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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866), sometimes known in childhood as Pompey or Little Pomp, was a Lemhi Shoshone -French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, alcalde (mayor) of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and a gold digger and hotel operator in Northern ...
- Jean, Pompey ("Pomp" or "Little Pomp")
- Accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an infant
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805-1866) Jean Baptiste Charbonneau is remembered primarily as the son of Sacagawea. His father, Toussaint Charbonneau, was a French-Canadian fur trapper who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter; Sacagawea proved invaluable as the explorers’ interpreter among the Shoshone.
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was born on February 11, 1805 in Fort Mandan, near what today is Washburn, North Dakota. He was the son of Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea. He was nicknamed Pomp, as was the tradition with the first born son of a Shoshone mother. When Jean Baptiste was 55 days old his parents took him with them to work.
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Apr 5, 2024 · On February 11, 1805, she gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste. Sacagawea. Sacagawea and her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, statue by Leonard Crunelle; at the North Dakota State Capitol grounds, Bismarck. (more) Departing on April 7, the expedition ascended the Missouri. On May 14, Charbonneau nearly capsized the white pirogue (boat) in which ...
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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was the son of the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s most popular member, Sacagawea, and the too often maligned French Canadian Toussaint Charbonneau. His storied life can be roughly divided into periods. His first 24 years were his education when he traveled with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, lived in a Hidatsa village ...
Apr 5, 2010 · Sacagawea delivered her son Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau (known as Baptiste) on February 11, 1805. On April 7, Sacagawea, the baby and Charbonneau headed west with the 31 other Corps members.
Sacagawea’s son, Jean Baptiste, traveled throughout Europe before returning to enter the fur trade. He scouted for explorers and helped guide the Mormon Battalion to California before becoming an alcalde, a hotel clerk, and a gold miner. Lured to the Montana goldfields following the Civil War, he…. Other articles where Jean-Baptiste ...
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