Did Sacagawea carry a baby on her back while helping Lewis and clark?

Answer 1

Yes, Sacagawea did help Lewis and Clark. She served as a guide to them, and majorly contributed to their finding the Pacific Ocean. However, she received no reward for her services to them during the expedition.

Answer 2

Sacagawea would give birth to her first child during the expedition and therefore not before she and her husband joined. She would give birth to Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau on February 11, 1805, whom Clark later raised and educated. By having a baby, she quieted the fears of other Native Americans, for no war party traveled with a woman and a small baby.

Answer 3

No they did not. Sacagawea was married to Toussaint Charbonneau and she had two children by him: Jean-Baptiste and Lisette. Granted, William Clark was fond of Jean-Baptiste (the baby was born during the expedition) and he nicknamed him "Pompy" or "Little Pomp" but there was never a romantic attachment between him and Sacagawea. After Sacagawea's death, Clark would formally adopt Jean-Baptiste and give him a proper education and Sacagawea's husband agreed to full custody but this also had no romantic connotations. Clark respected Sacagawea as a fellow expedition member and she proved herself far more capable than her husband, so the adoption was mostly for the child's sake but also out of appreciation for Sacagawea's assistance.

William Clark had his own children to take care of as well. With his first wife, Julia Hancock, Clark had five children. They were Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr., William Preston Clark, Mary Margaret Clark, George Rogers Hancock Clark and John Julius Clark. After his first wife's death he remarried her first cousin, Harriet Kennerly Radford. With her Clark had 3 kids: Jefferson Kearny Clark, Edmund Clark, and Harriet Clark.

Answer 4

Yes, the baby was a sign of peace. This was good for the "Corps Of Discovery". When Natives saw them coming they would not shoot bows and arrows. Because they had a baby. If Sacajawea had not given birth they might have had a bigger risk of death by bows and arrows.

Her birth was accompanied by Lewis. Who gave her crushed up rattlesnake. This helped speed up the birth of Pomp. Pomp was his nickname. His real name was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau.

Answer 5

yes, she did. During the expedition, the Indians (shoshone people) recognized her, and they belived a women and her baby with a group full of men was a symbol of peace and love