0
Sacajawea (or Sacagawea) was born c. 1788. in an Agaidiku tribe of the Lemhi Shoshone in Idaho. In 1800, when she was about twelve, she and several other girls were kidnapped by a group of Hidatsa warriors during a battle. At about thirteen years of age, Sacagawea was taken as a wife by Toussaint Charbonneau, a French trapper living in the village, who had also taken another young Shoshone named Otter Woman as a wife. Lewis and Clark would winter at the present site of Bismarck, North Dakota, where they met her. Sacagawea was 16 or 17 when she and her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, joined the Lewis and Clark party on November 4, 1804. She became invaluable as a guide in the region of her birth, near the Three Forks of the Missouri, and as a interpreter between the expedition and her tribe when the expedition reached that area. She would give birth during the expedition to Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau on February 11, 1805, whom Clark later raised and educated. She also quieted the fears of other Native Americans, for no war party traveled with a woman and a small baby. She was with the Corps of Discovery until they arrived back in St. Louis on September 23, 1806. She was with the Corps of Discovery until they arrived back in St. Louis on September 23, 1806. After the expedition, William Clark offered Toussaint and Sacajawea a place in St. Louis and a proper education for Jean-Baptiste (at a time where there was no opportunity for Native Americans to receive an education). Toussaint then took a job with the Missouri Fur Company, and stayed at Fort Manuel Lisa in present-day North Dakota. Evidence suggests that Sacagawea died at the fort in 1812. Some Native American oral traditions relate that rather than dying in 1812, Sacagawea left her husband Toussaint Charbonneau, crossed the Great Plains and married into a Comanche tribe, then returned to the Shoshone in Wyoming where she died in 1884. After her death, Toussaint signed over complete custody of his son Jean-Baptiste and his daughter Lisette over to William Clark.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoSacagawea
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Did Sacajawea guide the expedition of Lewis and Clark?
yes
Who was the Shoshone Indian women who served as a single guide an interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition?
her name was sacagawea (SACK-A-GA-WE-A
What is a noun that begins with s for a red Indian woman?
Sacagawea, interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804-1806.
Who went to the expedition with Lewis and clark?
The Lewis and Clark expedition was joined by approximately 30 individuals, including Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, and her husband Toussaint Charbonneau, as well as other explorers, soldiers, and interpreters. They embarked on this expedition to explore the newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the name of the Indian woman on the face of the 2001 dollar coin?
Her name was SACAGAWEA a Shoshone women who was the guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
What did Sacajewea do?
She helped during the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a guide and interpreter.
Who was a guide to Lewis and Clark on the expedition?
i think Sacajawea helped right??
What Indian guide did Lewis and clark meet?
thomas jefferson
What 2 ways did Sacagawea help during the Lewis and clark expedition?
she was a guide and interpreter
Who else was involved in their Lewis and Clark's exploration?
Sacagawea , who was an Indian guide .
What Shoshone Indian guide?
That would be "Who was the Shoshone guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition?" and the answer is the young Shoshone girl with a Hidatsa name: Tsakakawia (Bird Woman). This name was incorrectly spelled Sacagawea by Lewis and Clark and later spelled even less accurately by a loony newspaper man as Sacajawea.
Who led Lewis and Clark through the wilderness?
Sacagawea and her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, led Lewis and Clark on their expedition. Sacagawea acted as an interpreter as well as a guide.
