She was used as a translator and a person to say what food was good and poisoned.
she was helping Lewis and Clark
Of course Sacajawea helped explore on the Louis and Clark Expedition.
she agreed because her husband was on the journey
Sacajawea
President Thomas Jefferson wanted them to explore land farther west They made it to the coast of California they were helped by an Indian girl named Sacajawea
She didn't explore. She met Lewis and Clark who were exploring and guided them. They were in her lands of the present day Idaho and Dakotas.
Lewis and Clark were asked by Jefferson to explore the new lands he had gotten from France. Enroute to the west coast they met a native girl named Sacajawea who took them to her brother for horses and helped guide them.
Both Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacajawea served as interpreters. Toussaint was useful in bargaining with other trappers because he spoke French and Sacajawea could speak Shoshone and Hidatsa. Toussaint also served as the camp cook while Sacajawea became invaluable as a guide in the region of her birth, near the Three Forks of the Missouri.
Sacajawea
Sacagawea and York helped Lewis and Clark explore the west
She led Lewis and Clark on an expedition through the west
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