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Apr 3, 2014 · History & Culture. Native Americans. Sacagawea was a Shoshone interpreter best known for being the only woman on the Lewis and Clark Expedition into the American West. Updated: May 6, 2021....
By Teresa Potter and Mariana Brandman, NWHM Predoctoral Fellow in Women's History | 2020-2022. Sacagawea was an interpreter and guide for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition westward from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. Though spelled numerous ways in the journals of expedition members, Sacagawea is generally believed ...
Sacagawea. The Native American woman who showed Lewis and Clark the way. By Johnna Rizzo. Sacagawea was not afraid. Although she was only 16 years old and the only female in an exploration...
Sacagawea, famous member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, while traveling up the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Northern Plains area, stayed the night at Fort Osage. On Thursday April 25, 1811, as a member of a group of travelers led by Manuel Lisa, Sacagawea, along with her husband Toussaint Charbonneau,
Sacagawea (Sacajawea), Shoshone Indian woman who, as interpreter, traveled thousands of miles with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06), from the Mandan-Hidatsa villages in the Dakotas to the Pacific Northwest. Read here to learn more about Sacagawea.
Dec 5, 2023 · Sacagawea is one of the most recognizable names in American history. But who was she? Sacagawea spoke both Shoshone and Hidatsa. We know that she grew up with Shoshone people near what is now the Montana/Idaho border, and that, at the age of twelve, she was captured by Hidatsa people.
Sep 30, 2022 · Sacagawea. Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. Sacagawea statue in Portland, OR. Photo by Charles Dawley. Quick Facts. Significance: Only woman in the Corps of Discovery. Place of Birth: Lemhi County, ID. Date of Birth: c. 1788. Place of Death: Fort Manuel Lisa, ND. Date of Death: c. 1812.
