Toussaint Charbonneau was born in Boucherville, Quebec. He was of Métis descent and had in fact guided George Rogers Clark (William Clark's brother) in his conquest of Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Vincennes during the Revolutionary War. Charbonneau worked for a time as a fur trapper with the North West Company. While working for the company, Charbonneau encountered the established settlement of Mandan and Hidatsa tribes near present-day Bismarck, North Dakota. He settled amongst these tribes as a trapper, laborer, and an interpreter of the Hidatsa language. Soon after his arrival, Charbonneau purchased two captive Shoshone women: Sacagawea and "Otter Woman", from the Hidatsa who became his "wives".
In 1804 Charbonneau was interviewed to interpret Hidatsa for the Lewis and Clark expedition, but Lewis and Clark (esp. Clark) were not overly impressed with him. However, Sacagawea spoke Shoshone and Hidatsa, so they hired Charbonneau on November 4, and he and Sacagawea moved into Fort Mandan a week later. During the winter of 1805, Charbonneau's and Sacagawea's son Jean-Baptiste was born on February 11. At age 24, Charbonneau was the youngest member of the expedition. However, he did make several contributions to the success of the expedition. He was helpful when the expedition encountered French trappers from Canada. He served as a cook and his skill in striking a bargain came in handy. 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). He then took a job with the Missouri Fur Company, and stayed at Fort Manuel Lisa in present-day North Dakota. Evidence suggests that, while Charbonneau was on an expedition with the company in 1812, Sacagawea died at the fort. The following year Charbonneau signed over formal custody of his son and his daughter Lisette to William Clark. During the period of 1811-38, Charbonneau also worked for the Upper Missouri Agency's Indian Bureau as a translator. He may have gained this position by the patronage of William Clark, who was the governor of the Missouri Territory. He is said to have died at Fort Mandan.
In 1804 Toussaint Charbonneau was interviewed to interpret Hidatsa for the Lewis and Clark expedition, but Lewis and Clark (esp. Clark) were not overly impressed with him. However, Sacagawea spoke Shoshone and Hidatsa, so they hired Charbonneau on November 4, and he and Sacagawea moved into Fort Mandan a week later. He did make several contributions to the success of the expedition. He was helpful when the expedition encountered French trappers from Canada. He served as a cook and his skill in striking a bargain came in handy. ---------------------------------------- Charbonneau, despite Clark's dislike of him, was an excellent trapper and hunter. Also, it wouldn't have been proper for Sacajawea to leave her husband and be left with all those men.
There was a disease in the Lewis and Clark expedition
Yes someone did get lost on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
The name of the slave who accompanied William Clark on the expedition was York.
thomas jefferson told them to go on the expedition
he was a trapper and a mapmaker
Sacajawea was a shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and clark expedition.
because she guided Lewis and clark during the expedition
Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition
The proper name is spelled either Sacagawea or Sacajawea, a Shoshone (Indian) woman who, along with her French trapper husband, aided explorers Lewis and Clark on their 1805 expedition to the US Northwest.
The proper name is spelled either Sacagawea or Sacajawea, a Shoshone (Indian) woman who, along with her French trapper husband, aided explorers Lewis and Clark on their 1805 expedition to the US Northwest.
Lewis and Clark hired a French-Canadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau to serve as their interpreter. Charbonneau's Shoshone wife, Sacagawea, also played a crucial role as an interpreter and guide during the expedition.
No she did not, at the time she joined the Lewis and Clark expedition she was already married to French trapper Toussaint Charbonneau. After the expedition, William Clark offered Toussaint and Sacajawea a place in St. Louis and a proper education for her son Jean-Baptiste (at a time where there was no opportunity for Native Americans to receive an education). After her death, Toussaint signed over complete custody of his son Jean-Baptiste and his daughter Lisette over to William Clark.
The Corps of Discovery, led by Captain Merriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark were tasked by President Jefferson with discovering what existed in the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase, including producing maps. The French-Canadian trapper Toussaint Charboneau was very little benefit to the expedition, but his native wife Tsakakawia (Bird Woman in the Hidatsa language, since she had earlier been captured by Hidatsas) proved to be a major asset. Lewis and Clark incorrectly recorded her name as Sacagawea, which is how she has been remembered.
When Lewis and Clark wintered at the present site of Bismarck, North Dakota, there they met Sacagawea and her husband Toussaint Charbonneau. She was 16 or 17 when she and Toussaint, who was a French trapper, joined the Lewis and Clark party on November 4, 1804. Sacagawea really didn't assertively join the expedition. It was her husband Toussaint Charbonneau who was invited and hired by Lewis and Clark as an interpreter, and Sacagawea would at first only serve as a companion.
She was a Native American woman who helped Louis and Clark. She had a baby boy with named Pompeii and was married to a French trapper.
She was never kidnaped. She was a free woman married to a French trapper and volunteered to help Louis and Clark.