More information on Pomp, Sacajawea's son, can be found online at Wikipedia and Lewis and Clark Trail, and in many history books covering the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Sacagawea called the baby, Meeko, which meant Little Brown Squirrel. Sacagawea's husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, called him Jean Baptist. Lewis and Clark called the baby Little Pomp, or Pompy, or Pomp.
"Pomp" or "Little Pompy" was the nickname given to Sacajawea's baby boy, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau who was born on February 11, 1805. William Clark became very fond of the child and gave him the affectionate name. After the expedition, Clark would later raise and educate Jean Baptiste and eventually gain full custody of him and his sister after the death of their mother.
Pomp is Sacajawea's son. Son of a french fur trader. He was born on February 11,1805. Pomp was born during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Sacagawea's first child was Jean-Baptiste, born during the Lewis and Clark expedition on February 11, 1805. William Clark would affectionally nickname him "Little Pomp" or "Pompy".
Sacagawea's son was born on February 11, 1805. His real name was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, yet he was called "Little Pomp" or "Pompy" by Clark and others in the expedition.
He died with Lewis & Clark
they began the expedition with sacajawea on april 7,1805. There were 27 soldiers, 2 interpreters, sacajawea, Lewis, Clark, and Pomp (Sacajawea's son). If Sacajawea never saved journals and precious cargo from the lead pirogue we wouldn't have much recorded history of her
Sacagawea's first child, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau aka "Pompy" or "Little Pomp" as William Clark nicknamed him, was the only baby born during the Lewis and Clark expedition. She would give birth to him on February 11, 1805.Six years after the expedition ended in 1806, Sacagawea gave birth to a daughter, Lisette on December 22 1812.
Pomp or Pompy. see what nickname did Lewis and clark gave to Sacagawea's son?
Sacagawea had a son named Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau ("Little Pomp" or "Pompy") who was born on February 11, 1805 during the Lewis and Clark expedition. After the expedition, Clark would later raise and educate young Jean at a time where there was little opportunity for schooling for Native Americans. Her daughter Lizette was born in late 1810 or in 1811, before Sacajawea's reported death in 1812.
Sacajawea (or Sacagawea) gave birth during the expedition to Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau on February 11, 1805. William Clark became fond of the child and nicknamed him "Pomp" or "Little Pompy". After the expedition, William Clark offered Toussaint and his family 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). After the death of Sacagawea, Charbonneau signed over formal custody of his son and his daughter Lisette to William Clark.