Sacagawea

By: Katelyn Nitchke

She was a Shoshone Indian woman and in 1805 and 1806 she accompanied Lewis and Clark in their expedition.

Who Was she?

Bird Woman is what Sacagawea's name means.

She made the entire trip with her child.

Her name is also spelled Sacajawea, Sakakawea, Sacajawea.

oPeople  believe that Sacagawea was near  present day Salmon, Idaho.

Early Life

•The tribe was located in Idaho, parts of Utah, and parts of Northern Nevada.

She was born in 1787, however, some sources said that she was born in 1786, 1788, or 1790 but no one really knows when she was born.

A French-Canadian fur trader named Toussaint Charbonneau bought Sacagawea.

When she was around ten, she was captured raiding band of Hidatsa, who took her to their camp near the border of North Dakota.

She ended up marrying Toussaint Charbonneau.

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LEWIS AND CLARK

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who were U.S. Army officers, went on an expedition in northwestern United States.

Lewis and Clark

oThey traveled with Corps of Discovery, a group

The explorers met a group of Shoshone Indians Sacagawea helped in communication between the explorers and Shoshone.

She secure horses from the tribe for the explorers.

Lewis and Clark hired her husband as a translator during the winter of 1804-1805, Sacagawea joined the journey in what is now North Dakota.

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At the time, Sacagawea was pregnant.

On February 11, 1805, Sacagawea gave birth to her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau.

•Some William Clark nicknamed him Pomp,  but some sources, say that he was named Pomp by Sacagawea, which meant first born. 

On Dec. 20, 1812, a tragic thing happened, Sacagawea died

 

In December of 1812, Lisette died of putrid fever. now is called diphtheria, but many Native American resources state that she died on a reservation in Wyoming on April 9, 1884. 

She was the only woman to accompany the Corps of Discovery on their journey.

A few geographic landmarks, memorials, and monuments have been dedicated to her.

Fun Facts

Later, Sacagawea had a daughter named Lisette.