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Sacagawea, a Lemhi Shoshone woman, was the Indian girl who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition as an interpreter and guide. She played a vital role in helping the expedition navigate through unfamiliar territories and establish relationships with Native American tribes encountered along the way.

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What or who influenced Lewis and Clark to go on the expedition?

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


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 helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific?

Sacagawea, a Native American teenage girl helped them on their trip to the Pacific.


Where did Lewis and Clark meet the Native American girl?

When Lewis and Clark wintered at the present site of Bismarck, North Dakota, there they met Sacagawea and her husband 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 his wife spoke Shoshone and Hidatsa, so they hired Charbonneau on November 4,1804 and he and Sacagawea moved into Fort Mandan a week later. Sacagawea was 16 or 17 at this time.


Is Meriwether Lewis a girl?

No. Both Lewis & Clark were men.


Why is sacagawea know?

Sacagawea is mostly known for helping Lewis and Clark on their expedition exploring the Louisiana Territory for President Thomas Jefferson. America had just gotten that land from Britain after the Revolutionary War. Lewis and Clark were two former soliders. Sacagawea was a shoshone indian girl who took care of her baby while helping Lewis and Clark. She helped them go over mountains and showed them paths inbetween mountains. Without her Lewis and Clark would have got lost and died. Sacagawea treated ingured people. She save Clark when he got bitten by a snake. She was very important.


Where is the girl that needs the peace medal on Time Tangled island?

The silver Peace Medal goes to Sacajawea, but actually to Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition at 1805 AD (8 o'clock on the time device).


What the shoshone 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.


What are 20 good questions to put on a Lewis and Clark board game?

1. Who is Lewis? 2. Who is Clark? 3. Who are Lewis and Clark? 4. Is Lewis his first or last name? 5. Is Clark his first or last name? 6. Is Lewis a girl? 7. Is Clark a girl? 8. What is Clark's middle name? 9. What is Lewis's middle name? 10. Is this a board game? 11. Do you know the answer to number one? 12. Do you know the answer to number two? 13. Is Clark still alive? 14. Is Lewis still alive? 15. Is this number fifteen? 16. What did Clark do for a living? 17. What did Lewis do for a living? 18. Did Clark know Lewis? 19. Did Lewis know Clark? 20. Do you know more about Lewis and Clark now that you answered all these questions?


Who was Toussaint Charbonneau's wife?

His most famous wife was Sacajawea, who along with her husband, served as guide on the "Lewis and Clark expedition". She, along with another young Indian girl, had been purchased by Charbonneau a few years before. Sacajawea gave birth to their son, Jean Baptiste, shortly before the start of the expedition. She died about seven years later, at the age of twenty five. He had an unknown number of wives throughout his life.


What happened to Toussaint Charbonneau?

After the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Tousaint Charbonneau tried to farm for a while, and worked for the Upper Missouri Agency's Indian Bureau as a translator. He worked for fur companies and as a guide for people from outside the region. His last known wife, an Assiniboine girl, was 14 when she married him in 1837.


What did Lewis and Clark call Sacagawea?

Lewis and Clark called Sacajawea, Janey. Clark decided she looked like a girl he knew and called her Janey.