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Learn about Sacagawea, the Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Purchase in 1804-1806. Find out how she was captured, became an interpreter, saved the expedition, and cast her vote.
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Learn about Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark explore the western United States. Find out how she was captured, became a mother, and met her brother on the expedition.
Jul 15, 2017 · Learn about the brave young Shoshone Sacajawea, as she guides Lewis and Clark across the dangerous wilderness of America to find a better trail to the West. ...more.
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- Sacagawea was born in 1788 near the Salmon River in what is now Idaho. She belonged to the Lemhi Shoshone tribe.
- She was kidnapped in 1800 by the Hidatsa tribe, enemies of the Shoshone Indians, during a buffalo hunt. She was only 12-years-old. She was taken to the Hidatsa-Mandan Indian settlement in what is now North Dakota.
- In 1804, French trader Toussaint Charbonneau bought or was given Sacagawea as payment for a gambling debt. She became his wife and they soon had a son.
- When Lewis and Clark met Sacagawea at the Mandan trading village, they knew she would be a valuable asset to their expedition. She spoke both Hidatsa and Shoshone and could help them negotiate for horses.
Learn about Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman who assisted Lewis and Clark as an interpreter and guide on their expedition of the west. Find out where she grew up, how she was captured and sold, and what she did on the journey.
Oct 16, 2023 · Sacagawea (c. 1788 – c. December 20, 1812; was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who went along with the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter and guide. Lewis and Clark explored the Western United States with her, traveling thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806. Biography.
Apr 5, 2010 · Learn about Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-06. Find out how she helped the explorers with her language skills, knowledge of the land and baby.
