What are short facts about Sacajawea?

Answer 1

1. Sacajawea had a baby boy nicknamed " Pomp" which means 1st born on the trip with Lewis and Clark. 2. Sacajawea means " Bird Woman". 3.Sacajawea was born 1788 and died April 9, 1812. 4. Sacajawea gave birth to her daughter, Lizette sometime after 1810.
To me the four facts are when she was 13 years old, she was kidnapped by a tribe of Hidatsa Indians.

She was sold to a french-canadian fur trader named Toussaint Charbonneau and made her one of his wives.

When Sacagawea was born George Washington was president.

And that she didn't have a proper education. So she was sort of home schooled.

Answer 2

When Lewis and Clark met Sacagawea, a Shoshone Indian, she was living in a Hidatsa-

Mandan village near modern-day North Dakota. Sacagawea had been kidnapped by the Hidatsas

and then sold to Toussaint Charbonneau, who took her as one of his wives. Sacagawea, like

many American Indian women of her day, did not have much choice over her husband, or where

she would live. While studying Sacagawea, it is important to understand that what she did and

where she was not determined by her own freewill; she joined the expedition partly by accident.

Lewis and Clark signed Charbonneau and Sacagawea on as "an interpreter team" to assure that

Lewis and Clark could get the horses they need from the Shoshone Indians. Sacagawea could

speak Shoshone and Hidatsa; Charbonneau spoke Hidatsa and French. One of the Corps

members spoke French and English. This complex process allowed the two captains to

communicate with the Indian groups and chiefs that they met. (PBS). Some history books

suggest that Charbonneau was the only interpreter and Sacagawea was just his wife. In fact,

Sacagawea played a very important role in the interpretations and meetings with the Indian

tribes. But even Lewis and Clark referred to Sacagawea as "wife to one of our interprs"

(DeVoto 256). "The One Eyed Chief arived and we . . . spoke to the Indians through a Snake boy

Shabono and his wife. We informed them who we were, where we came from & our intentions

towards them, which pleased them very much" (380). Sacagawea and her husband,

Charbonneau, were hired to act as translators to ensure that the Corps could communicate with

the Indian tribes. In this instance, Sacagawea's translating skills enabled the Corps to trade for

horses that would determine whether or not they could continue. Sacagawea was not only an

interpreter on the expedition, she helped in many other ways as well. She collected food, like

roots and berries. Also, as the Corps returned from the Pacific Ocean, through Sacagawea's

homeland, she guided them through the area that she knew well. (PBS).

To look at what Sacagawea actually did on the expedition shows perhaps why Americans

would tend to idealize or romanticize her character. Sacagawea was a pregnant teenage girl on

the expedition and she did all the same things that the other thirty members of the Corps did.

The other men were strong, military men who were used to hard work, long days and nights, and

rough traveling; Sacagawea may not have been. When she joined the expedition, Sacagawea was

six months pregnant, and after a painful birth, she carried her infant son across the country with

her. Like the rest of the Corps, Sacagawea experienced illnesses and injuries. On February

eleventh, 1805, Lewis wrote, "about five oClock this evening one of the wives of Charbono

[Sacajawea] was delivered of a fine boy. It is worthy of remark that this was the first child

which this woman had boarn, and as is common in such cases her labour was tedious and the

pain violent . . ." (DeVoto 80). Giving birth is something that some people consider a very

private, miraculous, and intense event. If Sacagawea, at the age of sixteen, gave birth and then

had to carry that baby on her back, it makes sense that some modern-day thinkers believe her to

be a special, crucial figure of strength and motherhood.

It is impossible to fully understand how Lewis and Clark felt about Sacagawea or even

how they treated her. Most of what they wrote of her was positive, but there are instances where

Lewis and Clark seemed to be unaware of how Sacagawea might be feeling or thinking in a

situation. Even Lewis and Clark, like some people of today, might have simplified Sacagawea

into nothing more than a happy-go-lucky Indian girl. On July twenty-eighth, 1805, Lewis wrote,

"Sah-cah-gar-we-ah o[u]r Indian woman was one of the female prisoners taken at that time; tho I

cannot discover that she shews any immotion of sorrow in recollecting this even, or of joy in

being restored to her native country; if she has enough to eat and a few trinkets to wear I believe

she would be perfectly content anywhere" (DeVoto, 171). Their backgrounds or cultural

influences may have caused Lewis and Clark to simplify Sacagawea or take her for granted.

Despite their attitude, what Lewis and Clark, a primary source, wrote about Sacagawea is still

the only direct statement about Sacagawea's character. What historians or others do to her

legend has less to do with Sacagawea herself than with what they want in a heroine or legend.

See for yourself what Lewis and Clark wrote about Sacagawea. Lewis and Clark seem to have appreciated all the work that Sacagawea did, especially

one day when the boat Sacagawea was in flipped over and Sacagawea was able to save some of

the papers and important items that went overboard. Ambrose writes "All this time, Sacagawea was calm, collected, and invaluable. As

Lewis put it the following day, 'The Indian woman to whom I

ascribe equal fortitude and resolution, with any person on board at

the time of the accedent, caught and preserved most of the light

articles which were washed overboard.' Whether he praised her, or

upbraided her husband, he did not say." (Ambrose 225).If Lewis was to describe Sacagawea as someone with "fortitude and resolution," it is

probable that he usually treated her with respect. It is unclear how Lewis and Clark treated

Sacagawea on a regular basis. Did they ignore her, treat her as a slave, or did they treat her with

respect, sensitivity, and kindness? On one occasion when Charbonneau began to beat

Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark stepped in to stop. This action shows a desire on their part to

protect her, as well as their need to keep their men in line.

"One wonders too how the man who could be so observant about so many things,

including the feelings and point of view of his men, could be so unobservant and

Sacagawea's situation. A slave, one of only two in the party, she was also the

only Indian, the only mother, the only woman, the only teen-aged person. Small

wonder she kept such a tight grip on her emotions" (260).Ambrose suggests that Lewis was "unobservant," possibly ignoring the sensitivity of

Sacagawea's situation. Did Sacagawea keep a "tight grip on her emotions" because she need to

protect herself and her baby? Was she constantly making sure she was safe? The contradicitons

and inconsistences in the journals distract from the real picture of Sacagawea at the same time

that they give insight into her personality. Even though the journals is a primary source, they are

certainly not objective; if they were, then there would be no "mystery of Sacagawea" today.

On August 14th 1806, the Corps returned to the place where they first found Sacagawea.

Sacagawea, Charbonneau, and their son stayed behind as Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis

and the East. Charbonneau was given $500.33 and 320 acres of land, whereas Sacagawea was

given nothing except the experience of the trip and of seeing the Pacific Ocean. What did

Sacagawea sacrifice to go on that expedition? Was she adequately rewarded for her efforts?

Sacagawea died in North Dakota, married some one with the last name Charbennou, and had a baby named Pomp.- - - Cement2- - -

Answer 3

1: she was only 16 or 17 when she had her first baby

2: most historians think she died in 1812, but it is rumored she ay have died in 1884

3: Sacagawea (that is how you spell it) was kidnapped in 1800 by hidatsa indians

anymore questions? i am studying her for a project so i know almost everything about her.

Answer 4

how old was Sacagawea when she died???

Answer 5

Sacagwea was born on 1812 and blah blah.

Answer 6

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