather clothes and moccasins. Her presence among the Lemhi Shoshone, her people, no doubt helped the Corps secure the horses they needed to make it across the Rocky Mountains.
Sacagawea returned to the Mandan Hi
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Sacagawea
Native American explorer (c.1788 – 1812)
This article is about the Native American woman. For the Hewlett-Packard processor, see HP Sacajawea. For the coin, see Sacagawea dollar.
Sacagawea | |
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Sacagawea (right) with Lewis and Clark at the Three Forks, mural at Montana House of Representatives | |
| Born | May 1788 Lemhi River Valley, near present-day Salmon, Idaho, US |
| Died | December 20, 1812 (aged 24) Kenel, South Dakota, or Wyoming |
| Nationality | Lemhi Shoshone |
| Other names | Sakakawea, Sacajawea |
| Known for | Accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| Spouse | Toussaint Charbonneau |
| Children | 2, including Jean Baptiste Charbonneau |
Sacagawea (SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə;[1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812)[2][3][4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles f
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